‘This is such a terrible mess. But I feel the power of what we do more vividly than ever’This year's Edinburgh festival is off – but only postponed, says its Irish head, Fergus LinehanThu Jul 02 2020 - 05:00
The show must go on: Making opera in the lockdown ageCovid-19 restrictions did not stop INO from creating Seraglio - an upcoming mini-seriesMon Jun 29 2020 - 05:00
Remote music teaching: ‘We have to do it. We have to find ways’Using online communication as substitute for the traditional face-to-face music lesson is a complicated undertakingSat Jun 20 2020 - 05:00
Financial control will add to the security of Wexford Festival OperaEffective controls on artistic expenditure appear to have been nonexistentMon Jun 08 2020 - 05:00
Irish-American composer Swan Hennessy written into historyHibernophile musicologist Axel Klein has had to use detective work to fill in the blanksWed May 27 2020 - 05:00
Can live music and theatre return with social distancing?Michael Dervan: Reducing numbers at concerts will be very tough on box officesWed May 20 2020 - 05:00
Live music facing an uncertain future – nothing new thereToday it’s a pandemic. A century ago it was the advent of radio, the talkies and muzakWed May 13 2020 - 05:00
How are composers affected by lockdowns, wars and revolutions?From Stravinsky to Schoenberg, composers differed in their treatment of global events in the 20th centuryWed May 06 2020 - 05:00
When will concerts be on again? When people feel safe to goWith most summer events cancelled, the picture for autumn is looking a lot less clearWed Apr 29 2020 - 05:00
Irish artists are not helped by cloud-cuckoo-land responses to the Covid-19 crisisMichael Dervan: Contemporary Music Centre’s list of unrealistic demands is shamefulWed Apr 22 2020 - 05:00
Arts Council’s €1m Covid-19 package amounts to a pittance for artistsYou have to wonder what the Government’s cultural mandarins are actually thinkingWed Apr 15 2020 - 05:00
Three Irish classical musicians on the impact of the global shutdownCancelled events have hit Jonny Byers, Peter Whelan and Tara Erraught hardWed Apr 08 2020 - 05:00
Polish avant-garde composer who had the common touchKrzysztof Penderecki had a remarkable career, but was most proud of his arboretumWed Apr 01 2020 - 05:00
Feis Ceoil the biggest loss to Irish classical calendarCoronavirus ravages cultural schedule but online musical archives will reward raidingWed Mar 25 2020 - 05:00
The show must go online: How venues are keeping the music aliveCovid-19 has shut concert halls and productions, but you can watch safely on the webWed Mar 18 2020 - 05:00
High sound levels a health risk in classical musicNumerous composers suffer from tinnitus and even violinists tend to end up with hearing damage in the left earWed Mar 11 2020 - 05:00
Bach in season: This week’s classical music highlightsNCH hosts concerts by Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki and Malcolm ProudSat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00
New Music Dublin festival breaks fresh groundUnusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistryWed Mar 04 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts in Ireland this weekNew Music Dublin, Hugh Tinney, RTÉ NSO/Michail JurowskiSat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00
New Music Dublin: A myriad of creative musical endeavoursWith more than 20 events over four days, the festival features the best in contemporary musicWed Feb 26 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music and opera to see this weekBeethoven’s Fidelio and New Music Dublin both come to the National Concert HallSat Feb 22 2020 - 05:00
Putting Irish-language songs centre stageThe Irish Language Art Song Project: its promotion of Irish music is nonpareilWed Feb 19 2020 - 05:00
Irish language project commissions 50 songs from composers at home and abroadMichael Dervan speaks to six composers about themes of grief, nature and lamentationSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music to see this weekThe Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon TrpceskiSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
The Trials of Tenducci: National Gallery concert celebrates 18th century castratoTenducci’s career and notoriety flourished in England and IrelandWed Feb 12 2020 - 05:00
Three classical concerts to see this weekHansel and Gretal the opera, work by women composers and celebrating BeethovenSat Feb 08 2020 - 05:00
Are parties’ promises music to our ears or just empty noises?Arts funding is an issue in the general election, but some figures seem unrealisticWed Feb 05 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music to see this weekTara Erraught leads master classes in song and opera, Sinead O’Kelly is at the National Concert Hall and Mihhail Gerts will conduct the RTÉ National Symphony OrchestraSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Musical youth: How Ireland’s youth orchestras are growingThe annual Festival of Youth Orchestras shows the power of these teenage ensemblesSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Striking the right chord: how singers should protect their vocal healthProfessional singers should regard themselves as athletes, with every vocal performance akin to running a marathon, says a top laryngeal surgeonThu Jan 30 2020 - 17:01
Are the political parties tuned in to the needs of musicians?Election promises to ‘secure the future of our orchestras’ may sound a hollow noteWed Jan 29 2020 - 05:00
Roll over for Beethoven: This week’s classical highlightsCamerata Ireland and RTÉ NSO are celebrating Beethoven’s anniversary at the NCHSat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00
Galway’s Midwinter Festival celebrated Beethoven’s early workThe performances came across with sophisticated poiseWed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts happening this weekBeethoven celebration gets under way while Sounding the Feminists series continues at NCHSat Jan 18 2020 - 05:00
Women, Irish and living composers are still being shut out by classical establishmentRTÉ NSO and National Concert Hall remain choked by the past in certain respectsWed Jan 15 2020 - 05:00
Galway’s Beethoven celebration: ‘It has to be terrifying for everyone’Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien on playing the Midwinter FestivalTue Jan 14 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music gigs happening this weekFrancesco Cilluffo brings an all-Russian night to Dublin while Beethoven hits GalwaySat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00
Climate action may offer a boon for Irish musiciansA reduction in international visits could change the face of classical music in IrelandWed Jan 08 2020 - 05:00
This week’s best classical music gigsNational Concert Hall brings musicians from across the generations for a new year bashSat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts this weekStart the new year with the RTÉ orchestra or chamber music at the National Concert HallSat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00
How a chamber orchestra made Irish musical historyA new book charts the path of an Irish orchestra that would traverse three continentsWed Dec 18 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music gigs to go to this weekSchubertreise XXII in Dublin and Comhar Vocal Ensemble in KerrySat Dec 14 2019 - 05:00
NSO chief conductor holds audience in the palm of his handJaime Martín brings artistic passion and educational spirit to his new roleWed Dec 11 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music events this weekChristmas concerts in various venues and the Ficino Quartet at the National Concert HallSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
Opera merger sees more Irish singers in more varied rolesBuilding projects prove more time consuming than artistic changes as self-preservation prevailsSat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00
James Galway can still deliver trademark intensity and breathtaking brillianceAs he turns 80 on Sunday, the individuality of character of the superstar flautist is undimmedWed Dec 04 2019 - 05:00
The best classical concerts and opera this weekYou can see Killian Farrell, Yannis Kyriakides, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Sestina choirSat Nov 30 2019 - 05:00
‘The older I get, my music seems to get faster or more obsessed with speed’Time fails to wither spirited composer John Kinsella, whose Eleventh Symphony premieres at the NCHThu Nov 28 2019 - 05:00
Young musicians make many new friends at NCHFriends Gala Concert with Camerata Ireland; Anja Bihlmaier; Irish Baroque OrchestraWed Nov 27 2019 - 05:00
The best classical music concerts the week has to offerJustin Doyle brings Brahm to the NCH and Ulster Hall hosts Tito MuñozSat Nov 23 2019 - 05:00
