Kathleen Loughnane

Based in Galway, Kathleen co-founded the group Dordán whose distinctive mix of Irish and Baroque music has received international acclaim. She has performed and taught harp both in Ireland and at major festivals in the US and Europe. Her research into traditional and classical sources has informed her own compositions while her arrangements have featured on the Harp Syllabus of the Royal Irish Academy of Music

Also playing over the six days: the classical duo of Edward and Chris Witsenburg and the Irish-baroque crossover of Kathleen Loughnane, accompanied here by her son Cormac Cannon on uillean pipes, Martin Hughes on flute and Alec Finn (formerly of de Danaan) on guitar and bouzouki. There's Scots Gaelic tradition from Alison Kinnaird and Christine Primrose, jazz from the acclaimed New York player Park Stickney, and an intriguing double bill from young folk-jazzer Maeve Gilchrist (OK, this writer's daughter) and Chinese zheng virtuoso, Y Dong.