Ulster Orchestra

The Ulster Orchestra was formed in 1966 and it has established itself as one of the major symphony orchestras in the UK.  Its main concert season takes place in the Ulster Hall (newly re-opened after its major refurbishment) and the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, and it is a lynch-pin of the Belfast Festival at Queen’s. It has accompanied many opera and ballet productions at Belfast’s Grand Opera House. The Ulster Orchestra gives concerts in centres across Northern Ireland...

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Ulster Orchestra wins the double
Ulster Orchestra wins the double

  The Ulster Orchestra picked up two awards last night at the Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards.  The Building Blocks project with...

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Caribbean Capers
Caribbean Capers

  The Ulster Orchestra has teamed up with L’Estrange & Brett solicitors for a new project for children with hearing and...

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Conductor laureate dies
Conductor laureate dies

Vernon Handley, the Ulster Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate, has died at the age of 77. He had been the Orchestra’s Principal Conductor and Artistic Director from 1985 to 1989 and he made many distinguished CD recordings with the Orchestra, pursuing his...

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