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The weekend included performances by Natalie Clein, Killian White, Nicolas Altstaedt & Friends and, at the Cellissimo Spectacular, more than 80 young cellists
Dublin International Chamber Music Festival 2024 opens with a concert featuring McGonnell and US new music specialists the Jack Quartet
Second violinist John Sherba and viola player Hank Dutt will retire at end of tour
The United States’ best-known string quartet, famous for its crossover projects and advocacy of new music, is bringing its Five Decades season to Dublin
New Music Dublin 2024: The composers Bekah Simms, Raymond Deane, Linda Buckley and Rhona Clarke on their creative processes
The tenor Gavan Ring on the work that he’ll be singing at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Good Friday afternoon
The Latvian mezzo-soprano, with her husband on the podium, was effortlessly attractive in her self-assurance and ownership of her surroundings
The soprano is playing the title part – ‘a beast of a role’ – in Richard Strauss’s 1905 opera, based on the Oscar Wilde play, for Irish National Opera
Review: The Belcea, Carducci, Solas, Pavel Haas and Modigliani Quartets played works by Jonathan Dove, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Julian Anderson, among others
Show’s Irish half includes music by Ina Boyle and Charles Villiers Stanford
Mezzo-soprano was epitome of modesty as she chatted amiably and openly
The London-based mezzo-soprano has built a stellar opera career abroad. This week the National Concert Hall is honouring her with a lifetime-achievement award
The composer’s work often had an aloofness about it, and some of these performances lacked a light touch
The Venezuelan pianist on the mysterious art of improvisation and why she remains outspoken about the political situation in her home country
Paavo Järvi is from a family of conductors – but a strong technical schooling is still vital before anybody takes to the podium, he says