Dublin-born Aoife Nic Athlaoich enjoys a versatile career performing on both modern and baroque cello. Aoife is a member of the Irish Chamber Orchestra and sub principal cellist with the Irish Baroque Orchestra with whom she has performed nationally and internationally. Aoife has performed at Ireland's leading chamber music festivals and is the former artistic director of the East Cork Early Music Festival.

Aoife was a member of the London Mozart Players before relocating to Ireland and is also a member of the Orchestre Revolutionnaire and Romantique.

Aoife teaches cello, baroque cello and chamber music at the University of Limerick on the MA in Classical string performance.