Welcome to Siard's website

I have been playing music as long as I can remember. Starting on tenor banjo I moved to the fiddle at the age of 14. At about the same time I started gigging at folk-clubs, festivals and bars. Music has brought me all over Europe, the States and Australia.

I rarely play banjo these days, but when gigging I play fiddle, viola, mandolin, bouzouki, (low) whistles and soprano sax.

I have been playing and recorded with, among others, Mike Hanrahan, Ronnie Drew, Sonny Condell, Keith Donald, Finbar Fury, Francie Conway, Sean Harkness, Chris Jones, Danny Guinan, Ailbe Grace, Extra Stout, Kieran Fahy, De Drie Tieten, Benny Jolink, Fling, Sara K, Fernando Lameirinhas, Rednexx, Ad Vanderveen, Allan Taylor and last but not least Within Temptation.

At the moment I mainly play with Danny Guinan, doing some recording work (Stockfish label) and play tunes whenever I can!

I hope you enjoy this website (don't forget to check out the fotogallery)