Finch

Catrin Finch won the 2000 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, as well as the Princeton University Concerts Prize and the Orchestra New England Soloist Prize. She was also awarded First Prize at the 1999 Lily Laskine International Harp Competition in France, and the Victor Salvi Foundation has provided her with generous sponsorship, including her debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2000, a new Salvi "Aurora" Harp, and a CD. Other honors include the Marisa Robles Harp Prize at the 1999 Royal Overseas League Music Competition in London, and prizes in the Wales National Eisteddfod Festival and World Harp Festival Competitions. Most recently, she won the 2004 Echo Klassik award for Best Crossover Artist in Germany and was nominated for the Classical Brit Awards in the category of Young British Classical Performer, resulting in an appearance on ITV with Bryn Terfel.

Dublin native Aoife Ni Bhriain is one of her generation's most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage - From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into uncharted musical territory, most notably through her international award-winning collaborations - Double You.

Finch is the debut album from the band Finch, a group created by Alexander " Finch" Harper for the recording and performance of the album. "Finch" was written over 5 months while Alex studied Contemporary Music Composition at Selkirk College and was produced and mastered at Alex's home studio. Taking inspiration from the "anything goes" feel of 70's prog rock and fusion, on early albums by Genesis and King Crimson, "Finch" creates surging, harmonious compositions as a backdrop to intense storytelling. Alex has been trained in a wide variety of styles pertaining to guitar, which he says was instrumental in creating the album. "It all starts with one riff… then I just sit down and see what happens"

Dublin native Aoife Ni Bhriain is one of her generation's most versatile and gifted violinists, a dazzling musician who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage - From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into uncharted musical territory, most notably through her international award-winning collaborations - Double You.