John O'Conor

Sae Yoon Chon is first Asian winner of Dublin International Piano Competition

The groundbreaking 22-year-old from South Korea picks up €15,000 prize

Playing politics with the RTÉ orchestra cutbacks controversy

Taoiseach weighs in, Minister for Arts kicks to touch, Fianna Fáil comes late to the cause

John O’Conor to receive NCH Lifetime Achievement award

The pianist marks his 70th birthday year with a wonderful coda

Can RTÉ effectively axe an orchestra?

Cuts in RTÉ’s pool of musician employees is fuelling speculation about a merger of its two orchestras

The best classical performances to see this week

Russian fare and a 90th birthday celebration for Veronica Dunne

Wolfgang Rihm can chat and compose at the same time

The German composer is a master of quite contradictory styles and his output runs to more than 400 works

Fight for gender equality moves from theatre to music

When it comes to ‘gender mainstreaming’, we can learn something from Vienna city hall

Classical music review: Two pianos and a cello ensemble

Unusual musical combinations and an extreme reaction

The truth emerges when Beethoven is turned upside-down

The Vanbrugh Quartet’s unusual approach played up the contrast between early and late Beethoven

An Egyptian soprano adds to the great variety of Irish competition winners

Is there a gender or national bias in our high-profile music competitions? Sorry, conspiracy theorists, but no

Cog Notes: Young pianist wins Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Award

Eoin Fleming hopes to study under John O’Conor in Virginia

Out on a Lim: the crazy abandon of a Korean maverick

Classical music: The problem with HJ Lim’s in-your-face style is that, when nothing is normal, you can get to the point where nothing is abnormal either

Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, by Jan Swafford

John O’Conor hails a great portrait of a musical genius

The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk

The composer Christian Wolff, of the New York School, was central to a memorable night in Louth

Liszt is dead, long live the piano recital

Classical Music round-up: Recitals by John O’Conor, Marino Formenti and Philip Glass ranged from the masterful to the radical

Public servant who interrogated Nazi spies in Ireland

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