Two classical music concerts to see in Dublin this weekOrgan improvisation in Dún Laoghaire and Gavin Maloney conducts the RTÉ NSOSat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
The NSO’s future is now secure, but why no outside expertise?Will RTÉ, which has been killing off the orchestra, now be allowed to fill key positions?Wed Jul 11 2018 - 05:00
‘Opera is everything . . . sometimes too much of everything’Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’Tue Jul 10 2018 - 05:00
Two classical music concerts to see in Ireland this weekRTÉ NSO’s fanfares at lunchtime and Eugenio Fagiani improvises in Dún LaoghaireSat Jul 7 2018 - 05:00
Has RTÉ already cast the National Symphony Orchestra adrift?The NSO needs Government action to preserve, protect and nurture itWed Jul 4 2018 - 05:00
Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this weekWest Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony WeedenSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
West Cork Chamber Music Festival: big ideas, big subjects, big musicDeirdre Gribbin’s Kindersang addresses the plight of 10,000 Jewish brought to Britain and Northern Ireland the outbreak of the second World WarSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Louth and clear: a maverick’s musical adventures in DundalkLouth Contemporary Music Society’s Book of Hours Festival was unfailingly adventurousWed Jun 27 2018 - 05:00
Worst concert experience? ‘Puberty. Until then everything seemed natural’Musicians playing the West Cork Chamber Music festival on a few of their favourite thingsMon Jun 25 2018 - 05:00
The three best classical concerts in Ireland this weekPaul McNamara, Beckett Chamber Music Series and NCH Female Conductor FinaleSat Jun 23 2018 - 05:00
Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of BrahmsFestival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helmWed Jun 20 2018 - 05:00
Máire Carroll in the Kirkoskammer series: this week’s classical highlightsAlso, Two-day festival in the Oriel from Louth Contemporary Music SocietySat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Claude Debussy centenary: Irish composers salute the masterIreland’s Tombeau to Debussy includes new pieces from seven Irish composers and a trio of NCH concertsWed Jun 13 2018 - 05:00
Great Music in Irish Houses: this week’s classical highlightsAlso: Billionaire orchestra Würth Philharmoniker, and Pipeworks at Christ ChurchSat Jun 9 2018 - 05:00
Blackwater Valley Opera Festival review: In need of some firm quality controlThe festival’s favoured production style is at the gag-rich, pantomime end of the spectrumWed Jun 6 2018 - 05:00
Prelude to a €74m makeover at the National Concert HallDirector Simon Taylor is at the wishlist phase for the redevelopment of the NCHTue Jun 5 2018 - 05:00
ConTempo Quartet does Beethoven: this week’s classical highlightsAlso: Kaleidoscope’s last in series; Fionnuala Moynihan surveys Schubert in Triskel, CorkSat Jun 2 2018 - 05:00
Sae Yoon Chon is first Asian winner of Dublin International Piano CompetitionThe groundbreaking 22-year-old from South Korea picks up €15,000 prizeWed May 30 2018 - 14:55
Conservative Dublin piano competition sees slight change of paceInternational competition has hardly changed in 30 years but has seen increased Asian participationWed May 23 2018 - 05:00
Divide and conquer: the true goal of the RTÉ orchestra report?The review on the RTÉ orchestras is anything but balanced – even absurd in placesWed May 16 2018 - 05:00
West Wicklow Festival at Russborough House: the best classical music this weekHighly acclaimed German baritone Benjamin Appl will colse the close the Dublin Song SeriesSat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Instruments of change: how an orchestra is changing livesBaltimore Symphony Orchestra is working with disadvantaged schools to help open its doors to everybodySat May 12 2018 - 05:00
Why should the taxpayer bail out RTÉ over orchestra mess?RTÉ has all but destroyed the National Symphony Orchestra. Should the State rescue an orchestra not fit for purpose?Wed May 9 2018 - 05:00
Classical music highlights of the weekJohn Luther Adams, Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits and RTÉ NSO with Christian VásquezSat May 5 2018 - 05:00
RTÉ has reduced its orchestras to a numbers gameThe Boaden review says the broadcaster should jettison the NSOWed May 2 2018 - 05:00
Alan Rusbridger and Gerald Barry’s Organ Concerto: the best classical concerts of the weekSligo International Chamber Music Festival is another highlight of the next seven daysSat Apr 28 2018 - 05:00
