The wait is over. RTÉ has chosen a new group to replace the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet as the national broadcaster’s resident quartet in Cork. The Vanbrugh’s successors are no strangers to Irish music ...

Documentary maker Eoin Brady writes for Culture on the genesis of his forthcoming Lyric Feature about Galway's Romanian musicians in residence, the ConTempo Quartet - listen to Music on the Edge above ...

Music for Wexford welcomes the return of the RTÉ Contempo Quartet to St Iberius Church at the weekend. The quartet will perform Haydn's Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross on Sunday, March 13 ...

Beethoven Reflects marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) with three concerts at Triskel, in association with National String Quartet Foundation, featuring seven ...

Sunday at midday sees a real treat for music lovers in Dublin, with a free concert by the acclaimed ConTempo Quartet at the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square, as part of the gallery's Sundays @ Noon ...

As part of its Nature and Ecology theme for 2025, Galway Music Residency is exploring the beauty and mystery of birds. Throughout the month of May, ConTempo Quartet, Galway's ensemble-in-residence, ...

The four members of the Galway ConTempo Quartet, who relocated from Romania to the west of Ireland to become the Galway Music Residency’s ensemble-in-residence in 2003, celebrate their 25th ...

ConTempo Quartet perform two iconic minimalist American masterpieces against a backdrop of stunning original visuals created by acclaimed video artist Mihai Cucu in the Pálás Cinema. Composed in the ...

In a recital comprising three piano quintets, one of which was unfamiliar and another receiving its first English performance, it seemed somewhat eccentric to begin with Elgar's opus 84, music more ...