Kevin Volans

From the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash Ensemble

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

Finghin Collins goes solo at Wexford Festival Opera

Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra

Irish mezzo soprano Tara Erraught comes to the National Concert Hall

An online project that presents one new dance show a week is just one of the Limerick festival’s intriguing aspects

Orchestra members fulfil vital extracurricular functions such as providing music education and road-testing new music

Classical music round-up: The young ensemble played Messiaen’s dark music – which he composed as a POW – in near-darkness

Classical Music: The ensemble is to give a series of concerts in the dark; elsewhere, street opera proves a slippery business

RTÉ tends to give new Irish music just one airing in concert, so its plans to celebrate the past century of Irish music is a very valuable idea

Playing it safe doesn’t get you anywhere, says the choir’s artistic director – audiences prefer a cutting edge