Nicholas Daniel: ‘I had no idea what an oboe was. My father sold cars’
The Westport-bound musician talks about his career and how the pandemic has radically changed his priorities
The Westport-bound musician talks about his career and how the pandemic has radically changed his priorities
New Music Dublin, Hugh Tinney, RTÉ NSO/Michail Jurowski
Arranging big works for smaller ensembles has always helped make them more accessible
Fiachra Garvey with the RTÉ NSO, plus the Westport Chamber Music Festival
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Dr Sheila Tinney was first-ever Irish woman to earn a PhD in mathematical science
Plus: Female Composer Series at NCH, and piano competition winner Sae Yoon Chon
Westland Row campus redevelopment involves €9m public funding and significant philanthropy
The muscle cars of Cannonball Ireland were no match for the velvet sounds of Westport
Westport Chamber Music Festival is back; plus Monteverdi’s ‘The Return of Ulysses’
The 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 Fauré
Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm
Also: Billionaire orchestra Würth Philharmoniker, and Pipeworks at Christ Church
Emmanuelle Haïm brings French baroque to Dublin, rising star Duncan Ward conducts the RTÉ NSO; and Dublin International Piano Competition winners perform in Galway
Westport Festival expands from three to six concerts
The Festival of Great Music in Irish Houses plays fast and loose with its title but delivers music of calibre and quality
Three festivals showcased electronic works that deserve to be heard by a wider audience
NCH honours pianist by presenting him in solo recital as part of international series
Executive Director of RTÉ’s Orchestras, Quartet and Choirs moves to new role
The Russian, a giant among 20th century composers, deserved an NCH showcase of his distinctive style
Two long-standing music series lose out as new events hit the jackpot, but the lack of continuity from year to year is mind-boggling
NI Opera’s ‘Turandot’ is stunning, while Leif Ove Andsnes enjoys stint at the NCH
The new season is strong on singing and orchestral debuts, and composers from Sibelius to Mahler
Classical music: The problem with HJ Lim’s in-your-face style is that, when nothing is normal, you can get to the point where nothing is abnormal either
A heavily redacted report on RTÉ’s orchestras gives the lie to the Government’s claims about transparency
Yeats might well have appreciated the wordiness of William Brooks’s Everlasting Voices, which revisits the poet’s ideals of ‘chaunting’
The orchestra’s appearance at the NCH kept things contemporary, unorthodox and sensual
The choir has to compete with the Fleischmann, but it’s living up to the vision behind its foundation
Richard Goode at the KBC Great Music in Irish Houses festival
Businessman Tony O’Reilly, pianist Hugh Tinney and minister Catríona Ruane all played in the ‘Junior Fitz’
It’s easy to compare the approaches of different instrumentalists at Westport Festival of Chamber Music
St Flannan’s is a challenging acoustic for musicians; here their solution is an energetic approach
John Adams’s first opera, which had its premiere in 1987 but has just landed in Dublin, is full of ideas
Programme notes – or the lack thereof – at recent concerts have me lamenting sins of omission
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices