Biography
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1992 - 2022
Members: Kenneth Rice, Matthew Draper, Malachy Robinson, Kathryn Saunders, Oonagh Keogh, Louis Roden, Rudi De Groote, Nicky Sweeney, Anthony Marwood, Cliodhna Ryan, André Swanepoel, Aoife Athlaoich, Mark Coates-Smith, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Cían Ó'Dúill, James Palmer (3), Diane Daly, Richard Angell, Robin Panter, Daniel Bates, Katherine Hunka, Christian Elliott (2), Anna Cashell
Founded in Dublin in 1963 by Hungarian-born conductor János Fürst, the ensemble is now based at the University of Limerick. Known as the New Irish Chamber Orchestra from 1970 to 1995.