Meet the 30-year-old who’s the Ulster Orchestra’s new principal conductor

Anna Handler, currently kapellmeister with Deutsche Oper and assistant conductor at Boston Symphony Orchestra, takes over from Daniele Rustioni

Conductor Daniele Rustioni says a fond goodbye to the Ulster Orchestra: ‘Some of the music was fantastic – it touched heaven’

The orchestra will say farewell to its dynamic, charismatic music director with a performance of Mahler’s epic Symphony No 2, Resurrection

The best classical and opera concerts to see this week

Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught appears in La Cenerentola as Angelina

Ulster Orchestra’s new principal conductor: ‘Opera was in my DNA’

Daniele Rustioni has performed at some the world’s greatest theatres

The best classical music and opera to see this week

An opera on Ireland’s direct provision system and New Ross Piano Festival

Zee Zee tops the bill at the NCH: this week’s classical highlights

The Chinese pianist makes her Irish debut with the RTÉCO under Jonathan Bloxham

UK orchestras more efficient at resolving issues than Irish counterparts

Association of British Orchestras holds its annual talking shop in Belfast

Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challenge

Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera

Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto: the musician’s best friend

It is designed to make players sound better than they are – but a recent performance did the opposite

Erwin Schrott: Arias