Festivals in Ireland 2025: From Longitude to All Together Now - a guide to 80 of the best
From Brigit and Dublin Lunar New Year to Culture Night, Space Week and Cork Jazz Festival, here’s our round-up of cultural showcases to catch this year
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
West Cork Chamber Music Festival review: A potent, candlelit reminder of Magdalene inhumanity
Second week featured a resplendent Anna Devin, a Levantine exploration and masterly piano performances
West Cork Chamber Music Festival review: Mesmerising Schubert, achingly beautiful Beethoven and lovely Smetana
The Signum Quartet and the Chiaroscuro Quartet were the weekend’s highlights
Fanny Clamagirand on Beethoven’s violin sonatas: ‘This music is so rich, so intense, so complex’
West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2024: The violinist is teaming up with the pianist Roustem Saitkoulov to play the complete cycle of 10 works
West Cork Chamber Music Festival: women’s work and a remarkable Beethoven
This year’s programme in Bantry focused on women composers, and plans were also revealed for a new venue to house the town’s three festivals
‘It was clear I wanted to play first violin. When you are leader you can really create energy’
West Cork Chamber Music Festival: What’s the difference between playing first and second violin in a string quartet? Two musicians explain
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