Open to all kinds of new music drawn from jazz, European folk forms and contemporary classical ideas, NCH celebrates the trailblazing independent German label, ECM.

This special double-bill concert features two of ECM’s most exciting current projects - one from Greece and one from Scandinavia. The much-loved Greek singer Savina Yannatou presents her latest project while the other set comes from the new super-group Arcanum.

Please note that there has been a change to the line up and  Susannah de Wrixon will be replacing Honor Heffernan for this event. Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to welcoming you.

Susannah de Wrixon vocals
Jim Doherty piano 
Dave Redmond bass 
Myles Drennan drums 

Jim Doherty and his trio, Dave Redmond, bass, and Myles Drennan, drums, present a lunchtime of the songs of Rodgers and Hart, with special guest, singer, Susannah de Wrixon.

Open to all kinds of new music drawn from jazz, European folk forms and contemporary classical ideas, NCH celebrates the trailblazing independent German label, ECM.

Described by The New York Times as a 'social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway', innovative composer and pianist Vijay Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation.

A Winter-themed lunchtime concert showcasing the Great American Songbook.

“It’s not that the Dublin singer slavishly imitates the master, bar by bar; rather he has internalised Sinatra’s approach so completely that he can interpret a song in a way that Ol’ Blue Eyes might well have thought of himself.”
Irish Independent 

featuring Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makhathini, Linda May Han Oh, and Jeff "Tain" Watts

Joe Lovano, saxophone
Melissa Aldana, saxophone
Nduduzo Makhathini, piano
Linda May Han Oh, bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts drummer

Jazz lovers are in for a special evening this November when acclaimed Irish drummer and composer Kevin Brady brings his trio to the Carnegie

The Kevin Brady Trio Comes to Carnegie Library, Dún Laoghaire

Friday 20th November · 7pm Carnegie Library, Dún Laoghaire
Presented by Newpark Academy of Music

Jump right into the Christmas spirit with a sparkling lunchtime celebration of festive favourites from the golden age of jazz and swing, as acclaimed vocalist Stella Bass returns to National Concert Hall’s John Field Room with her stellar trio.

In 2017, Elina Duni and Rob Luft’s paths crossed at the Montreux Jazz Festival, marking the inception of a unique project. They have since toured the world and released two critically acclaimed albums on ECM Records in a quartet formation. Their upcoming 2026 album, a stripped-back duo effort, revisits the essence of their initial meeting.

Step back into the golden age of entertainment with The Dean Martin Experience, a spectacular live tribute celebrating one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

...a thoughtful and sensitive composer, with a gift for blending instruments to paint pictures in sound ”

Irish Independent

Led by acclaimed trombonist, composer and arranger Paul Dunlea, the band comprises some of the leading big band specialists and improvising musicians from Ireland and the UK for an evening of original contemporary large ensemble jazz.

Come Fly With Me | Fly me to the Moon | The Way you look Tonight | Night and Day | Cheek to Cheek | Mack the Knife | I've Got You Under My Skin.

Step into the golden era of swing with a spectacular celebration of Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits! Join the Dublin Concert Orchestra, alongside guest singers Matt Ford and Katie Birtill, for a toe-tapping evening of iconic songs, smooth vocals, and dazzling dance.

Come Fly With Me | Fly me to the Moon | The Way you look Tonight | Night and Day | Cheek to Cheek | Mack the Knife | I've Got You Under My Skin.

Step into the golden era of swing with a spectacular celebration of Frank Sinatra’s greatest hits! Join the Dublin Concert Orchestra, alongside guest singers Matt Ford and Katie Birtill, for a toe-tapping evening of iconic songs, smooth vocals, and dazzling dance.

The Essential Cole Porter Songbook

Stella Bass, vocals
Niall Kinsella, piano

“He was the wittiest of all the great American pop composers.”
– Washington Post on Cole Porter

One of the 20^th Century’s songwriting geniuses, Cole Porter was the toast of Broadway and Hollywood. Composer of the hit musicals Anything Goes, Kiss Me, Kate, Can-Can, Silk Stockings and High Society, he epitomised the wit, charm, elegance and sophistication of an era. Singer Stella Bass and pianist Niall Kinsella invite you to sit back and revel in a lunchtime of song that’s guaranteed to be de-lightful, de-licious, de-lovely!

featuring Ravi Coltrane with special guest Brandee Younger

Ravi Coltrane, saxophone 
Brandee Younger, harp
David Virelles, piano
Jeff “Tain” Watts, drums 
Robert Hurst, bass

“There are few saxophonists in jazz today as silvery and deft as Ravi Coltrane” - The New York Times

One can be both fan and virtuoso: American pianist Jason Moran is a forward-thinking pianist with a deep historical grounding. Here, he revisits one of jazz's most beautiful repertoires, honouring one of its greatest legends of all times: Duke Ellington. As Rolling Stone observed, he is 'shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz'. His latest album, exploring the work of Duke Ellington, reveals a pianist at the peak of his creative powers.