‘I remember John O’Conor saying that when he comes off the stage he’s only earned half his fee’
Pianist Michael McHale has been guided by a series of noted Irish teachers – and their welcome advice has been about more than technique
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State papers: My Left Foot’s star turn absent for Haughey reception
Daniel Day-Lewis unable to attend dinner in lead up to Academy Awards as in Greece
New Ross Piano Festival finishes on a high note
Barry Douglas’s rendition of the Seasons in Wexford delivers a rare sense of scale
Great Music in Irish Houses brings the programme up to date
All-percussion concert with Colin Currie and tributes to John O’Conor veered from the classical core
Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
The ‘My Left Foot’ child actor does not only act - he’s now a writer and film-maker too
Classical music: What to see at this summer’s festivals
Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway
What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music
Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes
Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week
Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong
Deborah Kelleher’s ambitious plan for the Royal Irish Academy of Music
The director took over at a tough time. Now she’s driving the academy's expansion for the 21st century
For two years we will again have to do without the NCH as we know it
DCU’s Helix, whose acoustics wipe the floor with the NCH, will be the only game in town
Sae Yoon Chon is first Asian winner of Dublin International Piano Competition
The groundbreaking 22-year-old from South Korea picks up €15,000 prize
Playing politics with the RTÉ orchestra cutbacks controversy
Taoiseach weighs in, Minister for Arts kicks to touch, Fianna Fáil comes late to the cause
John O’Conor to receive NCH Lifetime Achievement award
The pianist marks his 70th birthday year with a wonderful coda
Can RTÉ effectively axe an orchestra?
Cuts in RTÉ’s pool of musician employees is fuelling speculation about a merger of its two orchestras
The best classical performances to see this week
Russian fare and a 90th birthday celebration for Veronica Dunne
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
Fight for gender equality moves from theatre to music
When it comes to ‘gender mainstreaming’, we can learn something from Vienna city hall
Classical music review: Two pianos and a cello ensemble
Unusual musical combinations and an extreme reaction
The truth emerges when Beethoven is turned upside-down
The Vanbrugh Quartet’s unusual approach played up the contrast between early and late Beethoven
An Egyptian soprano adds to the great variety of Irish competition winners
Is there a gender or national bias in our high-profile music competitions? Sorry, conspiracy theorists, but no
Cog Notes: Young pianist wins Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Award
Eoin Fleming hopes to study under John O’Conor in Virginia
Out on a Lim: the crazy abandon of a Korean maverick
Classical music: The problem with HJ Lim’s in-your-face style is that, when nothing is normal, you can get to the point where nothing is abnormal either
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, by Jan Swafford
John O’Conor hails a great portrait of a musical genius
The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk
The composer Christian Wolff, of the New York School, was central to a memorable night in Louth
Liszt is dead, long live the piano recital
Classical Music round-up: Recitals by John O’Conor, Marino Formenti and Philip Glass ranged from the masterful to the radical
Dublin fundraisers anticipate Clinton campaign
Host is a member of the national finance committee of grassroots movement Ready for Hillary
Classical music fills the air at 118th Feis Ceoil
More than 5,000 teenagers will participate in 180 competitions over the next 11 days
ESB Feis Ceoil 2014 will showcase ‘best of Irish musical talent’
Feis introduces new orchestral conducting competition
The way to Wexford: a strange beauty behind the scenes at the opera
Attending rehearsals of a Massenet double bill ahead of the Wexford Festival Opera was a deja vu experience
Former ‘Irish Times’ letters editor Seán Hogan laid to rest
Mourners told of ‘long and exciting career’ with newspaper
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