Benjamin Appl

He brought an opera focus to Kilkenny Arts Festival, but new music was neglected

Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm

Highly acclaimed German baritone Benjamin Appl will colse the close the Dublin Song Series

Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music

Schubert: Dreaming the Sublime, Giulio Cesare, and Rediscovering Irish State Musick

A focus on Schubert and Stephen Rea performing the work of Oscar Wilde are the main highlights, though the festival features few women in main performing roles

We are lucky to have a number of Irish promoters whose taste and empathy for the audience’s experience set them apart

Only one living Irish composer is part of the NCH’s seven-concert series for the 1916 centenary

Lang Lang takes a strict approach to consistency – so is two out of three acceptable when it comes to a concert?