I

News

2026 performances:

March 14th. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
April 18th. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Music Dublin, National Concert Hall, Ireland
May 16th. Old Segotia - duo with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Love is a Stranger, Sligo


2025 performances:

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