5 Apps to Help Students Learn to Play the Piano
The rapid technological change has influenced all aspects of our lives, including the way we master new skills. Today, we...
Remembering Alexandre Tansman’s guitar music through his Barcarolle
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986), a virtuoso pianist, prolific composer and conductor of Polish origin was one of the few mainstream orchestral...
Primal Instincts
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988, and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In the first of a three-part series on categories of music, musician and ethnomusicologist Ashok...
How to Take Piano Lessons Online: a Compromise on Quality?
In this age of misinformation, online piano lessons can feel like yet another labyrinth. This article untangles the web of...
Fabulous Fifteen
India’s first and only professional orchestra, founded at the NCPA, has turned 15. From performing challenging repertoire and playing with...
At the Center of the Musical Universe: Franz Schubert
In my humble opinion, the richness and subtlety of Franz Schubert’s (1797-1828) melodic and harmonic language is unequaled in the world of classical music. For one reason or another, we are led to believe that Schubert’s music was not popular...
One Platform for Global Access to Arts Education: Connecting Learners, Educators, Artists, and Arts Organizations
In my current position at the International School of Stuttgart in Sindelfingen, I teach performing arts and coordinate outreach and...
Back On Stage
What is a theatre without its artistes and audience? The last 18 months revealed a sombre facet of a scenario...
