Ortús Chamber Music Festival to take place across several venues in Cork city and county  

It's the 11th edition of the well-regarded festival 

Mairéad Hickey is one of the founders and performers at the Ortús Chamber Music Festival in Cork. 

Cork musician Mairéad Hickey leads the 2026 Ortús Chamber Music Festival over the next week in her native county, performing alongside a roster of other Irish and international musicians.

Artists joining the festival include French violinist David Moreau, violist Pierre Antoine Codron and pianist Jérémie Moreau, Dutch cellist Alexander Warenberg, Spanish double bassist Luis Cabrera, and Mexican lutenist Sergio Bucheli, together with Irish musicians Marja Gaynor (violin/viola), Aoife NicAthlaoich (cello) and Miriam Kaczor (flute).