John O Conor
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Great Music in Irish Houses brings the programme up to date
- Music
- June 19, 2019, 05:00
Normally, the bread-and-butter programming of Great Music in Irish Houses comes mostly from the core classical repertoire. Last week, the 49th ed(...)

Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
- Film
- June 15, 2019, 05:00
Hugh O’Conor is pondering the years after his breakthrough role in My Left Foot. “I didn’t do some jobs I was offered,” he says. “My parents said I h(...)

John O’Conor to receive NCH Lifetime Achievement award
- Culture
- November 22, 2017
On Sunday night, pianist Dr John O’Conor will receive the NCH Lifetime Achievement Award 2017. The event will be a gala concert in honour of his uniqu(...)

The truth emerges when Beethoven is turned upside-down
- Music
- May 4, 2016, 01:00
Order matters. Just ask yourself when you last began a meal with a dessert. Language has peculiarities that are not immediately obvious. There’s no r(...)

An Egyptian soprano adds to the great variety of Irish competition winners
- Music
- February 3, 2016, 01:00
The award of the first prize in last week’s Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition to 24-year-old Egyptian soprano Fatma Said is a reminder(...)

Cog Notes: Young pianist wins Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Award
- Education
- November 24, 2015, 05:00
Eoin Fleming (17) a sixth- year student at St MacDara’s Community College, Templeogue, has won the 2015 Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Award, Irela(...)

Out on a Lim: the crazy abandon of a Korean maverick
- Music
- August 5, 2015, 01:00
Korean pianist HJ Lim created quite a stir three years ago. She arrived on the recording scene in spectacular style in her mid-20s. EMI Classics to(...)

Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, by Jan Swafford
- Books
- June 6, 2015, 01:16
I had not previously come across the observation of Schopenhauer: “talent hits a target that no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can(...)

The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk
- Music
- June 3, 2015, 01:00
Heineken may not be brewed in Dundalk, but one of its most famous advertising slogans – about refreshing the parts other beers cannot reach – has m(...)

Liszt is dead, long live the piano recital
- Music
- May 6, 2015, 06:00
On Monday, Google’s homepage ran a picture to celebrate the 360th birthday of Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano and keeper of instrument(...)