Concerts

Our 31st West Cork Chamber Music Festival opens with a homage to the people and artists of Ukraine in their great act of resistance...

FRINGE: Olympia Quartet at Cork Airport

Haydn is where our story begins NOVO Quartet is an outstanding young ensemble from Denmark on their first visit to Bantry. They have already...

Student Discoveries Cork ETB School of Music is Ireland’s largest multi-campus music school, offering instrumental tuition in Classical and Traditional Irish music, alongside a...

In Time of War In this Crespo Foundation sponsored recital by the superb Danish cellist, Andreas Brantelid, and the star Ukrainian pianist, Anna Fedorova...

'Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.' Writing music for the bottom drawer was a regular activity amongst composers...

'She left before the lime trees bloomed' Lili Boulanger had a tragically brief life, marred by chronic illness. She was the first woman to...

FRINGE: Meliora Quartet in Amar's Café

FRINGE: Meliora Quartet in Maritime Hotel

Shostakovich pays homage to Bach The adventurous Ukrainian violinist, Diana Tishchenko, joins with the brilliant chamber musician Amadeus Wiesensee for two powerful violin sonatas....

Homage to Johann Sebastian Bach Britten wrote his three Cello Suites for the great Russian cellist Rostropovich, a commission duly set down on the...

Beethoven’s answer to Haydn, his mentor and teacher When Beethoven moved to Vienna, he sought out Haydn to be his composition teacher. It turned...