Cellissimo 2021 – Opening Concert

Mfg’s Cellissimo Opening Concert took place March 25th 2021 live from the picturesque Kylemore Abbey.Naomi Berrill opened the first ever online triannual international cello festival with “Fragments” composed by the…

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Cellissimo 2021 – Bach Plus Concerts

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites performed by six star cellists on sixconsecutive lunchtimes from March 26 – March 31 2021 during CELLISSIMO, and was precededby a talk from…

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This is Paper Boat!

Here’s the creative team and cast of Paper Boat – the new community opera presented by Music for Galway and Galway 2020 in association with Irish National Opera, celebrating 700…

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The Galway Cello and Other Stories

“The Galway Cello is an instrument that is intended to have a life, to be played and not simply admired somewhere on a stand” Naomi Berrill, Galway Cello Ambassador. Here…

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Making of the Galway Cello

The Galway Cello is one of the most exciting and unique aspects of CELLISSIMO. To include one of the main themes of Galway 2020, landscape, and taking their cue from…

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The Galway Cello

  What a beauty! Take a look at the Claddagh scroll. Have you ever seen anything like it? The Galway Cello is one of the most exciting and unique aspects…

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The Skies are Empty

The Galway Cello Scroll photograph black and white

Music for Galway – live from two places at once Cellist Yseult Cooper-Stockdale and rock/electronic musician Philip Fogarty to play collaborative concert BY KERNAN ANDREWS    Galway Advertiser, Thu, Apr…

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