Programme

Ravel Sonata for violin and cello M.73

Peteris Vasks Castillo Interior

Caroline Shaw limestone & felt

Andrew Sheeran is a violinist and violist performing with a wide range of Irish orchestras and ensembles. He has appeared with the Irish National Opera, National Symphony Orchestra, and Ulster Orchestra, and has recently performed with UK-based orchestras London Concertante and Paraorchestra.

In 2020, Andrew was awarded Music Network’s Musician-in-Residence for Dún Laoghaire– Rathdown, during which time his original composition Circuits premiered on RTÉ Lyric FM. A dedicated advocate for contemporary music, he has been a member of Glasshouse since 2018. The ensemble is in high demand on the Irish music scene, with performances at numerous festivals including Altogether Now, Forbidden Fruit, and Galway International Arts Festival, as well as venues including The Sugar Club, IMMA and Pavilion Theatre. In 2025, Glasshouse performed their Ryuichi Sakamoto inspired programme to a sold-out audience at the National Concert Hall.

Undergraduate studies in violin were completed at RIAM with a First Class Honours BA in 2015. Receiving the RTÉ Lyric FM bursary to pursue a Master’s at UL, he studied in Limerick under Katherine Hunka, concertmaster of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.

Andrew performs on a 2021 violin by award-winning luthier Noémie Viaud, funded by Music Network and The Arts Council. Other awards received include the DLR Emerging Artist Bursary, DLR Bursary and the Arts Council Agility Award.

Recently finding a new passion in composition, he founded the trio Ikigai, performing his own works and those by contemporary composers, and in May 2023 he was selected to compose a new piece for Ficino Ensemble. Committed to supporting the creation of new work, Ikigai have commissioned and premiered works by several contemporary composers including Daniel Davis, Aran O’Grady and Stephen Gardner. Previous performances have seen Ikigai present their re-imagining of Radiohead’s album Amnesiac to acclaim at Kaleidoscope Night and at Another Love Story.

Caitríona Finnegan is a professional cellist from Dublin, Ireland. She completed her Bachelor of Music at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and graduated with a Masters from the Manhattan School of Music, USA.

As well as being a chamber and orchestral musician, she enjoys playing a multitude of genres from classical to folk, traditional, pop and film music.

Caitríona is a freelance performer and has completed projects with the likes of CRASH Ensemble, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish National Opera and Music Network’s Resonate series. In addition, she has played with Glasshouse Music at a range of concerts and festivals in collaboration with various Irish artists throughout the country.