How to Play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata’s 3rd Movement
If you play the piano, you’ve probably played the first movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Beginners can’t wait to play all...
Famous Composers as Subjects of Opera II
The life of Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) was characterised by turbulence, adventure and amorous escapades. In fact, in 1677 an attempt...
What is a sonata?
Sonata refers to a particular structure or form of music in which composers have written works ever since the 16th century. A sonata can be for solo instruments like the piano or a combination of two instruments like the piano...
The Goan contribution to classical music
India’s classical music legend Maestro Zubin Mehta turned 85 this year, on 29 April. A grand concert was organized by...
Thérèse Brenet: Music of the Earth and the Cosmos
When I was a young man, just out of my initial degree in the US and suddenly accepted as student...
Famous Composers as Subjects of Opera
Recently, I had a chat with a young colleague who suggested that the writing of biographies of great composers was a boring myth-making exercise practiced in a cultural galaxy far away and two centuries removed. She had a point about...
Keys of note
In the final part of the series on the NCPA’s collection of musical instruments, we take you through the ins...
News from the SOI Music Academy
From pursuing higher education in prestigious conservatoires to winning laurels in international competitions, the students of the SOI Music Academy...
