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Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber’s 60th birthday gala at London’s Royal Festival Hall earlier this year was, in his words, a celebration of the “beautiful, temperamental instrument” that dominates his life. Now Julian brings the instrument - the Barjansky Stradivarius cello, dated 1690 - which famously gets its own seat on airplanes - on his Irish tour, Travels With My Cello: An Evening with Julian Lloyd Webber. The tour begins at the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Wednesday, November 2, at 8pm.

2011 has been a milestone for Julian Lloyd Webber, one of the greatest and most admired cellists of our time. This year saw the birth of Julian and wife Jiaxin Cheng’s daughter Jasmine Orienta; the release of the double-CD collection The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber; and Julian’s 60th birthday.

NICOLA BENEDETTI, the violinist and a rising star of classical music, returns to Galway to play the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway on Wednesday at 8pm.

2011 HAS been a milestone for Julian Lloyd Webber, one of the greatest and most admired cellists of our time. This year saw the birth of Julian and wife Jiaxin Cheng’s daughter Jasmine Orienta; the release of the double-CD collection The Art of Julian Lloyd Webber; and Julian’s 60th birthday.

So Jazz is dead? Not while there are still young people with creative voices yearning to be heard. Proof positive is top jazz combo Thought-Fox, performing at the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday October 26 at 8pm as part of a Music Network tour.

Jools Holland is a pianist, a composer and presenter who is selling millions of records, bringing the Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra all over the world playing to more than 300,000 fans every year. His achievements did not go unnoticed and in June 2003 he was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Violinist Catherine Leonard and pianist Hugh Tinney will visit Westport on October 23 for a Sunday afternoon concert at 4pm in Holy Trinity Church.

Jools Holland is a pianist, a composer and presenter who is selling millions of records, bringing the Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra all over the world playing to more than 300,000 fans every year. His achievements did not go unnoticed and in June 2003 he was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

“RICK MARGITZA is simply a great tenor player.” This verdict, on the saxophonist who plays Galway this weekend, was passed by no less a person than Miles Davis.

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will host a concert celebrating singer John McCormack and violinist Fritz Kreisler this Monday at 8pm.