ARTIST PROFILE:
RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Founded in 1948, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra has a vibrant, eclectic repertoire encompassing popular, classical, jazz, traditional and more. It has performed with artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Lang Lang, Marvin Hamlisch, Lalo Schifrin and Sinéad O’Connor. A 90s dance music series with Jenny Greene won an IMRO Outstanding Achievement Award in 2018, and more recently the RTÉ lyric fm Spring Lunchtime concert series with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra won Gold in the 2026 IMRO Irish Music Programme or Initiative category. The RTÉ CO has performed in seven Eurovision Song Contests; film credits include Stephen Rennicks’ score to Room and Brian Byrne’s Golden Globe-nominated score to Albert Nobbs. Other recordings include Howard Shore’s A Palace upon the Ruins and Flicker with Niall Horan. Live to screen performances include the Ireland premiere of The Nightmare Before Christmas with Danny Elfman and the world première of Room with live score. Recent projects include Thin Lizzy Orchestrated, a rare combination of blues and orchestra in The Delta Blues Project, introduced by Morgan Freeman, and orchestral celebrations of Radiohead, The Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder. Irish live premieres in jazz include Guy Barker’s Kind of Blue Orchestrated and the Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Porgy and Bess album. Upcoming highlights include a special concert at the Limerick Summer Proms at University Concert Hall Limerick in June '27, and The Nutcracker with the State Ballet of Georgia in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in November '27.