The acclaimed group’s artistic director is a natural collaborator, including on Strange Waves, her new album with the composer Ed Bennett
The Mac Gloinns are back with a brace of original songs among the traditional
The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene
Ahead of an NCH concert series, artists reflect on how a musical giant shaped them
The centre’s new home is on the site of an old tyre shop in Hell’s Kitchen
The musicians met only once, but the spark they felt has led to a fruitful collaboration
Cannell and Lee engage in a ricocheting, jagged-edged conversation
The Gloaming fiddler continues eternal musical quest with The Common Ground Ensemble
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Startling soundscapes and sublime electronica from a modern maverick
‘Advice from a Caterpillar’ is a depiction on solo bass clarinet of the conversation in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ between Alice and the caterpillar
Classical music highlights for this week include Kirkos’s Body Noise Work project
The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms
Finding a Voice festival’s all-female finale; Vanbrugh & Michael McHale; Philippe Cassard
The second edition of Dublin’s genre-blind alternative festival is back next week to once again challenge cello orthodoxy
Nick Roth’s band Yurodny celebrate their 10th anniversary with a new suite ‘Wave’, coalescing traditional and modern music inspired by the jesters of Russian folklore
Music and theatre lovers well catered for with eclectic mix at popular Tipperary event
The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country
Of all new music, large-scale works with words travel least freely internationally
Russian Puccini, refined Haydn and raw saxophone
Norway’s top opera job is being taken up by Annilese Miskimmon. The post comes with its own dramatic history
What attracted Iarla Ó Lionáird, Duke Special and Julie Feeney to collaborate with Cork Gamelan Ensemble?
The eclectic mix you’ll hear at Kaleidoscope music nights, at Odessa in Dublin – everything from solo accordionists to saxophone quartets and baroque music – has won the attention of a growing audience of fans
It is likely to be to everyone’s benefit if the two RTÉ orchestras are allowed to compete on the same terrain
Within the rampant fragmentation that’s been with us for so long, the victors have become much harder to identify
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
