‘When my life was more stable, my music was more active, more gritty. When my life has been chaotic my music has calmed down’
New Music Dublin 2024: The composers Bekah Simms, Raymond Deane, Linda Buckley and Rhona Clarke on their creative processes
New Music Dublin 2024: The composers Bekah Simms, Raymond Deane, Linda Buckley and Rhona Clarke on their creative processes
Clarke is fond of graduated spills of sound
Clonmel’s Finding a Voice festival of music by women composers is going online this year
Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway
Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes
There was nothing wrong with the New Music Dublin Festival – just its name
City of London Sinfonia with pianist Michael McHale and conductor Michael Collins, Quatuor Voce’s nine-stop tour and NI Opera stage Così fan tutte
At last, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is presenting ‘A celebration of contemporary Irish female composers’ at the NCH
Several key vacancies persist at the top of RTÉ’s performing groups, and one man is currently covering three roles
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is failing to engage with modern music, and this needs to change
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices