Nuala McKenna

Since 2018 the German-Irish cellist Nuala McKenna holds the position of solo cellist in the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen conducted by Paavo Järvi.

She has performed concerts with renowned artists such as Maria João Pires, the Talich Quartet, Boris Garlitsky, Augustin Dumay, Olli Mustonen and Jean-Guihen Queyras and has performed as a soloist with among others the Göttinger Sinfonieorchester, Theater Erfurt, Kammerorchester Kiel.

She is artistic leader of her own festival ‘Musikfest Kahleby’ which was founded in summer 2016. Nuala McKenna has been awarded a Diapason d’Or, the most prestigious of French music magazine award as well as the ‘Clef d’Or Resmusica’ award for her debut Cobra album Solo, released in March, 2021 at NativeDSD.