Malachy Robinson: The Irish Double Bass review – Strings core to this personal release
Another album from lockdown, Robinson is aided by pianist Gary Beecher
‘I think we’ve all out-Zoomed ourselves’: A festival organiser adapts
New Dublin Music’s John Harris on factors beyond his control and keeping streamed performances fresh
Bach in season: This week’s classical music highlights
NCH hosts concerts by Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki and Malcolm Proud
The best classical music to see this week
The Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon Trpceski
Brett Dean’s ICO debut: This week’s classical highlights
Fiachra Garvey with the RTÉ NSO, plus the Westport Chamber Music Festival
NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty
Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results
Great Music in Irish Houses brings the programme up to date
All-percussion concert with Colin Currie and tributes to John O’Conor veered from the classical core
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
Classical music still lags behind on gender policy
While awareness of the issue has grown, a huge imbalance remains when it comes to the representation of female composers and performers
The NSO’s future is now secure, but why no outside expertise?
Will RTÉ, which has been killing off the orchestra, now be allowed to fill key positions?
Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week
West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony Weeden
West Cork Chamber Music Festival: big ideas, big subjects, big music
Deirdre Gribbin’s Kindersang addresses the plight of 10,000 Jewish brought to Britain and Northern Ireland the outbreak of the second World War
Sae Yoon Chon is first Asian winner of Dublin International Piano Competition
The groundbreaking 22-year-old from South Korea picks up €15,000 prize
Bach’s St John’s Passion, RTÉ NSO with Nicholas Kraemer: The best classical music this week
There’s a Nordic affair at the NCH and the ConTempo Quartet mix things up in Galway
‘Powder Her Face’, New Music Festival: the best in opera and classical music this week
From the scandalous opera by Thomas Adès to new work by Crash Ensemble
Czech Philharmonic aquires middle-aged paunch
There were, of course, multiple pleasures along the way – this was a leading Czech orchestra playing some of the greatest Czech music
The best classical concerts this week
2012 Dublin International Piano Competition winner Nikolay Khozyainov returns to NCH
Chamber Music Gathering ignores female composers for second year
The NCH event has a thing or two to learn from West Cork Festival
Orchestra funding should be ringfenced at RTE, says Martin
New Music Dublin festival director claims rumoured cutbacks would have trickle-down effect
Classical music round-up with Michael Dervan
A celebrated Swedish brass player, a master US percussionist and a Norwegian trumpeter
Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights
Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra
Early music – and earlier start times – for RTÉ NSO’s new season
Orchestra celebrates 70th anniversary with a wide-ranging concert programme
‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’
‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?
Irish composers unveil devilish and gripping new works in Bantry
West Cork Chamber Music Festival heard pieces by Deirdre Gribbin and Seán Doherty
A strong Russian accent at the NCH international series
Great Music in Irish Houses, Killaloe Chamber Music Festival and Cork Chamber Music Festival also reveal their programmes
The Kevin Barry room gets ready for some fresh experimentation
The NCH room - where the Treaty debates were held - has had a revamp. Will this fix the acoustic problems?
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
I prefer the early stuff: West Cork Chamber Music Festival goes back in time
The early-music strand of this sprawling festival is substantial enough to bear comparison with specialised events elsewhere
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