From songs of love to evocative laments, Siobhán Armstrong’s playing draws her listeners into the sound-world of medieval to 18th-century Ireland. She is one of the world’s most respected historical harpists, and one of the very few who plays the illustrious, ancient Irish harp, with a rare and exquisite bell-like tone created by its brass-wire strings. The ancient Irish harp tradition died out in the nineteenth century; join us on 13th March to hear it come alive once more!
Siobhán Armstrong is one of Europe’s foremost harpists playing historical music on reconstructions of medieval to baroque harps. She performs and records with many of Europe’s most prestigious soloists, orchestras and opera companies, and also collaborates with some of Ireland’s best-known traditional-music performers. Siobhán is the founding director of The Historical Harp Society of Ireland, spearheading the international rediscovery of Ireland’s ancient harp, strung in brass wires.
