New Music Dublin festival breaks fresh groundUnusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistryWed Mar 04 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts in Ireland this weekNew Music Dublin, Hugh Tinney, RTÉ NSO/Michail JurowskiSat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00
New Music Dublin: A myriad of creative musical endeavoursWith more than 20 events over four days, the festival features the best in contemporary musicWed Feb 26 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music and opera to see this weekBeethoven’s Fidelio and New Music Dublin both come to the National Concert HallSat Feb 22 2020 - 05:00
Putting Irish-language songs centre stageThe Irish Language Art Song Project: its promotion of Irish music is nonpareilWed Feb 19 2020 - 05:00
Irish language project commissions 50 songs from composers at home and abroadMichael Dervan speaks to six composers about themes of grief, nature and lamentationSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music to see this weekThe Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon TrpceskiSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
The Trials of Tenducci: National Gallery concert celebrates 18th century castratoTenducci’s career and notoriety flourished in England and IrelandWed Feb 12 2020 - 05:00
Three classical concerts to see this weekHansel and Gretal the opera, work by women composers and celebrating BeethovenSat Feb 08 2020 - 05:00
Are parties’ promises music to our ears or just empty noises?Arts funding is an issue in the general election, but some figures seem unrealisticWed Feb 05 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music to see this weekTara Erraught leads master classes in song and opera, Sinead O’Kelly is at the National Concert Hall and Mihhail Gerts will conduct the RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Musical youth: How Ireland’s youth orchestras are growingThe annual Festival of Youth Orchestras shows the power of these teenage ensemblesSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Striking the right chord: how singers should protect their vocal healthProfessional singers should regard themselves as athletes, with every vocal performance akin to running a marathon, says a top laryngeal surgeonThu Jan 30 2020 - 17:01
Are the political parties tuned in to the needs of musicians?Election promises to ‘secure the future of our orchestras’ may sound a hollow noteWed Jan 29 2020 - 05:00
Roll over for Beethoven: This week’s classical highlightsCamerata Ireland and RTÉ NSO are celebrating Beethoven’s anniversary at the NCHSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Galway’s Midwinter Festival celebrated Beethoven’s early workThe performances came across with sophisticated poiseWed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts happening this weekBeethoven celebration gets under way while Sounding the Feminists series continues at NCHSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Women, Irish and living composers are still being shut out by classical establishmentRTÉ NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respectsWed Jan 15 2020 - 05:00
Galway’s Beethoven celebration: ‘It has to be terrifying for everyone’Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien on playing the Midwinter FestivalTue Jan 14 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music gigs happening this weekFrancesco Cilluffo brings an all-Russian night to Dublin while Beethoven hits GalwaySat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00
Climate action may offer a boon for Irish musiciansA reduction in international visits could change the face of classical music in IrelandWed Jan 08 2020 - 05:00
This week’s best classical music gigsNational Concert Hall brings musicians from across the generations for a new year bashSat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts this weekStart the new year with the RTÉ orchestra or chamber music at the National Concert HallSat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00
How a chamber orchestra made Irish musical historyA new book charts the path of an Irish orchestra that would traverse three continentsWed Dec 18 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music gigs to go to this weekSchubertreise XXII in Dublin and Comhar Vocal Ensemble in KerrySat Dec 14 2019 - 05:00
NSO chief conductor holds audience in the palm of his handJaime Martín brings artistic passion and educational spirit to his new roleWed Dec 11 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music events this weekChristmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert HallSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
Opera merger sees more Irish singers in more varied rolesBuilding projects prove more time consuming than artistic changes as self-preservation prevailsSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
James Galway can still deliver trademark intensity and breathtaking brillianceAs he turns 80 on Sunday, the individuality of character of the superstar flautist is undimmedWed Dec 04 2019 - 05:00
The best classical concerts and opera this weekYou can see Killian Farrell, Yannis Kyriakides, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Sestina choirSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
‘The older I get, my music seems to get faster or more obsessed with speed’Time fails to wither spirited composer John Kinsella, whose Eleventh Symphony premieres at the NCHThu Nov 28 2019 - 05:00
Young musicians make many new friends at NCHFriends Gala Concert with Camerata Ireland; Anja Bihlmaier; Irish Baroque OrchestraWed Nov 27 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts the week has to offerJustin Doyle brings Brahm to the NCH and Ulster Hall hosts Tito MuñozSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
What is it that opera traditionalists want exactly?It has become clear over the years that whatever it is they like, they call it traditionalWed Nov 20 2019 - 05:00
The best classical concerts and opera of the weekCamerata Ireland, Ben Johnson and Sean Shibe, and Anja Bihlmaier and the RTÉ NSOSat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00
Silence is golden: Softly-softly approach to music gets your attentionChristian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt used surprise softness to great effect at the NCHWed Nov 13 2019 - 05:00
The best classical and opera concerts to see this weekIrish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught appears in La Cenerentola as AngelinaSat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00
Din emanating from RTÉ over orchestra cuts is hard to listen toContinuity is important in orchestras, and RTÉ’s plans will have a dire effectFri Nov 08 2019 - 06:00
Artistic director plans new theme for every Wexford Festival OperaRosetta Cucchi, who brings an open-hearted warmth to her task, has chosen ‘Shakespeare’ for 2020Wed Nov 06 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music to see this weekListen to The Seven Ages of Man by Paul Hilliard or Andrew Zolinsky’s Resound SeriesSat Nov 02 2019 - 05:00
Bring sandwiches for a five-hour Philip Glass marathon – this week’s classical highlightsThe Veiled Prophet of Khorassan in Wexford; American conductor JoAnn Falletta at NCHSat Oct 26 2019 - 05:00
La cucina/Adina review: A production so busy it ties itself in knotsWexford Festival Opera: Andrew Synnott’s skilful music faces a riot of onstage activityFri Oct 25 2019 - 14:15
Dorilla in Tempe review: A good-looking but unbalanced productionWexford Festival Opera: An oversized orchestra too often compromises solo voicesThu Oct 24 2019 - 16:45
Don Quichotte review: Massenet updated, but in no way diminishedWexford Festival Opera: Aigul Akhmetshinato is a sultry Dulcinée in Rodula Gaitanou’s new productionWed Oct 23 2019 - 15:07
Andrew Synnott: A musician who needs to express himself in all kinds of different waysSynnot will be first living Irish composer to have work featured on main stage of Wexford Festival OperaSat Oct 12 2019 - 05:00
The week’s best classical and opera: Griselda to ConTempo QuartetLondon Mozart Players concert mixes works from the 18th and early 20th centuriesSat Oct 12 2019 - 05:00
Meet Wexford Festival Opera’s next artistic directorRosetta Cucchi thought she was in the wrong place when she first arrived at Theatre RoyalSat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music and opera to see this weekRTÉ NSO chief conductor Jaime Martín opens his reign in style; Katie Bray is GriseldaSat Oct 05 2019 - 05:00
New Ross Piano Festival finishes on a high noteBarry Douglas’s rendition of the Seasons in Wexford delivers a rare sense of scaleWed Oct 02 2019 - 05:00
Book of Sounds at Hugh Lane: This week’s classical highlightsBangers and Crash Percussion Group starts tour, teenage wunderkind Daniel LozakovichSat Sept 28 2019 - 05:00
