Frankie Gavin
November 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
FRANKIE GAVIN
Friday, November 20th at Chicago Gaelic Park
Frankie Gavin has played fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he wonAll-Ireland competitions for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by the great Irish and American-Irish fiddle players, James Morrison, and Michael Coleman, he later found himself playing with the stars including among others The Rolling Stones, Earl Scruggs, Lez Paul, Stéphane Grappelli, James Galway and Yehudi Menuhin as well as with many of the great contemporary players and singers of traditional Irish music. All have left their mark on his eclectic approach to music.
In 2010, he officially became the world’s fastest fiddle player when he played The Foxhunter’s Reel, at a breath-taking 150 beats per minute! Gavin has played for four American presidents,starting, at the age of six when he played for John F. Kennedy on his 1962 visit to Ireland, then later for Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama. He has also played for France’s President Mitterrand, Britain’s Prince Charles (now King Charles III), Prince Albert of Monaco and, in front of the Pope on hislast visit to Ireland The name Frankie Gavin is also synonymous with De Dannan, the globally renowned traditional Irish band he founded in the mid-1970s. Despite a few breaks and changes of personnel over the years, the band continues to play still performs andexcites audiences in Ireland and around the world. Another of Gavin’s recent projects is The Princess Grace Symphonic Suite, composed by Frankie and arranged by Carl Hession, was performed in Monaco with the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2022 in front Princess Grace’s son, Prince Albert.
Tickets:
$33 – General Admission (includes fee)
$27 – CGP/YGA Member (includes fee)*
$35 – Door Price on November 20
All are welcome at Chicago Gaelic Park. Memberships are not required. Interested in becoming a member to support Irish culture? You can do so here.
*Buyers who purchase member tickets must be CGP or YGA members. If you purchase more than 1 CGP/YGA Member discounted ticket (or 2 Member discounted tickets for Couple Membership holders), your additional order(s) will be cancelled and refunded.
Doors open at 7:00pm. Show begins at 7:30pm. No outside food or beverages permitted.
Questions? Contact us at (708)687-9323 or officecgp@chicagogaelicpark.org