The Works Presents Caoimhín Ó’Raghallaigh, Thursday, May 21st at 11.10pm RTÉ One & RTÉ Player: http://www.rte.ie/player
Fiddle player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh is widely known for playing both traditional Irish and experimental music. Before becoming a professional musician, Caoimhín studied theoretical physics at Trinity College Dublin. He travels the world playing a 10-string instrument called the “Hardanger d’amore” and performs both as a soloist and member of “The Gloaming” and “This Is How We Fly”. He has 17 recordings to his name featuring a mixture of styles and in his words, explore “the region where traditional music begins to disintegrate”.
John Kelly meets key Irish figures from the arts in the new series of The Works Presents. In conversations with John, these key creative forces, share insights into how and why they work in their chosen fields. John explores what inspires them and how it drives them. And often the conversations throw up other interesting facts…