Cellos held sway in Bantry at the start of the week at the 24th West Cork Chamber Music Festival. Grammy-nominated Bulgarian composer, Dobrinka Tabakova was in town to hear her cello concerto delivered by Laura van der Heijden.

Viviane Hagner will be among the stars of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, writes Cathy Desmond.

Growing up I was more on the shy side, but music enabled me to find a great way of self-expression.