What's On: From Japanese and classical music to American Irish and Swedish-Irish collaborations there's lots to look forward to
Yukine Kuroki. Photo: Allard Willemse
Japanese pianist Yukine Kuroki will perform a concert in Waterford, presented by classical music association Waterford Music on Friday 14 March.
The concert will feature performances by much-loved composers like Debussy, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and Liszt. She will also feature music by a composer from her native Japan, Minaku Tokuyama, and a new music commission from Music Network, by Dr Fergus Johnston.
Yukine started playing the piano when she was just three years old and made her debut with an orchestra at the age of seven. She is a regular at concert halls around the world and her current season of engagements features eagerly awaited debuts at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Verbier Festival.
Tickets are available from waterford-music.org and at the door on the night. They are priced at €20 for full price tickets, €15 for seniors/unwaged and €5 for students.
Started in October 2023, Dug is the new musical project of Lorkin O'Reilly and California native Jonny Pickett.
After spending the past decade in upstate New York, releasing two albums, touring and gaining over 24 million streams on Spotify, Lorkin decided to move home to Dublin.
Upon meeting Pickett, the two came to the inception of Dug, a band that blends American old time and Irish folk, reflecting the musical heritage of both its members.
Tickets available at banklane.ie
Contemporary Irish folk group Onóir formed in 2020, when Donegal musicians; Tom McHugh, Declan Gaughan, Deane Connaghan, and Diarmaid McGee, joined forces.
These talented musicians with distinctive vocal styles are setting new standards with incredible musical arrangements and harmonies that mark them out as unique.
Tickets available at theatreroyal.ie
The Swedish band Quilty is a highly renowned interpreter of traditional Irish music and considered being the foremost band of the Irish folk music scene in Scandinavia.
The band was formed in 1993 and has over the last three decades performed a huge number of concerts in Sweden, Germany and Norway.
They have joined together with the legendary Irish musician Andy Irvine , formerly of Planxty, Patrick Street, and more, to form an Irish–Swedish collaboration, playing top Irish music and song with a hint of Swedish traditional music.
Tickets available at Eventbrite.ie
