About
The name reflects the sense of fun and the eclectic mix in their programming and performances.
Each of the players is well-known individually and are drawn to this Trio by the sheer joy generated by playing together.
This evident rapport is one of the elements that particularly delights audiences and they have been warmly received at festivals and in concert series all over the country, delighting audiences with their mix of virtuosity and playfulness, tradition and innovation.
Style
Far Flung Trio concerts are characterised by a dizzying array of styles and include well-known classics such as Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture, Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances and Bizet’s Carmen alongside hits by George Gershwin, Edith Piaf, iconic film scores, sensuous tangos, wild and soulful gypsy and klezmer tunes!
All the repertoire is arranged by the Trio and concerts are always highly focused and highly charged, but also very informal; they love to chat to the audience and to bring them closer to the music by breaking
down the barrier between performer and audience.
Katherine Hunka
Violin
Katherine has a career that celebrates her versatility. For the last twenty five years she has been leader of
the Irish Chamber Orchestra, a role which includes directing tours and collaborations with composers and guest artists. In 2020, she received a five-star review for her solo album with the ICO for Orchid Classics.
Additionally, she was the artistic director of the Killaloe Music Festival for many years and is regularly invited to perform as
a chamber musician and soloist throughout Ireland and the UK.
As well as the Far Flung Trio, Katherine is a cofounder of the Solas quartet whose programmes are innovative and always including a mixture of styles. Their recent tour included Katherine’s composition “Pass the Hat”, a musical exploration of power within a group. Her composition “unwound” for loop pedal and violin premiered last year at the Kaleidoscope night music series.
Katherine is also a passionate educator. She is a lecturer at MTU Cork School of Music and Artistic Director of ConCorda.
Dermot Dunne
Accordion
Accordionist Dermot Dunne began his performing career after winning the ‘RTE Musician of the Future’ in 1996. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 1996-2001 and now follows a busy career as a performer and as a teacher at TU Dublin Conservatoire.
He performs regularly at venues and festivals in Ireland and has given chamber music recitals and concerto performances in many European countries and also in the USA, Canada, China, Singapore and Qatar.
He has performed with leading European musicians including Pekka Kuusisto, Natalie Klein, Katherine Hunka and the Vogler Quartet, and has performed and recorded with groups including Crash Ensemble, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Lunfardia, cellist Adrian Mantu and singer Mary Coughlan.
Malachy Robinson
Double Bass
Malachy is a prize-winning graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and holds a Masters degree in Historical Musicology from the University of London.
He is principal double-bass with the Irish Chamber Orchestra (with whom he has featured as concerto soloist), the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Crash Ensemble. He has been a member of countless small ensembles, in an array of genres and styles.
He teaches on the strings MA programme at the University of Limerick and is a faculty member at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, specialising in historical performance. He is also active as a composer of music, singer of songs, as well as a player of guitar, banjo and viola da gamba.
His solo album the Irish Double Bass was released in 2021.