Nils Frahm at NCH review: German classical ambient wizard blasts into orbit right from the start
Avant-garde superstar even finds time to joke about England’s advance to the semis in Euro 2024
Avant-garde superstar even finds time to joke about England’s advance to the semis in Euro 2024
Composer, arranger and performer on Riverdance’s effect on Ireland, contemporary trad music, AI and facing down eternity
The celebrated French piano duo talk about the new scores for three Cocteau films they’ll be playing at the NCH
Me & My Money: Robert Read, CEO, National Concert Hall
The guitarist and classically-trained composer has a number of orchestral projects planned for autumn at the historic Dublin venue
Second violinist John Sherba and viola player Hank Dutt will retire at end of tour
At the Tradition Now festival, the singer will be showcasing songs from the folk canon that challenge stereotypes
The United States’ best-known string quartet, famous for its crossover projects and advocacy of new music, is bringing its Five Decades season to Dublin
New Music Dublin 2024: The composers Bekah Simms, Raymond Deane, Linda Buckley and Rhona Clarke on their creative processes
The Grammy winner, who performs at the National Concert Hall this month, only has to sing a note or two for you to realise how exceptional she is
Sunn O))) compositions come at you like glaciers on fast forward, their Godzilla-like quality accentuated by menacing song titles such as CandleGoat and Rxanlord
The tenor Gavan Ring on the work that he’ll be singing at the National Concert Hall in Dublin on Good Friday afternoon
His hands fly along the open Steinbeck with such ease that it’s difficult to believe a career in music wasn’t in his original plans
Something beautifully incongruous during a concert in the National Concert Hall causes my mind to rush with questions
The Latvian mezzo-soprano, with her husband on the podium, was effortlessly attractive in her self-assurance and ownership of her surroundings
Review: The Belcea, Carducci, Solas, Pavel Haas and Modigliani Quartets played works by Jonathan Dove, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Julian Anderson, among others
Show’s Irish half includes music by Ina Boyle and Charles Villiers Stanford
The revolutionary group, reunited for the making of a documentary, now plan to perform a series of shows in Belfast and Dublin
The New York-born artist, who is about to give a rare Irish performance, has reinvented vocalisation from the ground up and inside out
Mezzo-soprano was epitome of modesty as she chatted amiably and openly
The London-based mezzo-soprano has built a stellar opera career abroad. This week the National Concert Hall is honouring her with a lifetime-achievement award
The Venezuelan pianist on the mysterious art of improvisation and why she remains outspoken about the political situation in her home country
Paavo Järvi is from a family of conductors – but a strong technical schooling is still vital before anybody takes to the podium, he says
Master luthier Jim McKillop has crafted one final instrument for musician Zoë Conway, a process preserved in the new film From a Forest to a Fiddle
Renowned pianist Richard Goode finally made it to the NCH stage for a recital to remember
To think solo concertina can take unequivocal possession of the main auditorium is an act of imagination
The Europa Galante founder, who is bringing his baroque orchestra to Ireland next week, on the concert’s centrepiece
Playing Gerald Barry’s From the Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s principal double bassist is heroic in the face of impossible odds
The conductor has had to get his orchestra, the Concerto Budapest Symphony, through punishing times. It’s just one of the unexpected twists in his life
Last October’s Haunted Dancehall featured over 25 dance artists taking over NCH and its grounds for a series of late night gigs
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way between September 9th and 15th, 2023
Review: Costello approaches his 70th year but this gig shows there’s no stopping him
Tony Clayton-Lea gets on a press conference Zoom call to Elvis Costello - on the songwriter’s 69th birthday.
The producer and composer was shocked when she arrived in the US from India. Her music explores the challenges of immigrant identity
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices