Irish cellist Sarah McMahon enjoys a varied career as principal cellist with the Academy of Ancient Music, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ensemble Marsyas and Camerata Kilkenny, collaborating closely with Peter Whelan, Malcolm Proud, Laurence Cummings and Richard Egarr among others. She also regularly plays as guest principal with the London Handel Orchestra, Florilegium, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Arcangelo and Dunedin Consort.

She is a founding member of the Callino Quartet, and the group’s recording of Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross was met with critical acclaim. Their collaboration with Canadian filmmaker Kaveh Nabatian premiered at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam in 2019 and toured festivals in Montreal, Kerala, Bilbao and Edinburgh.

McMahon is professor of historical cello at the Royal College of Music in London and Berwick Academy at the University of Oregon. She gratefully acknowledges support from Music Network and Arts Council of Ireland through their Capital Award scheme.