International competition has hardly changed in 30 years but has seen increased Asian participation
The review on the RTÉ orchestras is anything but balanced – even absurd in places
Highly acclaimed German baritone Benjamin Appl will colse the close the Dublin Song Series
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is working with disadvantaged schools to help open its doors to everybody
RTÉ has all but destroyed the National Symphony Orchestra. Should the State rescue an orchestra not fit for purpose?
John Luther Adams, Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits and RTÉ NSO with Christian Vásquez
The Boaden review says the broadcaster should jettison the NSO
Sligo International Chamber Music Festival is another highlight of the next seven days
Dearbhla Collins, curator/planner of the upcoming Dublin Song Series, is hard at work with German soprano Juliane Banse rehearsing for their NCH concert
It helps, of course, that most of what was on offer was what you would call bankable fare
External review found State broadcaster could no longer afford to support two orchestras
Broadcaster ‘should only fund National Concert Orchestra’
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s current Essential Classics series ends with a popular selection of Schubert and Beethoven
Dundrum native Caroline Staunton has watched Ireland’s opera revival and is now contributing to the ambitious new Irish National Opera season
Choirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tour
Director Patrick Mason on getting to the heart of Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Irish National Opera’s new production
Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music
Theodora in Clonard Monastery and Let’s Make Music in the Model, Sligo
There’s a Nordic affair at the NCH and the ConTempo Quartet mix things up in Galway
Taylor and Ó Drisceoil play rare two-harpsichord works; Leonskaja plays with the ICO; Pogostkina plays with the RTÉ NCO
For DJ, model and fashionista Honey Dijon, a life of music has given her the chance to help people be themselves and to tackle the absence of women, people of colour and diverse sexualities in the limelight
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