Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
Association honours new members in artforms such as writing, drama, dance and film
Kirkos Ensemble: Bringing a whole new meaning to ‘outsider’ music
The Biosphere Project is a sonic adventure outdoors, says co-director Sebastian Adams
Tributes paid after the death of composer Eric Sweeney
Arts Council chairman Kevin Rafter says Sweeney and his music would be ‘sorely missed’
New Music Dublin: A myriad of creative musical endeavours
With more than 20 events over four days, the festival features the best in contemporary music
‘Towards 2022’ programme symptomatic of orchestra’s lazy thinking
NSO sub-season duplicates previous efforts and focuses too much on British connections
How Waterford uses the arts to heal minds as well as hearts
Ireland’s longest running arts and health organisation the Waterford Healing Arts Trust is making a real difference
Wild Atlantic airs in Westport: This week’s classical highlights
Westport Chamber Music Festival is back; plus Monteverdi’s ‘The Return of Ulysses’
Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms
Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm
Can anything be salvaged from the New Music Dublin Festival?
There’s no way that the whole programme can be saved – it’s too big and too complicated for that
Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto: the musician’s best friend
It is designed to make players sound better than they are – but a recent performance did the opposite
Composing the Island: Starting with the best works is never wise
The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music
Diabelli’s Variations and the Hugh Lane’s mysterious moving piano
The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity
Opera houses survive, even thrive, despite Boulez’s pessimism
Opera repertoire has broadened since the French composer’s 1967 comments, and ‘The Invader’ continues a fine recent tradition of new opera in Ireland
Curtain call for Cork, a city proud of its operatic leanings
Cork had the first production of 2014, and features in two successful Arts Council funding applications
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