‘The challenge for women in music is the lack of institutional support’

Participants in Finding a Voice, a festival of music by female composers, have their say

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

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

‘Visceral connection’: New Ross festival pianists on playing for live audiences again

Five performers on the lows and highs of lockdown – and what comes next

Ellen Jansson on discovering Fanny Mendelssohn: ‘It’s deeply personal’

Clonmel’s Finding a Voice festival of music by women composers is going online this year

NSO chief conductor holds audience in the palm of his hand

Jaime Martín brings artistic passion and educational spirit to his new role

The best classical concerts and opera this week

You can see Killian Farrell, Yannis Kyriakides, the Irish Baroque Orchestra and the Sestina choir

New Ross Piano Festival finishes on a high note

Barry Douglas’s rendition of the Seasons in Wexford delivers a rare sense of scale

Channelling Clara – Frank McNally on the story of a celebrity German piano in Donegal

Opera by Victorian sensation Pauline Viardot a first for Wexford

Famed composer and singer will become the first woman to have an opera presented by Wexford Festival Opera

Classical music: What to see at this summer’s festivals

Master classes, talks, public interviews and recitals in Cork, Kilkenny and Galway

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

An all-female composer programme? Sounds great

Recent concerts have provided persuasive proof-of-concept demonstrations

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