Golda Schultz: ‘Back to that conversation between performer and artist’
The South African soprano talks about the inspiration behind her upcoming NCH performance
Jörg Widmann: Conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, trying to fill the space
Energetic German talks lockdown listening, mooching through Munich and pining for crowds
Galway’s Beethoven celebration: ‘It has to be terrifying for everyone’
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien on playing the Midwinter Festival
Colin Currie: Navigating a tightrope of rhythm
When it comes to performing Steve Reich, the percussionist says, preparation is key
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
A conductor in search of the Furtwängler factor
Cristian Macelaru’s in-your-face style frees up the RTÉ NSO, perhaps too much so
Pierre Boulez thrilled the adventurous and appalled the conservative
Boulez was the last of a great avant-garde line. But was Gilbert Kaplan, another conductor who died last week, just faking it?
French conductor and composer Pierre Boulez dies aged 90
Leading figure in classical music had reputation as an uncompromising modernist
Benjamin Grosvenor treats the National Concert Hall to a tour de force
The pianist, just 22, delivers an unconventional programme with awe-inspiring confidence
Opera houses survive, even thrive, despite Boulez’s pessimism
Opera repertoire has broadened since the French composer’s 1967 comments, and ‘The Invader’ continues a fine recent tradition of new opera in Ireland
Orchestra leader and inspirational teacher
Hugh Maguire: Born: August 2nd, 1926 Died: June 14th, 2013
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