Cork cellist Sinéad O’Halloran aims to adding new strings to her bow

Cork cellist Sinéad O’Halloran is seeking to raise funds to buy her ‘dream’ cello. She explains why to Marjorie Brennan.

Sinéad O’Halloran, 24, from Blackrock, Cork, is principal cellist with the European Union Youth Orchestra and was recently selected for the Budapest Festival Orchestra apprenticeship scheme. She is raising money through a crowdfunding campaign to buy her ‘dream’ cello, made in 1780 by the English luthier Benjamin Banks.