What’s new? Irish festivals reveal the state of contemporary music
Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes
Sounding the Feminists: Women composers in the spotlight
Michael Dervan: Moves are afoot to orchestrate more equitable representation
Gender balance not being taken seriously by Irish music organisations
Female composers are grossly underrepresented, but fixing the issue may not be easy
A conductor in search of the Furtwängler factor
Cristian Macelaru’s in-your-face style frees up the RTÉ NSO, perhaps too much so
Classical Music: Choir of 16 voices in the GPO sounds larger than life
While no longer strictly in houses, the Great Music in Irish Houses festival has found good new homes
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