Events and Tickets
NCH Season 2025/2026 Pre-Concert Talks
NCH Season 2025/2026 Pre-Concert Talks
Join us before selected concerts in the NCH Autumn Winter Season to hear from some of the wonderful artists performing in the season as well as the opportunity to delve deeper into the programme and repertoire for the performances.
Pre-Concert Talks take place in the Kevin Barry Recital Room and are free for ticketholders.
Concert: Chineke! Orchestra 10th Anniversary
Tuesday 30th September, 6.45pm
Join Linton Stephens, Deputy Artistic Director of Chineke Orchestra, in conversation with Nigel Flegg, head of NCH Discover, ahead of Chineke’s 10th Anniversary Concert.
Concert: NSOI: Beethoven Violin Concerto with María Dueñas
Friday 3rd October, 6.15pm
Join Ciara Higgins as she sits down with conductor Hans Graf to share his insights and explore his musical journey ahead of tonight's performance.
Concert: Bizet's Carmen (Concert Performance) with NSOI
Friday 10th October, 6.15pm
Join Deirdre O'Grady, NCH Friend's Opera Course Director and Emeritus Full Professor of Italian and Comparative Studies. The talk will focus on how the figure of Carmen encapsulates an age of socio-political, literary and musical transition from a romantic to realist vision of society. She provides an image of a new working woman in a cigarette factory who smokes, stabs and shocks, heralding Verismo opera before the age of Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini and Cilea. A new world in which contrasts, opposites and conflicts coexist through Bizet’s new musical vision. Carmen - an opera for all seasons.
Concert: NSOI: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Anna Clyne
Friday 17th October, 6.15pm
Join Joe Csibi, Head of Orchestra and Choirs at the National Concert Hall, in conversation with conductor Anna Rakitina, ahead of her NSOI debut.
Concert: NCH Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane O’Leary
Friday 24th October, 6.15pm
Join Robert Read, Chief Executive Officer of the National Concert Hall, as he interviews composer Jane O'Leary ahead of her NCH Lifetime Achievement Award concert.
Concert: Arvo Pärt at 90: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tuesday 9th December, 6.45pm
Join Róisín Blunnie, Head of the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music in DCU, as she dives into the music of Arvo Pärt, exploring tonight's repertoire.
Concert: NSOI: Tchaikovsky, Florence Price and Sofia Gubaidulina
Friday 12th December, 6.15pm
Join acclaimed soloist Michelle Cann, ahead of her Piano Concerto with NSOI, in conversation with Máire Carroll, award-winning Irish pianist and composer.
