Contemporary 7.10.26 – A Twist of the Kaleidoscope: Sam Perkin Curates an All-Piano Evening at Bello Bar for Kaleidoscope ...

The Vancouver Youth Choir from Canada, conducted by Carrie Tennant, has won the Fleischmann International Trophy at the 2026 Cork International Choral Festival. LORICA from Ireland, conducted by ...

The traditional singer and songwriter Seán Tyrrell has died in Clare aged 78. Known for his original interpretations of songs and in particular his settings of poetry, Tyrrell’s work was characterised ...

The 2026 New Music Dublin festival took place last week at the National Concert Hall, Project Arts Centre and Windmill QTR. In the first of our festival reviews, Adrian Smith writes about four ...

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Ahead of his upcoming Music Network tour with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Siobhan Miller and Anna Massie, accordionist Damien Mullane speaks to The Journal of Music about his career to date, including ...

It has been announced that Music Generation, the national music education programme, will receive a new €20m in government and philanthropic funding. The funding has been pledged by the Department of ...

The new opera, based on Tóibín’s novella The Testament of Mary, forms part of Irish National Opera’s 2026–27 season, which also includes Carmen, Turandot, Eugene Onegin, The Bartered Bride and Les ...

The Fruitmarket arts venue in Edinburgh has announced Irish composer Jennifer Walshe as the curator of the 2026 Deep Time Festival of New Music. As part of the festival, Walshe will present a new work ...

Fourth edition of Haunted Dancehall electronic music weekend takes places on 24 and 25 October; Slí na Samhlaíochta to feature the work of Manchán Magan. On 5 October, Slí na Samhlaíochta/The Way of ...

New Ross Piano Festival celebrated 20 years on 23–27 September with a programme featuring Rebeca Omordia, Judy Carmichael, Fabrizio Chiovetta, Anna Fedorova, Markus Groh and... Trá Pháidín launched ...

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