Jack Talty is a traditional musician, composer, producer and educator from Lissycasey, County Clare. A concertina player who has toured throughout Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia, he has contributed to over 100 albums as a musician, producer, composer, arranger and engineer, and is the founder and Artistic Director of Raelach Records. With Neil O’Loghlen he formed Ensemble Ériu, whose debut album was named by the Irish Times as “one of the best Irish albums of 2013”, earning the band the Gradam Comharcheol TG4 in 2015; their third album, Stargazer, was listed at number 3 in Songlines’ Top Essential Irish Albums of all time. His other recordings include Na Fir Bolg with Cormac Begley and his debut solo album In Flow (2016), and his compositions range from traditional dance tunes and airs to minimalist ensemble pieces and ambient electroacoustic music for screen. Jack has performed as a soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra, and toured nationally with Dónal O’Connor, Anxo Lorenzo and Jim Murray for Music Network. Since 2021 he has been Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music at University College Cork, where in 2024 he led the establishment of UCC’s first MA in Irish Traditional Music. A committed arts advocate, he is a peer advisor to the Arts Council of Ireland, a board member of Glór, Ennis, and a member of the steering committee of the National Campaign for the Arts.