Fred Hersch Trio (USA)

With opening act Mike Nielsen’s Sound Recipes (Ireland)

Opening act begins 8pm - 45 mins approx 

Main act begins 9pm - 70 mins approx

Mike Nielsen’s Sound Recipes (Ireland)

Mike Nielsen is one of Ireland’s foremost jazz guitarists, band leaders and composers. He’s worked with such luminaries as Dave Liebman, Larry Coryell, Joe Lovano, Kenny Wheeler and Kenny Werner.

Sound Recipes explores rich ingredients for improvisation including Indian, Caribbean, Irish and African music. He’s joined in the trio by longstanding collaborator Shane O’Donovan on drum and electronics, and Brian Questa on bass.

Fred Hersch Trio (USA)

A towering figure of contemporary jazz whose influence spans generations, Fred Hersch has shaped the language of the modern piano trio throughout a career marked by continuous reinvention.

With an extraordinary 17 Grammy Award nominations and countless other awards and honours to his name, Hersch is, for many, the jazz pianist of his generation.

Possessing a touch and keyboard technique like no-one else, his flawless technique deploys just the right combination of sensitivity, intelligence and emotion to absorb and captivate the listener.

Across a career that spans more than 50 years, Fred Hersch has produced over 60 albums as a composer and bandleader, and his creative spark shines as brightly as ever. ‘The Surrounding Green,’ his third release on the celebrated ECM label made many ‘best of’ lists for 2025, and has ranked third in the Album of the Year rankings of Slate Magazine.

It’s an elegant and masterful jazz trio recording, a work that allows Drew Gress (bass) and Joey Baron (drums) to glide in and out of the spotlight with superb timing, and enables Hersch to craft improvisations that are both intricate and unhurried, creating music that doesn’t need to raise its voice to be heard.

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