‘We need to be nimble’: Battered cultural institutions adapt to pandemic
Live-streaming and a more local outlook are among the changes the pandemic has forced
Tempo of change at NCH set to increase
Major redevelopment and Symphony Orchestra to be transferred under NCH remit
The $6bn judgment pitting Nigeria against Irish businessmen
London court hearing will lift the veil on shadowy world of international arbitration
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
UK orchestras more efficient at resolving issues than Irish counterparts
Association of British Orchestras holds its annual talking shop in Belfast
Musical ups and downs in a year of change and challenge
Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera
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
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?
Prelude to a €74m makeover at the National Concert Hall
Director Simon Taylor is at the wishlist phase for the redevelopment of the NCH
Busy classical music promoters suggest lifting of recession
It helps, of course, that most of what was on offer was what you would call bankable fare
National Concert Hall to get major facelift
After 20 years of false starts, €78m investment announced as part of Project Ireland 2040
Embracing the ethos of Sounding the Feminists
A new commissioning scheme will provide opportunity to established and emerging [female] composers to have their work commissioned and performed at the NCH
French Baroque back in vogue at the National Concert Hall
Magdalena Kozena makes singing seem like an entirely natural activity
Chamber Music Gathering ignores female composers for second year
The NCH event has a thing or two to learn from West Cork Festival
Playing politics with the RTÉ orchestra cutbacks controversy
Taoiseach weighs in, Minister for Arts kicks to touch, Fianna Fáil comes late to the cause
John O’Conor to receive NCH Lifetime Achievement award
The pianist marks his 70th birthday year with a wonderful coda
The true cost of that tropical hardwood table
Global Witness co-founder Patrick Alley exposes links between ecocide and genocide
National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music
‘The building looks imposing, officious. Getting people in the door is a big thing’
Fight for gender equality moves from theatre to music
When it comes to ‘gender mainstreaming’, we can learn something from Vienna city hall
Backstage diaries: how we’re planning for a cultural 2017
Big hopes for festivals throughout the coming year
‘Composing the Island’ was a landmark and there is no going back
The event highlighting a neglected repertoire from Irish composers should happen every year
A strange forum for Irish composers whose noses are out of joint
Dave Flynn’s Burren venture is an alternative to the massive 1916 centenary survey – but the fine print is bewildering
Arts Council director Orlaith McBride’s contract to be extended
McBride’s is one of a number of high-profile culture contracts due to expire
New York Philharmonic helps NCH keep ticket revenues steady
Some 320,000 people visited the National Concert Hall in 2015 but rising expenses sees venue report €300,000 deficit
A vision of home that has few ideas for classical music
Only one living Irish composer is part of the NCH’s seven-concert series for the 1916 centenary
National Concert Hall breaks even with 330,000 visitors
Venue secures third highest attendance figures to date as box office sales reach €7m
Remembering 1916: Coalition signals seven projects to be ready
‘Reminders’, costing €22m, include centre in GPO and Teach an Phiarsaigh in Ros Muc
The Rising centenary gives RTÉ a chance to rescind its one-time offers
RTÉ tends to give new Irish music just one airing in concert, so its plans to celebrate the past century of Irish music is a very valuable idea
Barclays to host entrepreneurs seminar
Panellists include Colm Lyon of Realex Payments and Colm Piercy of Viatel and Digiweb Group
Some new year resolutions the NCH and RTÉ should consider
The NCH needs to give greater prominence to the music in its promotion and RTÉ needs to be braver about new music
The closed approach of the Minister for Arts does not inspire confidence
In her first few months in the job, it’s hard to know what Heather Humphreys thinks about the boards of cultural institutions and the arts
A west Cork journey from milking parlour to music chamber
How did Francis Humphrys go from farming to developing his labour of love, West Cork Chamber Music Festival?
NCH rows: stop the squabbling and focus on the fundamentals
Disputes at the top level of the NCH are overshadowing more immediate concerns at the ground level
All mod cons: a rebuilt Maynooth organ passes its first test
The personality of the ‘new’ Ruffatti organ at St Patrick’s College chapel is suave, full, luxuriant and finely balanced
Premature concert clappers: let’s give them all a round of applause
There’s not much point in frowning on ‘ill-timed’ applause. What’s unusual today used to be the norm
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