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Máiréad Hickey: ‘If money was no object, it would be lovely to play a Stradivarius’

In advance of this weekend’s Ortús festival of chamber music in Cork, musician and co-organiser Mairead Hickey talks violins with Cathy Desmond.

Máiréad Hickey: ‘If money was no object, it would be lovely to play a Stradivarius’

Thu, 27 Feb, 2020 - 19:30

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In advance of this weekend’s Ortús festival of chamber music in Cork, musician and co-organiser Mairead Hickey talks violins with Cathy Desmond.

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