Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland presents

Talking Harps – Words and Music with MAEVE GILCHRIST

“a phenomenal harp player who can make her instrument ring with unparalleled purity”

at the Pepper Canister Church, Mount St Crescent, Dublin 2
Sunday 27 November, 5pm

Tickets €20, €15 (cons) at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/talking-harps-with-maeve-gilchrist-pepper-canister-church-tickets-446552449397
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland

Maeve Gilchrist has taken the Celtic (lever) harp to new levels of performance and visibility.
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York, Maeve’s innovative approach to her instrument stretches its harmonic limits and improvisational possibilities. She is as at home as a soloist with an internationally renowned orchestra as she is playing with a traditional Irish folk group or using electronic augmentation in a more contemporary, improvisatory setting.

Maeve has collaborated with the prestigious Silkroad Ensemble, Arooj Aftab’s Vulture Prince Ensemble, progressive folk-quartet DuoDuo (featuring percussive dancer Nic Gareiss) and a more electronics based project with Viktor Krauss. She has appeared at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, Tanglewood Jazz Festival, the World Harp Congress in Amsterdam and the historic opening of the Scottish Parliament. She has played with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma, Esperanza Spalding, Tony Trishka and Kathy Mattea.

Maeve has released five albums to date, including The Harpweaver which was hailed by The Irish Times as “Buoyant, sprightly and utterly beguiling… a snapshot of a musician at the top of her game.” Other albums include three recordings for the Adventure Music label including her 2017 release with bassist Viktor Krauss, Vignette. Her solo-album, the Ostinato Project is a beguiling exploration of the possibilities of her instrument. In 2018 Maeve was a featured soloist on the movie soundtrack, How to Tame your Dragon: The Hidden World.