Eamon Sweeney (guitars, lutes, bandora, theorbo)
Collaborators: Róisín O’Grady (soprano) & Cárthach Mac Craith (sean nós singer)
Guitarist Eamon Sweeney performs and teaches extensively in a variety of genres, giving broadcasts, lectures, and seminars in Ireland and internationally. Eamon has collaborated with some of Ireland’s leading artists including the late Seamus Heaney, Elaine Agnew, Brian Irvine, Mary Coughlan, Steve Cooney and Theo Dorgan, and is the founding member of a number of ensembles that focus on the performance of Early and Irish music: Tonos, The Gregory Walkers, and Sonamus. Eamon is committed to the provision of community music, music in healthcare settings, and early years music.
During his RESONATE residency at the National Opera House, Eamon will collaborate with soprano Róisín O’Grady and sean nós singer Cárthach Mac Craith to explore and perform lullabies from the baroque, renaissance, folk and Irish traditions. A powerful emblem of identity and tradition, lullabies are present across all recorded cultures, styles and time-periods. They provide a global cultural connection between peoples and exemplify music that is beautiful, accessible, poignant, relatable, and common to us all. Eamon and his collaborators will explore and celebrate lullabies from different cultural traditions, highlighting links and celebrating diversity. Eamon’s residency will include community engagement workshops and will culminate in a concert performance at the National Opera House in November.
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