RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Mari Samuelsen

Superstar violinist Mari Samuelsen joins the RTÉ Concert Orchestra to close out KAF2024 with this exciting performance of Max Richter’s The Four Seaso…


Laoise O’Brien & Malcolm Proud

Laoise O’Brien has been described as a ‘crusader’ of the recorder in the press with ‘boundless imagination, and is considered Ireland’s most virtuosic…


Mari Samuelsen

Blending finesse with virtuosity, Mari Samuelsen is one of the most exciting violinists working today. Her fearless approach to repertoire has seen he…


Light Up The Castle: SIX SIDES SAWN

Light Up the Castle, the spectacular audio-visual show projecting images onto the walls of Kilkenny Castle, has become one of the most eagerly anticip…


Samson Tsoy

Samson Tsoy rounds off this mini festival of Kolesnikov and Tsoy with a solo performance of Beethoven’s late sonatas.Born in Kazakhstan and now based…


Pavel Kolesnikov

Since he won the world’s biggest piano prize, the Honens International Piano Competition, in 2012, Pavel Kolesnikov has established himself as one of …


Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov

When they first appeared at the Festival in 2018, pianists Samson Tsoy and Pavel Kolesnikov were rising international stars. Since then they’ve contin…


Light Up The Castle: SIX SIDES SAWN

Light Up the Castle, the spectacular audio-visual show projecting images onto the walls of Kilkenny Castle, has become one of the most eagerly anticip…


Irish Chamber Orchestra

Led by chief conductor Thomas Zehetmair, the Irish Chamber Orchestra presents a characteristically eclectic programme that mixes new work with traditi…


Máire Carroll

Following her collaboration with Finghin Collins, leading Irish pianist and composer Máire Carroll returns to St John’s for another concert in our lun…