"THE FIRST AND ONLY ORCHESTRA IN THE WESTERN WORLD TO PLAY EXCLUSIVELY FROM MEMORY"
THE IRISH TIMES

The only ensemble of its kind in the world, the Irish Memory Orchestra was founded by Dave Flynn as a vehicle for his award-winning compositions, Always performing from memory, the IMO has wowed audiences from London to Moscow, Clare to Korea with its ground-breaking approach to orchestral music. The IMO has a core of 20 world-class musicians, conducted by Bjorn Bantock and led by Niamh Varian-Barry. This outstanding ensemble blends ancient Celtic instruments with orchestral strings, winds and brass, electric guitars and a jazz-tinged rhythm section. More...