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Ailbhe Reddy, CMAT, The Murder Capital, Robocobra Quartet, Clare Sands, Mary Coughlan, Irish National Opera and the Irish Baroque Orchestra among recipients.
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Newly established musical theatre group Entr’acte performed the coming-of-age show 'Spring Awakening' at Smock Alley Theatre on 25–28 January. Thomas Neill reviews...
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Ailbhe Reddy, CMAT, The Murder Capital, Robocobra Quartet, Clare Sands, Mary Coughlan, Irish National Opera and the Irish Baroque Orchestra among recipients.
Facilities now include 76 teaching rooms, a 300-seater recital hall, a music therapy suite, an opera rehearsal studio and a sonic arts hub.
Festival takes place from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March in Dublin with performances from Pillow Queens, Melts, Kíla, Bonny Men, Jiggy, Junior Brother, MayKay, Olesya Zdorovetska...
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Newly established musical theatre group Entr’acte performed the coming-of-age show 'Spring Awakening' at Smock Alley Theatre on 25–28 January. Thomas Neill reviews.
The group Cuar, led by musician and composer Neil Ó Lochlainn, has recently released its second release, 'Umhaill', featuring Ultan O'Brien, Sam Comerford, Colm O'Hara and Pádraic Keane. Adrian Scahill reviews.
Last week the National Symphony Orchestra performed four world premieres by Irish composers – orchestral works by Adam McCartney, Seán O’Dálaigh, Judith Ring and Karen Power. Adrian Smith reviews.
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The Dublin-based Dutch soprano Judith Mok, born to Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, has recently published 'The State of Dark', a book telling the story of her family. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.
There have been renewed calls for a boycott of Russian culture, but many Russian artists are at odds with the regime and we should support them, writes Adrian Smith.
Bono's new memoir, 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story', brings the reader from his formative years up to the present and explores the rise of U2, the band's catalogue of albums, his political campaigning, and family relationships. Laura Watson reviews.
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The University of Chicago Press has recently published a book on the influential Irish music collector Francis O'Neill, 'The Beat Cop – Chicago’s Chief O’Neill and the Creation of Irish Music' by Michael O’Malley. Mary Louise O'Donnell reviews. ...
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