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The Sixth National Piano Festival / Competition: MusiQuest | Apply Today!

Roxana AnklesariaAugust 20, 2017

The Sixth iteration of the National Piano Festival / Competition MusiQuest is being held in Pune from November 14 to 19, 2017. Presented in an informal and frie... Continue Reading...

News

A Musical Evening with the Kolkata Youth Orchestra

Amitayus BanikAugust 17, 2017

For a musician seeking to gain orchestral experience in India, playing with the Kolkata Youth Orchestra, for their concert at the G.D. Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata ... Continue Reading...

Throwback Thursday

4 ARIAS AND THEIR COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

SchmoperaAugust 14, 2017

One of the best part about opera is that it can be a lifelong practice of discovery. Even some of opera's best-loved arias come with hidden layers of meaning, t... Continue Reading...

Music Education

Video Games: India’s Musical Frontier

Trevor KowalskiAugust 13, 2017

When I was in elementary school, in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA, I would finish my homework and sometimes go down to the basement. There, I would turn on my... Continue Reading...

Features

Con Brio 2017 Schedule | Celebrating 70 years of Indian Independence

Serenade TeamAugust 10, 2017

News

A Conversation with Asad Lalljee, Curator of the Royal Opera House, Mumbai

Aditi ChandraAugust 8, 2017

Excitement was in the air at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai when I met with the curator, Asad Lalljee. In a few short hours, the very first full opera was to be ... Continue Reading...

Interviews

GIVING VOICE TO INDIANS – AN ENCHANTING PREMIERE IN MUMBAI

Fareed CurmallyAugust 6, 2017

First of all kudos to Giving Voice for producing this delightful comic opera using predominantly an Indian cast. This would not have been possible without the s... Continue Reading...

Reviews

All That Jazz

Fauzia MarikarAugust 3, 2017

Jennifer Heemstra, the iconic entrepreneur, pianist and social activist (Yes, I actually said that) of cultural enlightenment and change, who has in three brief... Continue Reading...

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