Mermaid Arts Centre
Sunday 4th May, 8:00pm
Tickets: €35 – Part of Double Bill

In a double bill with: VERNARI POHOLA QUARTET

Grammy Award winning pianist and multi -instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi is a musical polymath who has played baroque operas with ensemble L’Arpeggiata, toured with The Silk Road ensemble, interpreted the music of Steve Reich, and accompanied flamenco star Pepe El Habichuela.

Since 2018, he has collaborated with singer and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens, and won a 2022 Grammy Award in the best folk album category for their duo album ‘They’re Calling Me Home.’

Francesco Turrisi has released five critically acclaimed albums as a leader, and two as co-leader – of “Tarab,” a cross boundary innovative ensemble that blends Irish and Mediterranean traditional music, and “Zahr” a project that looks at connections between southern Italian traditional music and Arabic music.

His latest piano solo album “Northern Migrations” was described as “delicate, wistful and wholly engrossing” by the Irish Times.