Bio

Caitríona Finnegan is a cellist from Dublin, Ireland. She completed a 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 to traditional and pop music.

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

Winter/Spring 2024 engagements

Recorded for Rob Moloney’s sound design of the Gate Theatre’s production of Emma Donoghue’s Pull of the Stars

Performance and workshopping of new music with Crash Ensemble in association with Cork School of Music MTU

Salome with Irish National Opera at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and the Wexford Opera House

Daughter of a Drum at the Whale Theatre

Glasshouse x Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Pavilion Theatre

Spike Cello Fest

Autumn/Winter 2023 engagements

Glasshouse x Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Pavilion Theatre

La Bohème with Irish National Opera Orchestra at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Release of the recording CrashWorks I with Crash Ensemble

Musician and cast member in Karen Egan’s Warrior for Dublin Theatre Festival 2023 at Smock Alley