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music · Saturday 25 July 2026 · 7:00pm 
Agnes Obel at National Concert Hall
At National Concert Hall · Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
At National Concert Hall · Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
Agnes Obel does not make music for background listening. The Berlin-based, Danish-born pianist and composer has spent a career building a sound that pulls you inward - slow, precise, a little unsettling, and unexpectedly beautiful. Her catalogue sits somewhere between neo-classical and chamber pop, with ghostly electronics and voice modulation layered over piano that is always at the centre. After a five-year step back from touring, she returns to the stage in 2026, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin is one of only a handful of stops. If you have been waiting for a chance to hear this music performed live, it is likely to be a long wait before the next one.
This is a seated concert in the NCH’s Main Auditorium - a 1,200-capacity room praised for exceptional acoustics and an audience that listens rather than talks over the act. Obel performs as a classically trained pianist and songwriter whose work has appeared on the soundtracks of True Detective and Big Little Lies. Expect melancholic, atmospheric compositions: the kind of show where you notice the space between the notes. Peter Gregson, a British cellist and composer known for his own genre-crossing neo-classical recordings, opens the evening. The concert is presented by Foggy Notions, the Dublin promoter behind many of the city’s finest intimate shows. Tickets are €49 and the event is listed as sold out on the NCH website at the time of writing - check the NCH ticketing page for returns.
The National Concert Hall sits on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin 2, a short walk from St Stephen’s Green. The Luas Green Line stops directly at St Stephen’s Green, making it one of the most straightforward venues in the city to reach without a car. Dozens of Dublin Bus routes serve the Green and nearby Harcourt Street. If you are driving, there is paid on-street parking on Earlsfort Terrace and surrounding streets, and several multi-storey car parks within ten minutes’ walk on Drury Street and Dawson Street. The venue is well signed and easy to find.
Earlsfort Terrace backs onto some of the finest Georgian streetscapes in the city. The National Museum of Ireland and Iveagh Gardens are a few minutes’ walk, and St Stephen’s Green itself is worth an hour before the show. There is more to see in Dublin and across Co. Dublin.
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