ON Stage is the cultural magazine of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, and features authoritative stories on the performing arts.
Throwback Thursday
Nikhil Sardana explores the strangely uncelebrated story of an Indian maharaja’s invaluable contribution to Western classical music. The year was 1948. Europe was limping back to normalcy after seven terrible years of a world war. Richard Strauss had managed to escape his shattered homeland in the last year of
Interviews
We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. ALPAMYS BISSENGALIYEV, SAXOPHONE ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Alpamys Bissengaliyev: SOI music director Marat Bisengaliev is very famous in Kazakhstan. Once he came
News
The process of upgrading our facilities at NCPA has recently taken another step forward under the supervision of Technical Director Nayan Kale and his team. By Richard Nowell It is worth noting that it has taken two full years to find the time to close the theatres at the NCPA
Interviews
We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. MARGARITA GAPPAROVA, CELLO ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Margarita Gapparova: I first came to Mumbai in September 2010 as a cellist to participate
Music Education
Satyajit Ray’s cinema was redolent of Indian and Western sensibilities. So was the music he loved, listened to, used in his movies and composed. By Manohar Parnerkar Satyajit Ray (1921-92), along with Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Charles Chaplin, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa, has been one of the giants
Throwback Thursday
India has been in the vanguard of nations that have honoured, through commemorative postage stamps, not only her own great sons and daughters, but also those eminent citizens of other countries who have contributed to the wisdom, peace and happiness of mankind. In 1970, the National Centre’s Trustee-in-Charge, Dr.
Music Education
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 second installment of a two-part series, William P Mann dissects the belief that music is universal. So far, we have spoken of
Interviews
We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. AIDA BISENGALIEVA, PIANO ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Aida Bisengalieva: My association with the SOI began in 2006. In the very first season,
News
As its new resident conductor, Mikel Toms will add an interesting dimension to the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) and its chamber orchestra. A chat with the celebrated British conductor reveals his thoughts on his upcoming stint, backed by the belief that music should be a grand adventure of exploration.
Music Education
A monthly column that explores any and every aspect of the performing arts. This month, concert pianist, lecturer and writer Karl Lutchmayer mulls over the tradition of historically informed performance which entails playing classical music exactly as it was originally conceived. We often talk about a piece of music as
Music Education
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 two-part series, William P Mann dissects the belief that music is universal. The fame and talent of Indian musicians
Features
The story of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra is the story of survival during terrible wars and times of strife. However, its message is simple: peace and unity through the universal language of music is fully possible. By Akshaya Pillai Dr. Ahmad Sarmast was seated in the first row. Months
