Experienced insider takes reins at Wexford Festival OperaRosetta Cucchi will succeed David Agler as artistic directorWed Jan 16 2019 - 05:00
Wexford Festival Opera appoints new artistic directorItalian-born Rosetta Cucchi has been involved with the festival since 1995Tue Jan 15 2019 - 08:32
ConTempo con brio: This week’s classical highlightsRTÉ ConTempo Quartet play in Sligo and Galway. Plus: ‘Banished’ in Kilmainham GaolSat Jan 12 2019 - 05:00
Wexford Festival Opera’s new direction puts its reputation on the lineMichael Dervan: Festival’s 2019 programme seems to undermine its selling pointsWed Jan 09 2019 - 05:00
Nathalie Stutzmann and Chamber Music Gathering 2019 at the NCHThe highlight classical music events for the coming weekSat Jan 05 2019 - 05:00
Ireland’s forgotten violinist who was buried at GlastonburyMaud MacCarthy, originally from Clonmel, sought music from across the globeTue Jan 01 2019 - 12:20
Brian Boydell: A musical rebel in Roaring Forties DublinThe Irish composer’s memoir is a homage to artistic life in neutral Ireland during the warWed Dec 19 2018 - 05:00
Ropes, plants, baths and other musical instrumentsClassical music highlights for this week include Kirkos’s Body Noise Work projectSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challengeYear in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and operaSat Dec 08 2018 - 05:00
Sound ideas for musical equality, but still no wider visionThe NCH’s female composer commissioning scheme is a small step in the right directionWed Nov 28 2018 - 05:00
Irish National Opera goes for the big time; Gavin Bryars performs at his own birthday partyClassical music highlights for the coming weekSat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00
The complete Fennessy triptych steals the show from BachClassical Music: ‘Before Bach & After’ is Chamber Choir Ireland’s core season concert series for the seasonWed Nov 21 2018 - 05:00
From Mozart to Britten, the requiem will live foreverComposers have always been drawn to honour the dead with powerful, passionate musicWed Nov 14 2018 - 05:00
Deborah Kelleher’s ambitious plan for the Royal Irish Academy of MusicThe director took over at a tough time. Now she’s driving the academy's expansion for the 21st centuryWed Nov 14 2018 - 05:00
Three classical music concerts to see this weekBritish clarinettist Katherine Spencer with the ICO, Yury Revic and Benedict Kloeckner on short tour and Chamber Choir Ireland perform David Fennessy workSat Nov 10 2018 - 04:00
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin put traditional music centre stageComposer’s legacy will be his enriching and broadening of the study of musicThu Nov 08 2018 - 09:52
Female Composer Series at NCH: a small step for women in musicThe Sounding the Feminists initiative hopes to redress the gender balance in compositionWed Nov 07 2018 - 05:00
Keep it simple: What the Arts Council can learn from Sounding the FeministsNew commissioning schemes for women composers are not all straightforwardWed Oct 31 2018 - 05:00
Hugh Tinney’s 60th birthday tour: this weeks classical music highlightsPlus: Female Composer Series at NCH, and piano competition winner Sae Yoon ChonSat Oct 27 2018 - 05:00
Two operatic B-movies, a stinker of a concept, and some sub-Verdian strivingWexford Festival Opera reviews: ‘Leoni’ and ‘Mala Vita’; ‘Dinner at Eight’; and ‘Il Bravo’Mon Oct 22 2018 - 16:25
Paula Murrihy: ‘You’ve got to find and follow your road ’Irish mezzo-soprano on her unusual route into a singing career and her upcoming role as Judith, the fourth wife of BluebeardSat Oct 06 2018 - 05:00
Sounding the Feminists: Women composers in the spotlightMichael Dervan: Moves are afoot to orchestrate more equitable representationWed Oct 03 2018 - 08:46
Classical concerts of the week, from Louis Schwizgebel to Marc CoppeyPlus: Don’t miss soprano Claudia Boyle’s showstopper in The Tales of HoffmannSat Sept 29 2018 - 05:00
New Music Dublin manages to kick up a stormMichael Dervan: Against the odds, Defrosted event offered memorable performancesWed Sept 26 2018 - 05:00
For two years we will again have to do without the NCH as we know itDCU’s Helix, whose acoustics wipe the floor with the NCH, will be the only game in townWed Sept 19 2018 - 05:00
A muscular, finely tuned engine at Westport Chamber Music FestivalThe muscle cars of Cannonball Ireland were no match for the velvet sounds of WestportWed Sept 12 2018 - 05:00
