Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway

While awareness of the issue has grown, a huge imbalance remains when it comes to the representation of female composers and performers

The grand final of Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition is on Thursday

Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera

Playing in the RTÉCO is no easy task, not least as rumours swirl about its future

Composers have always been drawn to honour the dead with powerful, passionate music

Michael Dervan: Against the odds, Defrosted event offered memorable performances

Fund will make as many as 15 investment in companies over the next 18 months

RTÉ Concert Orchestra taking over summer orchestral slots on Tuesdays and Fridays at NCH

Pope Francis opts to sit among the faithful and not on stage with dignitaries at Croke Park

Paul McNamara, Beckett Chamber Music Series and NCH Female Conductor Finale

Royal in Belfast ahead of return to Co Tyrone town to commemorate 1998 bombing

Also: Billionaire orchestra Würth Philharmoniker, and Pipeworks at Christ Church

Auditor says building society was told credit provisions needed to be reconsidered

Auditors KPMG can’t ‘wash their hands’ of management failures, inquiry hears

Inquiry seeking to establish if four former executives were involved in contraventions

‘I was always mindful that this is a song cycle,’ says composer Neil Martin of adapting Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Sweeney’s Astray’ for song

New Music Dublin festival director claims rumoured cutbacks would have trickle-down effect

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

The ‘I’m useless’ mindset can blight stay-at-home parents trying to get back into the workplace

Téada Trio explore synaesthesia, David Brophy conducts SinfoNua, and a choral contrast

Russian composers shine at NCH; Tenebrae revisit Orthodox choral music

The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music

Sung in the city’s unmistakable twang, ‘Long Story Short: The Belfast Opera’ is fresh, contemporary and slightly daring

Paul Muldoon lyrics criticise many aspects of Irish society such as ‘gombeen financiers’

When asked to write the text for a choral piece for the centenary of the Rising, I was determined not to gloss over the past or present a bogusly upbeat future

The conductor and the RTÉ NSO show Haydn a good time; and Ó Riada’s score for Mise Éire leaves me cold

Don’t worry about whether you can hold a tune, burst into song and feel great about it

‘The High Hopes Choir’ and ‘Rachel Allen’s Coastal Cooking’ sold to UKTV

NI Opera’s ‘Turandot’ is stunning, while Leif Ove Andsnes enjoys stint at the NCH

‘As a teenager I went on the gur many times. But then a friend helped me to realise that an unhappy home is better than no home at all’

The orchestra’s appearance at the NCH kept things contemporary, unorthodox and sensual

Action was taken against four ex-directors accused of unlawful delegation of power

Action over alleged ‘wholly unlawful’ delegation of board powers to former CEO

Case involving Michael Fingleton expected to go to full trial by year end

Bank has settled its action against former directors of the building society

Resolution involves financial settlement being paid to corporation

It is no longer the amount of blood loss that is considered significant, but the impact of that heavy bleeding on a woman’s social, emotional and physical wellbeing

John Stanley Purcell has made out a stateable case against the bank, says judge