The RTÉ Concert Orchestra is part of RTÉ, Ireland’s national public service multimedia organisation. Founded in 1948, the orchestra specialises in eclectic programming and has performed with Luciano Pavarotti, Lang Lang and Cleo Laine, and Irish artists including Sinéad O’Connor and Imelda May. Its recent series of 90s dance music events won the IMRO Radio Outstanding Achievement Award for 2018.
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.
Recent recordings include Howard Shore’s A Palace Upon the Ruins and Flicker with Irish singer Niall Horan, and the orchestra has also collaborated with Irish National Opera, English National Ballet and Our Lady’s Choral Society, as well as giving the Ireland premieres of Amadeus and The Nightmare Before Christmas with Danny Elfman.
During the COVID-19 pandemic the RTÉ CO produced a wide range of work including new Guy Barker jazz arrangements, an award-winning John Lennon tribute, a 50th anniversary Clannad celebration, a chart-topping single and a TV tribute to David Bowie with an international line-up including members of Bowie’s own band.
For more information, visit www.rte.ie/co.