Roll Over Beethoven - and Hoffman: this week’s classical highlightsJean-Christophe Spinosi conducts the ICO; Claudia Boyle in ‘The Tales of Hoffman’Sat Sept 08 2018 - 05:00
David Adams brings a broad church to his papal celebrationOrgan recital in Dún Laoghaire included music from Argentinian composer GinasteraWed Sept 05 2018 - 05:00
Wild Atlantic airs in Westport: This week’s classical highlightsWestport Chamber Music Festival is back; plus Monteverdi’s ‘The Return of Ulysses’Sat Sept 01 2018 - 05:00
Classical gig of the week: Westport Festival of Chamber MusicThe historic setting of Westport House is the centerpiece of this fine boutique festival in Co Mayo featuring works by Grieg, Mozart, Bach, Shostakovich, Schumann and FauréSat Sept 01 2018 - 04:00
Evolution of women composers a missing link in new concert seriesWhy does the NCH need €20,000 before it will bother exploring music by women?Wed Aug 29 2018 - 05:00
Jimmy Vaughan returns to play at concert for Veronica Dunne’s 91st birthdayThe Dublin native explains life as head coach do at one of the world’s great opera housesMon Aug 27 2018 - 00:00
The highs and lows of Eugene Downes in KilkennyHe brought an opera focus to Kilkenny Arts Festival, but new music was neglectedWed Aug 22 2018 - 05:00
Brahms steals the show at the Kilkenny Arts FestivalBrahms’s career saw many changes in the world of piano design and manufactureWed Aug 15 2018 - 05:00
Polkas for pink elephants: this week’s best classical concertsAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Johnny Gandelsman and Stravinsky’s circus musicSat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00
A back-to-basics opera experience in the best possible wayThe Return of Ulysses review: The musical equivalent of the world’s best chef using just a clutch of the finest ingredientsFri Aug 10 2018 - 00:00
The magic of Monteverdi and what he means to usParticipants in the first Irish production of ‘The Return of Ulysses’ talk to Michael DervanThu Aug 09 2018 - 05:00
Is the move by the RTÉ NSO to the NCH ‘a reverse takeover’?The players have strong views on the major move – not that they’ve been askedWed Aug 08 2018 - 05:00
Three of the best classical music concerts in Ireland this weekGavan Ring warms up for BBC Proms debut with hometown concert; the first Irish production of Monteverdi’s ‘Il ritorno d’Ulisse’ takes place in KilkennySat Aug 04 2018 - 04:00
Wexford Festival Opera poised for change as artistic director bows outWill it pivot from David Agler’s taste for still alive composers and underuse of Irish talent?Wed Aug 01 2018 - 05:00
Classical music to catch this week in DublinRTÉ Concert Orchestra taking over summer orchestral slots on Tuesdays and Fridays at NCHMon Jul 30 2018 - 17:00
Composer Siobhán Cleary opens Arts Council can of wormsCouncil scheme is set up in a way that cannot deal with idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’Wed Jul 25 2018 - 05:00
Surfeit of sopranos: This week’s classical highlightsSharon Carty, Celine Byrne and Danielle de Niese are all performing in Ireland this weekSat Jul 21 2018 - 05:00
Gender balance not being taken seriously by Irish music organisationsFemale composers are grossly underrepresented, but fixing the issue may not be easyWed Jul 18 2018 - 05:00
Two classical music concerts to see in Dublin this weekOrgan improvisation in Dún Laoghaire and Gavin Maloney conducts the RTÉ NSOSat Jul 14 2018 - 05:00
The NSO’s future is now secure, but why no outside expertise?Will RTÉ, which has been killing off the orchestra, now be allowed to fill key positions?Wed Jul 11 2018 - 05:00
‘Opera is everything . . . sometimes too much of everything’Emma Martin is stepping out of the dance world to direct Irish National Opera’s new production of ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’Tue Jul 10 2018 - 05:00
Two classical music concerts to see in Ireland this weekRTÉ NSO’s fanfares at lunchtime and Eugenio Fagiani improvises in Dún LaoghaireSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
Has RTÉ already cast the National Symphony Orchestra adrift?The NSO needs Government action to preserve, protect and nurture itWed Jul 04 2018 - 05:00
Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this weekWest Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony WeedenSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
