Three Ministers unable to make Patrick’s Day trips due to Covid-19

Harris, McConalogue and Chambers test positive for virus along with Taoiseach

Golda Schultz: ‘Back to that conversation between performer and artist’

The South African soprano talks about the inspiration behind her upcoming NCH performance

Charles Villiers Stanford: More than a teacher of composers

Music programme to focus on Stanford’s composing rather than his catalogue of pupils

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

Female Composer Series at NCH: a small step for women in music

The Sounding the Feminists initiative hopes to redress the gender balance in composition

Hugh Tinney’s 60th birthday tour: this weeks classical music highlights

Plus: Female Composer Series at NCH, and piano competition winner Sae Yoon Chon

Evolution of women composers a missing link in new concert series

Why does the NCH need €20,000 before it will bother exploring music by women?

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?

Chamber Music Gathering ignores female composers for second year

The NCH event has a thing or two to learn from West Cork Festival

Adrien La Marca and Thomas Hoppe - English Delight: stylish poise and broad taste

From intimacy on the guitar, to a percussive musical storm

Roland Dyens was in charming form at the Guitar Festival of Ireland, while Mantra Percussion tried to take the Drogheda Arts Festival by storm