The best classical music concerts in Ireland this week

New Music Dublin, Hugh Tinney, RTÉ NSO/Michail Jurowski

Sounding the Feminists: Women composers in the spotlight

Michael Dervan: Moves are afoot to orchestrate more equitable representation

Czech Philharmonic aquires middle-aged paunch

There were, of course, multiple pleasures along the way – this was a leading Czech orchestra playing some of the greatest Czech music

The best classical concerts this week

2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Nikolay Khozyainov returns to NCH

Wolfgang Rihm can chat and compose at the same time

The German composer is a master of quite contradictory styles and his output runs to more than 400 works

RTÉ NSO and Nathalie Stutzmann – love at second sight

The NSO’s new principal guest conductor hit it off again with orchestra and audience

Composing the Island: Starting with the best works is never wise

The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music

Classical Music: The odd imbalance of ‘Ten Thousand Miles Away’, and the place of period performance

The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s collaborative concert was strong on Irish writers but weak on our composers

Stephen Gardner: Hallalujah; Never . . . Never . . . Never . . ; Lament: RTÉ NSO/Gerhard Markson, Gavin Maloney