Being back in the city where her husband gave his final concert was a reminder for the artist that there’s no demarcation between life, art, politics and love
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The Divine Comedy songwriter on his journey from pop star to accidental country gent and why he’s ‘less willing to put on a happy face’
May 30th-June 5th, 2026: The best music, theatre, art and more coming your way this week
Management at venue cancelled booking made by Alan Shatter for second time after being informed event would include October 7th dramatisation
The American jazz guitarist, who is on her way to Ireland, may have the feel of a modern folk musician, but she can shred and distort like a death-metal band
An innovator who pushes against received notions of jazz, the Chicago-based musician has been a key figure in a vibrant and revitalised international scene
Composer says bereavement ‘kind of changed everything about the writing of the piece’
National Concert Hall accepted, revoked, reinstated and then cancelled booking by Irish branch of Magen David Adom, former minister says
New chief executive Nigel Flegg hopes the NCH’s long-planned redevelopment will start in 2028 and transform it into a ‘cultural mother ship’
The pianists Maki Namekawa and Thomas Enhco are re-creating the jazz star’s fabled improvisation at the National Concert Hall in Dublin
Early Edition: Ireland’s ageing swimming pools and PSNI trials ‘kids courts’ scheme
Event set to proceed, but only after NCH board talks and discussions with Irish diplomats and the Department of Culture
Jack Chambers to brief Cabinet on plans aimed at speeding up critical infrastructure delivery
‘Risk-taking is a comfortable space’ for the Canadian ‘one-woman music industry’, who makes her Irish bandleader debut at the NCH in March
Laconic frontwoman Laetitia Sadier and her bandmates put on a clever and wondrous Dublin show with danceable grooves and art-rock jams
Planned location of National Children’s Science Centre ‘doesn’t make any sense’ says Explorium boss
February 14th-20th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Report last year suggested it could cost €70m to develop the long-planned facility beside Dublin’s National Concert Hall
Major redevelopment of classical music venue first announced in 2005 but stalled by financial crash
January 10th-16th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Plus: National Concert Hall can’t stop the music; and a Clarewoman at Sellafield
Cofounder of the highly regarded Dublin International Piano Competition had a zest for life and incredible organisational skills
The singer of Fijian and Malaysian descent penned her hit single, Twist in my Sobriety, when she was a ‘introverted, opinionated’ teenager
This is the National Ploughing Championship for hipsters
These Pillow Queens songs belong to half-lit bars and the roar of a crowd that knows every word
Irish band reflects on what makes them different, feeling a ‘new energy’ and how their work has resonated with people
In advance of appearing at the National Concert Hall, three singers talk about the joy and challenges of performing Bizet’s most celebrated opera
Founder and music director of a cultural symbol of Ukraine makes her Irish National Opera debut this weekend
Edwina Guckian was thrilled when Zoë Conway composed a piece for her. They’re about to perform it with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in Dublin
Jane O’Leary, recipient of the National Concert Hall’s lifetime-achievement award, on her half-century of musical innovation
Actor Don Wycherley is the narrator for Guy Barker’s Soho Symphony at the NCH
National Concert Hall chief wrote to Department of Culture to outline HR issues over transfer of NSO from RTÉ, documents show
Chairperson has sought assurances from Government that NCH will not have to fund multi-million euro redevelopment
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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