3 Mar 2020

Cormac Begley: addicted to the concertina

From Upbeat, 12:38 pm on 3 March 2020
Concertina player Cormac Begley in MÁM

Concertina player Cormac Begley in MÁM Photo: Ros Kavanagh

Irish concertina player Cormac Begley is in New Zealand to perform in the New Zealand Festival of the Arts. He's in MÁM, a show described in the Irish Times as "90 minutes of ritualised ecstasy" which brings together director and choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, dancers from the Teaċ Daṁsa company, Begley and the contemporary music collective s t a r g a z e ensemble.

 

Cormac Begley talked with David Morriss about the show, and how he came to be 'addicted' to the concertina (he currently owns around 12!) He brought some of his instruments into the studio.