Observation summary covering Week One:
Over the duration of week one: Not a word is spoken: All sound comes out of a single acoustic fiddle: All sounds, including those looped by the fiddle-player's phrase sampler and controlled by him, are performed and looped on the spot as heard and seen on the video: Looped phrases that are subsequently reversed or played at half-speed are initially performed backwards or at double the speed to facilitate the process, and again, all at the same moment: In sum, no electronic effects, no overdubs, no post-editing, no prerecorded loops: Any volume adjustments to aid the sound through the bridge are also made there and then by the same fiddle-player: Always the same fiddle-player, alone, always the same acoustic fiddle.

What has been reported on Eoghan Neff to date:
"convulsing fiddle traces shadows where few fiddlers deign venture" Irish Times
"a true Irish devil violinist" Sächsische Zeitung
"taken outside our own element in order to experience a miracle" Prof. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
"technique irréprochable" Le Peuple Breton
"a goldfish-bowl of technique and artistry" The Sunday Tribune
"fiddle fireworks … a real killer punch … using all the acoustic possibilities of his instrument" FolkWorld

Known background:
An international award-winning Irish fiddle player and musicologist from Cork, now living in Madrid.
Works solely with the acoustic instrument, an interest in improvisation, ergonomics, and the avant-garde.
Toured and recorded with Riverdance, The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Anxo Lorenzo, Martin Tourish, etc.
Forms part of the touring and recording ensembles NeffBros, Assembly Point, Torc, Amalgamare, An Táin, etc.
Collaborated with film composer Atli Örvarsson on Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald's film, The Eagle.
Collaborated with film composer Guillaume Roussel on acclaimed director Olivier Dahan's film, Les Seigneurs.
Further music and video samples can be found on www.myspace.com/eoghanneff, and www.youtube.com/eoghanneff.

To be pursued to the following locations:
11 may – private performance at Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain with Hamish Binns.
19 may – performance in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain with Assembly Point.
27 may – performance in Frankfurt, Germany with Anxo Lorenzo.
28 may – performance in Frankfurt, Germany with Anxo Lorenzo.
29 may – performance in Frankfurt, Germany with Anxo Lorenzo.
30 may – performance in Frankfurt, Germany with Anxo Lorenzo.
8 jun. – performance at the Barricas Folk Festival, Milladoiro with Anxo Lorenzo.
16 jun. – performance at FestiFolk Ferrol, Spain with Assembly Point.
21 jun. – performance at Glenstal Abbey, Ireland with Amalgamare.
27 jun. – performance at London City Festival, England with Assembly Point.
13 jul. – performance in Italy with Anxo Lorenzo.
14 jul. – performance in Italy with Anxo Lorenzo.
15 jul. – performance in Italy with Anxo Lorenzo.
24 aug. – performance at Shrewsbury Folk Festival, England with Anxo Lorenzo.
25 aug. – performance at Shrewsbury Folk Festival, England with Anxo Lorenzo.
8 sep. – performance at Schots Weekend, Belgium with Anxo Lorenzo.
4 oct. – performance and conference at the Bottlenote Festival in Dublin, Ireland.
17 nov. – performance in Adelberg, Belgium with Anxo Lorenzo.



Current activities:
Assembly Point win the Opinión Folk Music Award for Best Song 2011. The band accepted the prize for their instrumental piece "Jumping Bits" at the XI Premios Opinión awards gala in the Teatro Rosalía de Castro, Coruña on Wednesday the 16th of May.

Reports can be forwarded directly to:
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telephone: (+34) 634110031