‘It takes a village to make a concert happen’: Gemma New on the art of conducting an orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s first woman principal conductor on music, performance and the tingle factor
Ed Bennett
Finghin Collins: ‘Ireland has done extremely well for the arts online’
The pianist on Music for Galway and working on his repertoire during lockdown
Kirkos Ensemble: Bringing a whole new meaning to ‘outsider’ music
The Biosphere Project is a sonic adventure outdoors, says co-director Sebastian Adams
Quatuor Mosaïques bring ‘sophisticated mildness’ to Kilkenny
Phoenix 55, Malcolm Proud, Crash Ensemble, Quiet Music Ensemble and others also play
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach
Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th
Famished: A historical, musical and poetic account of the Irish Famine
Cherry Smyth, Ed Bennett and Lauren Kinsella come together for enlightening show
Director’s first full festival hoves into view
New Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunset
Top three classical performances this week
Celebrating composer Brett Dean, Stravinsky’s Funeral Song resurfaces and composers on love
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’
‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?
Who was the best composer of the late 19th century?
That question was arguably answered in concerts at the National Concert Hall and University Church last week
Kirkos invite their audience into the twilight zone
Classical music round-up: The young ensemble played Messiaen’s dark music – which he composed as a POW – in near-darkness
Kirkos Ensemble are drawn to the dark side
Classical Music: The ensemble is to give a series of concerts in the dark; elsewhere, street opera proves a slippery business
A fantastic early history of the Irish avant-garde
What, you haven’t heard of Zaftig Giolla or the Guinness Dadaists? Let Jennifer Walshe enlighten you
One small step for man, one giant leap of a musical kind
How to soundtrack Felix Baumgartner’s extraordinary near-space skydive? Ed Bennett has an explosive idea
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