‘Living on the edge is the most fun’Dearbhla Collins, curator/planner of the upcoming Dublin Song Series, is hard at work with German soprano Juliane Banse rehearsing for their NCH concertThu Apr 26 2018 - 05:00
Busy classical music promoters suggest lifting of recessionIt helps, of course, that most of what was on offer was what you would call bankable fareWed Apr 25 2018 - 11:53
Will the Government simply let RTÉ off the orchestra hook?RTÉ’s management of orchestras in recent years was a calculated depreciation of assetsTue Apr 24 2018 - 00:05
RTÉ symphony orchestra should be funded by Government, review saysReport says National Symphony Orchestra should be established as separate cultural institutionMon Apr 23 2018 - 18:21
Mozart’s The Opera Director from Irish National Opera: the best classical music this weekThe RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s current Essential Classics series ends with a popular selection of Schubert and BeethovenSat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00
The risk and reward challenges facing Irish National Opera and WexfordThe new Irish National Opera is too risk-averse, while Wexford Festival's rare opera is not so rare anymore. And both need to engage with Ireland’s musical diasporaWed Apr 18 2018 - 05:15
The Marriage of Figaro review: setting high standards for Irish operaDirector Patrick Mason ’s light touch creates the happy illusion of a non-interventionist approachMon Apr 16 2018 - 15:00
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the NCH: the best classical music this weekChoirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tourSat Apr 14 2018 - 05:00
Blurring the lines between speaking and singingThe spoken word overlaid with music – or should it be the other way around – actually has quite a long historyWed Apr 11 2018 - 05:15
'The Marriage of Figaro' and the redemptive power of loveDirector Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new productionWed Apr 11 2018 - 05:00
Irish National Opera’s debut show: the best classical and opera this weekMusic Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic musicMon Apr 9 2018 - 12:00
Dublin piano competition celebrates 30-year anniversaryFounded by John O’Conor in 1988, the event gives free rein to competitorsWed Apr 4 2018 - 05:15
Handel’s favourite: this week’s classical highlightsTheodora in Clonard Monastery and Let’s Make Music in the Model, SligoSat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00
Louth music: Eamonn Quinn ‘first backstage laureate’ of Belmont PrizeFounder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’Wed Mar 28 2018 - 05:15
Bach’s St John’s Passion, RTÉ NSO with Nicholas Kraemer: The best classical music this weekThere’s a Nordic affair at the NCH and the ConTempo Quartet mix things up in GalwaySat Mar 24 2018 - 05:00
Met showdown over James Levine ‘sexual misconduct’ firingConductor files $6m suit for ‘kangaroo court’ decisionWed Mar 21 2018 - 05:15
James Taylor, Tom Ó Drisceoil, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Alina Pogostkina: the best classical music this weekTaylor and Ó Drisceoil play rare two-harpsichord works; Leonskaja plays with the ICO; Pogostkina plays with the RTÉ NCOSat Mar 17 2018 - 05:00
Embracing the ethos of Sounding the FeministsA new commissioning scheme will provide opportunity to established and emerging [female] composers to have their work commissioned and performed at the NCHWed Mar 14 2018 - 05:15
Women composers find a voice: The week’s best classical musicFinding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe CassardSat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00
Can anything be salvaged from the New Music Dublin Festival?There’s no way that the whole programme can be saved – it’s too big and too complicated for thatWed Mar 7 2018 - 05:15
Anna Tsybuleva and Jaime Martin: The best classical music this weekThe Russian pianist begins her Music Network tourSat Mar 3 2018 - 05:00
Powder Her Face review: Thomas Adès opera about Duchess of ArgyllDuchess’s sexual voracity is focus of opera with unflagging singers and INO OrchestraWed Feb 28 2018 - 17:02
RTÉ’s cuts to National Symphony Orchestra are no accidentDee Forbes wants to give the impression RTÉ is committed to maintaining two orchestras, but it has forced the NSO into a situation of atrophyWed Feb 28 2018 - 05:15
‘My first musical memory is standing in a cot listening to an old Telefunken reel-to-reel tape recorder’Musicians whose work will be at this week’s New Music Festival talk about their influences, ambitions and fearsTue Feb 27 2018 - 12:20