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Academos Irish World Academy Strings
Performance at Le Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Supported by Culture Ireland
ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings is the Graduate Orchestra of the Classical Strings Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Established in 2008, ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings tours internationally each year as an integral part of its educational programme. Orchestra members are fulltime registered postgraduate students on the two-year MA Classical String Performance programme. The internationally acclaimed Visiting Professors are Dr Bruno Giuranna (Viola), Mariana Sirbu (Violin), and Michael Wolf (Double Bass). The Cello programme is taught by the Course Leader, Hungarian cellist Ferenc Szücs, who is also Artistic Director of ACADEMOS.
ACADEMOS was formally launched at it first public concert which took place at The Button Factory, Temple Bar Dublin in 2008, and makes its European debut at Le Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris on Friday March 13th, in the presence of Her Excellency Anne Anderson, Irish Ambassador to France, with the support of the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Culture Ireland.
January 23rd , 2009
