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New Music Dublin festival breaks fresh ground
Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry
The best classical music concerts in Ireland this week
New Music Dublin, Hugh Tinney, RTÉ NSO/Michail Jurowski
How Aria?: The opera challenging stigma around mental health
Performance combining opera, poetry and mental health launches with First Fortnight
Sound ideas for musical equality, but still no wider vision
The NCH’s female composer commissioning scheme is a small step in the right direction
The classical music sandwich: delicious, nutritious and necessary
Classical Music: Concerts that intersperse classics with new pieces can be revelatory
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
Minister for Arts wants gender policies in place next year
Minister Heather Humphreys is asking cultural institutions to step up to the plate on gender
Cork choral event to honour Shakespeare and 1916
Medieval style singers White Raven to feature at Cork International Choral Festival
RTÉ takes a fresh approach to new music
Can the Music of Our Time series at the NCH remedy the weaknesses of the national broadcaster’s long-standing approach to new music?
The sound of sadness permeates musical commemorations of the Rising
Sorrow and loss continue to hold us in greater thrall than the idea of a new order in the offing
Monopoly shake-up? John Wilson muscles in on NSO’s patch
It is likely to be to everyone’s benefit if the two RTÉ orchestras are allowed to compete on the same terrain
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