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2026 performances:

14/03. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
18/04. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Music Dublin, National Concert Hall, Ireland
16/05. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Love is a Stranger, Sligo
22/05. Kirkos, solo woodwinds and electronics, Dublin
20/06. The Music of What Happens, Cork Midsummer Festival
21/06. Ambient Orbit, Lyric FM live broadcast, West Cork
10/07. This is How we Fly, Klangraum Krems Minoritenkirche, Austria
11/07. This is How we Fly, Triskel, Cork
12/07. This is How we Fly, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise


2025 performances:

24/11. Fußball wie noch nie, National Concert Hall, Dublin
20/11. Duo with Tomoko Sauvage, Irish Design Week, RIAM, Dublin
08/11. Old Segotia Album Launch, National Concert Hall, Dublin
01/11. Kwaidan, Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin
09/10. Kwaidan Film Soundtrack, Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan
08/19. Duo with Lisa Dowdall, Culture Night, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
03/06. Buile Shuibhne, reading with Rody Gorman, Triskel, Cork
06/04. Quiet Music Ensemble, New Music Dublin, National Concert Hall, Ireland
04/04. IMRAM, Belfast
etcetera...

About Seán

Seán Mac Erlaine is a composer, musician and mastering engineer. Recognised as one of Ireland's most forward-thinking creative musicians, he has worked with many leading lights of music today. Seán's work intersects folk, free improvisation, jazz, experimental and traditional music.

Seán tours and works internationally with a hugely diverse range of musicians and artists reflecting his own versatility and interest in cross-platform work. He has performed with leading musical figures including Jan Bang, Barry Adamson, David Toop, Ernst Reijseger, Jennifer Walshe, The Smith Quartet, Jeff Ballard, Hayden Chisholm, Eivind Aarset, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Iarla O'Lionaird, Maeve Gilchrist, Erik Friedlander, Damo Suzuki and many more.

"Mac Erlaine is consistently one of the most interesting and adventurous musicians of his generation." ~ The Irish Times.

He has also performed as a special guest with Detroit techno legends Underground Resistance and The Gloaming with Bill Frisell. He has performed his own music at countless festivals and venues internationally including shows at Lincoln Centre New York and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

An accomplished saxophonist and clarinetist, Seán holds a PhD in music (practice-led research around customised live electronics in solo woodwind performance), a first degree honours Masters of Music (Jazz Performance) and a Diploma in Jazz Performance awarded by The Guildhall School of Music, London.

Fascinated by performance, movement and learning, he is a qualified practising teacher of the Alexander Technique working from his Dublin studio and giving masterclasses in Ireland and abroad.