And Very Briefly...

THE National Concert Hall will probably be unable to reschedule Vladimir Ashkenazy's concert, which was cancelled because the pianist had bronchitis, until next season - he will, however, be playing in Limerick as scheduled on May 17th... The AIB Traditional Music Award for this year has gone to the accordion-player, Joe Burke ... Three of the young pianists who have been selected as Irish entrants in the Guardian International Piano Competition, Maria Mc Garry, Conor Linehan and Owen Lorigan, give a recital in the Town Hall Theatre, Galway, on Sunday at 3 ..... . An exhibition of Fibre Art has been installed in The Square in Tallaght by the Tallaght Community Arts Centre - it combines the work of four textile artists with that of groups and individuals who participated in intensive workshops ... Limerick's Island Theatre Company has appointed a new administrator, Conor Nolan ... March 31st is the deadline for submissions in the ESSO New Irish Play Award for a full length play by a previously unproduced playwright - the prize is £500, and the script will be sent to every drama group in the country ... Writer Emma Donoghue, film-maker Joe Comerford, and Senior Curator of the National Gallery Sergio Benedetri, will take part in a lecture series on Tuesday nights at Limerick's new Hunt Museum - phone 061-3198666 for details ...