MTU Cork School of Music Alumni Hugh Murray performs with Ficino Quartet this Saturday at the Triskel Arts Centre.

Hugh is a graduate of MTU Cork School of Music where he studied with Ruxandra Colan-Petcu. He currently lives and works in Dublin as a member of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. He has also enjoyed appearances with the John Wilson Orchestra at festivals, the BBC Proms, and their UK tour. Recent orchestral work includes Sinfonia of London and Irish National Opera. Hugh has also been heard as the violinist on the UK touring shows Les Misérables and Book of Mormon.

Recent chamber music appearances include Strauss Metamorphosen at the St. Endellion Festival, Cornwall, Brahms Horn Trio at the Juilliard School, New York, and premiering Ronan Guilfoyle’s new work ‘Allies’ alongside jazz musicians David Liebman and Richie Beirach at the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

The Ficino Quartet features four of our leading musicians and has toured annually for the Foundation since 2018. Here they present another fascinating programme including Philip Glass’s hugely popular ‘Mishima’, drawn from his 1985 soundtrack to Paul Schrader’s film on the life of author, playwright and latter-day Samurai, Yukio Mishima. The concerts also feature a new commission by Cork composer Linda Buckley, and Ravel’s evergreen string quartet from 1903.

THE MUSICIANS

Elaine Clark, violin
Hugh Murray, violin
Nathan Sherman, viola
Yseult Cooper Stockdale, cello

THE PROGRAMME

Schubert – Quartetsatz in C minor D.703
Philip Glass – Mishima
Linda Buckley – ‘Circuit Bend’ (new commission)
Ravel – Quartet in F major

Running time: 90 minutes

For more Details about proformance and tickets please click link - TriskelArtsCentre.ie

Here is a taster: