Diane Daly
Diane is one of Ireland’s top violinists. She has been a member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra since 1998, and has toured Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Americas with that ensemble as well as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Camerata Ireland, the European Chamber orchestra, the Killaloe quartet and many others.
She is also in demand as a session player and has worked with U2, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Shania Twain, the Corrs and Katie Melua on stage and in the studio.
Diane Daly regularly performs jazz, soul and cabaret in Ireland and abroad and has appeared at international jazz festivals with the Brian Irvine Ensemble.
Boris Hunka
As a vibraphone player Boris has performed in theatres, clubs and concert halls throughout the UK and Europe and is featured artist on a number of albums including the Vybesmen (Zingg) and Tito Rides In (Acid Jazz). He is also M.D. of the Hunka Burning Love soul band and the recently formed Irish Improvisation Orchestra.
Between 1996 and 2004 he ran a music production company in London, whose project studio hosted Mika and Sandi Thom at various time, both of whom would later reach no 1 in UK album and singles charts, and ran the Circus Stylus and Live Stylus club nights.
As a promoter/producer he has with artists including Courtney Pine, Omar and Incognito at events including the Barbados Jazz, the South Bank and the Larmer Tree festivals and. He also organised the series of Ballet Inganzo tours by teenage musicians from Rwanda, supported by Sir George Martin and Air Studios. A BBC radio 4 documentary about the project was first aired in 2005.
He has worked on sound design for film, tv and live projects for a number of organisations including Save the Children, Hampshire Arts and the South Bank Centre and has written for a range of publications about music and development issues.
Since moving to Ireland, he has been marketing manager for the Irish Chamber Orchestra and Limerick International Music Festival (where he also produced and performed at the festival club cabaret). Other recent credits include production/performance for the Feile Boru and Feile Eile festivals, sound design for Excess Baggage and The Fisherman’s Son (the first two plays of the Limerick Theatre Hub).
