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A podium star with presence - Leonard Slatkin

Maestro Leonard Slatkin to conduct RTÉ NSO

Internationally acclaimed American maestro Leonard Slatkin is a podium star with presence, a man who has led the world's best orchestras - and he's coming to Dublin to conduct the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

Music • 07 May 19

Watch the Music for Schools final

Music groups from the twelve finalist schools (six primary and six post-primary) selected from entries for the 2019 Music for Schools Competition perform in a Gala Finalists Concert, streamed live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Music • 07 May 19

Music for Schools final to be streamed live on RTÉ Culture

Music groups from the twelve finalist schools (six primary and six post-primary) selected from entries for the 2019 Music for Schools Competition will perform in a Gala Finalists Concert, which will be streamed live here on RTÉ Culture.

Rté Lyric Fm • 02 May 19

Watch the RTÉ lyric fm 20th Birthday Concert

RTÉ lyric fm marks its 20th birthday in style with a powerhouse array of Irish talent in a glittering gala concert hosted by Aedín Gormley and Paul Herriott, celebrating what could well be the station's motto: the joy of music.

Rté Lyric Fm • 01 May 19

Veronica Dunne Singing Competition - watch the finals

Watch the finals of this year's Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, live from the stage of the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

Music • 01 Feb 19

Colburn Orchestra soloist Simone Porter on their Irish debut

Soloist Simone Porter, from the Colburn School's Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, writes for Culture about her musical journey to the National Concert Hall stage.

Music • 22 Aug 18

Watch: The Gloaming live at The National Concert Hall

RTÉ 1 have announced a special Easter Sunday broadcast of a new concert film by filmmaker (and Other Voices creator) Philip King capturing trad supergroup The Gloaming live in concert at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

Music • 03 Apr 18

Watch The Gloaming's new video for The Booley House

Ahead of their forthcoming (and very sold out) residency at the National Concert Hall, The Booley House (live) is taken from trad supergroup The Gloaming's forthcoming album Live at the NCH, released on 2 March.

Music • 08 Mar 18

Watch: RTÉ NSO 70th Anniversary Celebration concert

Watch a very special edition of the Lyric Concert Live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th birthday in style with conductor Gerhard Markson, soprano Orla Boylan and pianist Finghin Collins.

Music • 17 Feb 18

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra - looking good at 70

Celebrating the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at 70

Join us in wishing a very happy birthday to the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (RTÉ NSO), who are 70 years young today - St. Valentine's Day, 14 February 2018.

Music • 14 Feb 18

Listen: Martin Hayes Quartet live at The National Concert Hall

The Martin Hayes Quartet performed at a sell-out concert in the National Concert Hall in Dublin last October. The concert was recorded for RTÉ Radio One and is featured on popular traditional and folk music showcase The Rolling Wave.

Music • 23 Jan 18

Crash Ensemble kick off this year's New Music Dublin bash with an outdoor performance

New Music Dublin - bring the noise

The programme has been announced for this year's New Music Dublin festival at the National Concert Hall, the annual celebration of cutting-edge contemporary music from across the globe.

Music • 27 Feb 18

Johnny Depp & Nick Cave to play Shane MacGowan birthday concert

From A Pair of Brown Eyes to Fairytale of New York, Shane MacGowan is a poet of modern music, and beyond question one of the great Irish songwriters. Now he's celebrating his 60th birthday in style this January, with an all-star celebration at Dublin's Na

Music • 06 Dec 17

John O'Connor at 70 - celebrating Ireland's piano man

We celebrate one of Ireland's great classical musicians as he turns 70, with a classic interview from the RTÉ Archives.

Music • 28 Nov 17

Cathal Coughlan (left) and Sean O'Hagan (right) of Microdisney

Microdisney return - legendary Cork band reform after 30 years

Irish music connoisseurs of a certain age are in raptures with the news that legendary Cork band Microdisney are to reform next summer for a one-off show at Dublin's National Concert Hall.

Music • 27 Nov 17

The Gloaming: Martin Hayes, fiddle, singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, piano-player Thomas Bartlett, fiddle-player Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, guitarist Dennis Cahill

The Gloaming announce four shows for March 2018

Trad super band The Gloaming have announced a four-night residency at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, kicking off on March 5, 2018 - their only live shows of 2018.

The Gloaming • 14 Nov 17

Something For The Weekend: Martin Hayes' Cultural Picks

Choice Cultural Picks from the celebrated fiddler player, one of Ireland's most renowned traditional musicians, acclaimed for his work with regular collaborator Dennis Cahill and nu-trad supergroup The Gloaming.

Music • 19 Oct 17

Something For The Weekend: Alice Farnham's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural selections from the leading British conductor, currently leading the National Concert Hall's Female Conductor Programme.

Music • 29 Sep 17

Something For The Weekend: Stephin Merritt's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from Stephin Merritt, the master craftsman behind The Magnetic Fields, and one of contemporary pop's most beloved and influential artists.

Music • 24 Aug 17

Fresh perspectives at the National Concert Hall

The National Concert Hall (NCH) is an imposing and beautiful building, and over the last number of years they have broadened their programming to encourage audiences who wouldn't have previously considered the Earlsfort Terrace venue as a destination.

Music • 24 Jul 17

Karen Dervan (second from right) and the Kaleidoscope team, appearing this weekend at New Music Dublin.

New Music Dublin - a Kaleidoscopic take

Musician Karen Dervan, the curator of popular 'genre-blind mini festival' Kaleidoscope, offers her own choice picks for New Music Dublin, which takes place in Dublin's National Concert Hall this weekend.

Music • 02 Mar 17

Win tickets to see Curtis Stigers & The RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Acclaimed US jazz vocalist Curtis Stigers arrives in Dublin this Saturday night for a very special performance with The RTÉ Concert Orchestra at the National Concert Hall - and we're giving you the chance to win tickets.

Culture • 24 Nov 16

Internationally acclaimed pianists Veronica McSwiney and John O’Conor are to perform together for the first time.

Piano greats Veronica McSwiney and John O’Conor set for recital

Internationally acclaimed pianists Veronica McSwiney and John O’Conor are set to perform together for the first time.

hutch • 02 Nov 16

Scream Queen Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 chiller Psycho

Psycho Live comes to Dublin: behind the shower curtain

It’s one of the most iconic scenes in movie history, it took seven days to film, lasted just 3 minutes, and had 77 different camera angles providing 50 different cuts - the infamous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic, Psycho.

Culture • 28 Oct 16

Bela Lugosi - still the definitive screen Dracula eight decades on.

Decomposing Dracula for the Bram Stoker Festival

Drac is back! A unique event premieres this Saturday (October 29th) in the National Concert Hall, Dublin: a screening of the classic 1931 movie Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, will be presented with the World Premiere of a new contemporary score.

Culture • 25 Oct 16