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

While awareness of the issue has grown, a huge imbalance remains when it comes to the representation of female composers and performers

The grand final of Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition is on Thursday

Year in Culture Review: Key directors stepped down, while performers stepped up in classical music and opera

Playing in the RTÉCO is no easy task, not least as rumours swirl about its future

Composers have always been drawn to honour the dead with powerful, passionate music

Michael Dervan: Against the odds, Defrosted event offered memorable performances

Fund will make as many as 15 investment in companies over the next 18 months

RTÉ Concert Orchestra taking over summer orchestral slots on Tuesdays and Fridays at NCH

Pope Francis opts to sit among the faithful and not on stage with dignitaries at Croke Park

Paul McNamara, Beckett Chamber Music Series and NCH Female Conductor Finale

Royal in Belfast ahead of return to Co Tyrone town to commemorate 1998 bombing

Also: Billionaire orchestra Würth Philharmoniker, and Pipeworks at Christ Church

Auditor says building society was told credit provisions needed to be reconsidered

Auditors KPMG can’t ‘wash their hands’ of management failures, inquiry hears

Inquiry seeking to establish if four former executives were involved in contraventions

‘I was always mindful that this is a song cycle,’ says composer Neil Martin of adapting Seamus Heaney’s poem ‘Sweeney’s Astray’ for song

New Music Dublin festival director claims rumoured cutbacks would have trickle-down effect

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

The ‘I’m useless’ mindset can blight stay-at-home parents trying to get back into the workplace