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Great article about the current band
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https:\/\/www.irishpost.com\/entertainment\/another-chapter-in-the-de-dannan-story-294781<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Irish News, March 2024<\/a><\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/a>

Honoray Doctorate
On November 24 2023, \u00a0Frankie was awarded an honorary doctorate of music (DMus) by the University of Galway. Dressed in his new finery, he treated the assembled dignitaries to a couple of tunes.
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<\/a>November 2022
<\/strong>Frankie’s brother Se\u00e1n has just released a new 19-track album Traditional Music of Ireland on Accordion. <\/em>The features Se\u00e1n Gavin on accordions, \u00a0Katherine Gavin on harp,\u00a0piano, organ and keyboards, Se\u00e1n Gavin Jr. on guitar, Enda Gavin on viola and George Grasso on bouzouki and\u00a0guitars. \u00a0The CD\u00a0is available HERE<\/a>.
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This is the first paragraph of a review by Adrian Scahillof Frankie’s new CD Port Eireann<\/a>\u00a0 published in the current Journal of Music<\/strong>. \u00a0Read the whole review, which includes a lengthy video interview with Frankie,\u00a0HERE<\/a>
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September 2022
<\/strong>Frankie and the band are in Monaco ready for their performance of the Princess Grace Symphonic Suite on 15th September. Here’s an English translation of the article in Monaco Matin.
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A Princess Grace tribute symphony
<\/strong><\/em>This Thursday evening,\u00a0\u00a0the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra will play a work of Irish inspiration \u2013 recalling the origins of Princess Grace, composed by the renowned violinist, Frankie Gavin.

<\/em>As part of the celebration of the forty year period since the tragic death of Princess Grace, the Orchestra will create a symphonic work in her memory. Frankie Gavin is widely considered to be one of the best violinists of traditional music in Ireland and indeed the world.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

The fact that Gavin has been immersed in traditional Irish music from a very young age has not prevented him from being involved in other kinds of music; during his career he has played with St\u00e9phane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin, James Galway, Elvis Costello and the mighty Rolling Stones.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

This Monte Carlo event is the first time Gavin will work with a symphony orchestra of this size. To do this, he has collaborated with of a classical musician, Carl Hession, who worked on the orchestration of the suite, and the conductor, David Brophy.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

It was while playing in Monaco, with his group De Dannan, on Saint Patrick’s Day some years ago, that Frankie Gavin came up with the idea of composing a work in memory of Prince Albert II\u2019s mother.\u00a0\u00a0He proposed the idea to the Prince who agreed.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Through this work, which lasts more than half an hour, Frankie Gavin recalls the County Mayo origins of Grace Kelly. The music expresses the full spectrum of human emotions from joy to sadness in order to evoke the personality and life of the princess.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

The Irish traditional music group Frankie Gavin and De Dannan will perform during the first part of the concert.<\/em><\/p>\r\n




MORE GOOD NEWS
<\/strong>The\u00a0Frankie has made a new album with keyboardist Catherine McHugh. Port Eireann<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0will be available shortly from this website and at their gigs.. \u00a0Find where they are playing HERE<\/a><\/strong>.
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June 2022
GOOD NEWS
<\/strong>Following intensive treatment and hospitalisation, Frankie is now home and in recovery. This means that gigs are back on the agenda.
Frankie has made a short video to thank everyone who has supported him during this difficult time – and played \u00a0a jig originally recorded by the sister of great melodeon player J.P.Conlon.