Malachy Robinson is a dedicated chamber musician, taking in everything from early music to contemporary classical and jazz. He has been principal double-bass with the Irish Chamber Orchestra since 1995, having studied in London at the Guildhall School of Music (graduating at the top of his year with the Dove Memorial Prize for General Excellence) and at the University of London where his Masters Degree was in Historical Musicology. His interest in historical performance has involved him with orchestras such as the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Academy of Ancient Music. He is a founder member of Trio Quattro and Armoniosa (two period instrument trio sonata groups in which he plays the G-violone da gamba) and of the new-music Crash Ensemble and the Nuevo Tango Quartet (playing the music of Astor Piazzolla). He has performed with the Vanbrugh, Callino, Parisii, T’Ang and Vogler String Quartets, Daghda Dance Company (choreographer Yoshiko Chuma), the Brian Byrne Big Band and regularly performs with the cabaret diva Camille O'Sullivan. He has premiered many Irish works for double-bass; recently he recorded Pianura for RTE, a new work by Ian Wilson for unaccompanied bass, and they collaborated on another much larger work Schattentiefe - for double-bass with live recording and playback - which was premiered in Dublin in September 2006.