Alex Petcu Percussionist and teacher

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Albums

Videos

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Solo

The Solo page
About TimeA solo concert for the Finding a Voice festival, 5 March 2021
Solo concert at Queen's University BelfastMusic at Queen's, 19 March 2026
CMC Courtyard SessionsSolo pieces by Irish composers, for the Contemporary Music Centre
Rebonds A – Iannis Xenakis
Verve – Ella MacensRecorded for the Finding a Voice festival, 2021
Waves – Sam PerkinWith the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Swerve – Gene KoshinskiRecorded for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, 2021
Land – Takatsugu Muramatsu
Nagoya Marimbas – Steve ReichA duet with myself, from my album In Time (RTÉ lyric fm)
Paddy – Donnacha DennehyFilmed by RTÉ lyric fm. Also on my album In Time
XY – Michael GordonRecorded at New Music Dublin, 2014
Bach, Ravel and KomitasBach: Prelude from English Suite No. 2. Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (arranged by Safri Duo). Komitas: Ampel A, an Armenian folk song, with Ioana Petcu-Colan, violin. Recorded during lockdown for Moving On Music's BRB series.

Bangers and Crash

The Bangers and Crash page
Bangers and Crash: An Immersive ExperienceA short film about our 2024 project in Limerick, with the composer Brian Irvine
Up (Sextet No. 2) – Alex PetcuSelections, filmed at the Everyman, Cork, in October 2024, on the tour where it was premiered
Pitter Patter – Alex PetcuA percussion duo. Filmed for the Hugh Lane concert series, September 2023
Sextet No. 1 – Alex PetcuPremiered at the Cork Midsummer Festival, 2021. Filmed at the MTU Cork School of Music, July 2021
Tower of Pigeons – Amanda FeeryWritten for us, premiered at the Cork Midsummer Festival, 2021
Rotations – Tom LaneWritten for us, premiered at the Cork Midsummer Festival, 2021
Cross | Paths – Alex PetcuA percussion trio. Filmed at the MTU Cork School of Music, October 2021
Musique de Table – Thierry de MeyA trio for hands on a table, from our 2019 Music Network tour
Water Drumming – Alex PetcuFor five players and water, first played at Sounds from a Safe Harbour, Cork, 2015. Recorded at the MTU Cork School of Music, September 2015

Sherman | Petcu duo

The duo's page
Sophia x Bythos – Nick RothWritten for us, for amplified viola, aquarium and light
One Thing I Know – Benedict Schlepper-ConnollyFrom our album Totemic (Ergodos)
Totemic – album teaserErgodos, 2022
Live at UCC's FUAIM series, 2023The first concert of our Shades & Halflights tour, with three premieres

Wildwood

The Wildwood page
Heaving Moss – Barry O'HalpinThe opening of the piece, written for us

Kelley and Alex

The Kelley and Alex page
Les Papillons – Ernest ChaussonWith Kelley Lonergan, soprano
Canto Negro – Xavier MontsalvatgeWith Kelley Lonergan, soprano

Workshops

Teaching and workshops
Outreach workshop with Galway secondary school studentsMusic for Galway

Hear more of me with these ensembles

Crash Ensemble

Bangers and Crash Percussion

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

Other recordings

More recordings on SoundCloud.