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Eamon Murray, Bodhrán Boy
Having been chosen to represent Northern Ireland in the New Music Plus project, the Randalstown percussionist considers the popularity of trad -
Neil Cowley, Musician in Residence for City of Culture
Neil Cowley, Musician in Residence for UK City of Culture 2013, on researching Derry~Londonderry, working with Adele and his biggest challenge to date -
Carrickfergus Grammar School Feature on RTE Album
Carrickfergus Grammar School feature on Choirs for Christmas. Meet Edward Craig, the musical director behind their success -
Dame Gillian Weir Farewell Concert
After a long and fruitful career at the keys, the grand dame of organ music bows out of live performance with one last fling at the Ulster Hall -
Hansel and Grettel Go Large
Paul Boyd's retelling of the wonderfully dark Brothers Grimm-penned story is a 'fairytale for the iPod generation' at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast -
John Wilson Orchestra to Close Belfast Festival
They've sold out venues across the UK playing classics from MGM musicals, now it's time for the Waterfront Hall and the Belfast Festival -
Nicholas Nickleby at Dotheby's Hall
Sam McCready, master of the pared-down theatrical adaptation, brings Charles Dickens to the Belfast Festival -
Belfast Festival: Paisley & Me
After spending 30 years in LA as a successful screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson returns to home soil to explore the life of Baron Bannside -
Chicago Rolls Into Town
Stefan Booth and Ali Bastian on Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice and how the two shows helped them prepare for their iconic lead roles -
Michael McHale Goes it Alone
It's set to be a huge year for the Belfast pianist. He talks Belfast Festival at Queen's, Sir James Galway and new album The Irish Piano -
The Odd Couple
Director and actor Guy Masterson on bringing Neil Simon's classic comedy to Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey -
Christus at the Ulster Hall
Australian pianist Tristan Russcher prepares to perform one of the longest and most challenging classical compositions ever written on the Mulholland Organ -
The Third Policeman Comes to Bangor
Belfast composer Colin Reid scores Flann O'Brien's surreal masterpiece. Listen to an extract narrated by Stephen Rea -
I Am My Own Wife at The MAC
Prime Cut tell the remarkable true story of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who murdered her Nazi father, at The MAC -
Political Mother, Derry~Londonderry Uncut
Musicians and dancers encouraged to apply to join the cast of Hofesh Shechter's 'mind-blowing' dance piece for City of Culture 2013 -
Conall Morrison Directs The Playboy of the Western World
He won awards for The Crucible, now Morrison returns to the Lyric Theatre to direct JM Synge's best-loved play -
East Belfast Arts Festival Launches
Chair Maurice Kinkead on working with Féile an Phobail and attracting Van Morrison back home -
Noye's Fludde at Belfast Zoo
NI Opera stage Benjamin Britten's ark opera in Belfast Zoo as part of the London 2012 Festival -
Duke Special, Musical Pioneer
Musicals, silent cinema and soul searching. Following a busy few years, Peter Wilson goes back to basics with his latest album -
Susannah McCreight's Plants & Hopes
Being diagnosed with cancer whilst pregnant could not disrupt the choreographer's creative process -
Requiem for the Disappeared
Composer Conor Mitchell hopes his new work may offer some 'small comfort' to the families of the Disappeared -
NI Dancers to Perform at Cultural Olympiad
Jemima Brown and Brona Jackson make Hofesh Shechter's U.Dance troupe -
Melmoth the Wanderer with Big Telly
Artistic director Zoë Seaton's adaptation of the 'first ever horror novel' brings it back to its roots in Ireland -
David Lyttle's Urban Interlude
The jazz wunderkind's new album features hip-hop guests and himself on vocals – but he'll always beat the drum -
Schola Cantorum Choir Reach New Heights
Guided by Nigel McClintock, the first full-time choirmaster employed by the Catholic Church in Ireland -
NI Opera Get Tasty With Hansel and Gretel
NI Opera's fairy-tale opera brings witches, cannibalism and the economic crisis to the Grand Opera House -
Belfast Music Society 90th Anniversary Season
The voluntary organisation keeps lovers of classical music enthralled -
Ulster Youth Choir, Actively Seeking Singers
Artistic Director Greg Beardsell wants to flip a choral music switch -
Philip Hammond's Fires Still Burn at 60
The composer is busier than ever, and happy with the 'total liberation' that retirement brings -
Ulster Orchestra's Home Grown Talent
New audiences are seeking out a classical concert with their coffee -
Rising Star: Lynda Barrett
A career change, illness, gale-force winds – nothing can stop this soprano -
Newry Singer wins Chance to Duet with Kiri Te Kanawa
Ben McAteer wins the Northern Ireland Opera's inaugeral vocal competition -
Belfast Festival Goes Classical
From Kiri te Kanawa to Franz Liszt, this year's classical programme offers some mouth-watering prospects -
Mags Byrne Merges Dance and Social Commentary
Dance United NI prepare for their Belfast Festival show -
Trad Supergroup The Gloaming Hit Belfast
Listen to a track entitled 'Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile' and find out why the moniker is justified -
Inaugural Northern Ireland Organ Competition
Winner Ben Comeau on scooping the top prize with Stravinsky's 'Firebird' suite -
Ulster Youth Orchestra's Summer Season
Fresh faces and old hands look forward to performing the Russian masters -
Sunil Paulraj's Nostalgia 2011
The classically trained singer leads charitable tour of India with Northern Irish choir -
Master Pianist Barry Douglas Waves the Baton
Winner of the Tchaikovsky Prize on playing, conducting and the Clandeboye Festival -
Glyndebourne Opera Features Belfast Singer
Una McMahon joins the chorus of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -
Oliver Mears Has Big Plans for NI Opera
The artistic director of NI Opera on defying expectations, commissioning Rory Bremner and finding our next star -
Giselle Allen, Diva in the Making
The Northern Irish opera singer on taking the lead in Tosca, visiting Auschwitz and singing for her daugher
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