Plenty of strings to talented Cork cellist’s bow

Variety and versality have marked this Cork musician’s journey to date, writes Cathy Desmond

YSEULT Cooper-Stockdale is one of Ireland’s most talented cultural exports. The young cellist from St Luke’s Cross in Cork City has just moved to London to play with the Southbank Sinfonia, a cutting-edge chamber orchestra formed from the world’s most promising graduate musicians on the cusp of international careers.