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Robert & Manuela return to NZ for their South Island tour. Together they will take you on a journey from Ireland to the South West of Western Australia performing many of Robert's original compositions from his award winning album Kiangardarup.Robert and Manuela met in New Zealand in 2020. Together, they are known for their unique tone, unison playing, harmonies and arrangements on fiddle and wooden flute.
Robert's new composition Kiangardarup premiered in the Perth Concert Hall in May 2024, receiving a standing ovation. Robert has recently received many awards for his album Kiangardarup, including three silver medals at the Global Music Awards, a win in the InterContinental Music Awards and also the Instrumentalist of the Year at the Australian Folk Music Awards 2025.
Robert grew up playing traditional Irish music in Perth before moving to the west coast of Ireland, where he lived for fourteen years. He has toured internationally and taught for three years in the Galway School of Traditional Irish Music. He is also a violin maker and performs on his own violin made in 2018.
Manuela graduated from the Conservatoire of Bologna, Italy, in 2009, receiving a Masters with distinction in flute. She studied under Massimo Pasi. In 2014, she moved to New Zealand, where she began playing Irish music on the wooden flute, that is now her principal instrument.
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Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Maori Hill, Timaru 7910, New Zealand, Timaru
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