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UCC Choir with Lisa Lambe - 05/12/25, 1:10pm, Aula Maxima, UCC

Lisa, hailed by The Irish Times as “the finest singer and actor of her generation,” offers a rich tapestry of traditional folk songs and stories, while Steve, celebrated for his groundbreaking guitar style and deep connection to Irish music, adds his masterful artistry. Together, they promise a fitting and extraordinary finale to our series, blending voices, tradition, and virtuosity in perfect harmony.
LISA LAMBE
Lisa Lambe is one of Ireland’s best-known actors, ballad singers, folklorists, performers and interpreters of song.The Irish Times hailed her the ‘finest singer and actor of her generation’.
Lisa is touring nationally and internationally, from Bere Island, to the National Concert hall to the Yoko Ono Centre in Liverpool, with her new self made projects ‘Nightvisiting’ and ‘Mamó’ both of which are based on research of old traditional folk songs, folklore and stories of Ireland. She has been touring this work since 2022 beginning with the National Famine Museum. Highlights already for 2025 sees Lisa perform for Tradfest, FUAIM UCC at the Aula Maxima, and Lisa will also take to the stage with the Crosshaven Choir and Eva McMullan Glossop in March this year.
Lisa has created many soundtracks for movies, radio & television, often performing at home with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and many acclaimed Irish and International artists including Martin Hayes, Steve Cooney, Damien Dempsey, José Carreras, Glen Hansard, Moya Brennan, Paul Brady, The Horslips, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Sean Keane, Eddi Reader, Cáit O’Riordan and many more.
Lisa he has been Billboard World Artist of The Year in the World Music Charts for six consecutive years with EMI/Capitol Records as her label. Internationally, as a recording artist she has performed in venues including Radio City New York, Red Rocks Colorado, Glastonbury, Trafalgar Square, and Irish Arts Centres in New York & Paris & London and most recently at The Yoko Ono Lennon Concert Hall, Liverpool, Celtic Connections and Tradfest Dublin.
Lisa released her fourth original songwriting solo album in 2023, following on from the critically acclaimed ‘Juniper’ with Rough Trade records and with her first album made in Sound Emporium, Nashville.
Lisa is the official Irish National Anthem singer for the FAI ( Football Association Ireland) singing live from the Aviva Stadium, and she is also the Anthem singer for Notre Dame American Football Classics.
See lisalambe.ie