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In their recent collaboration, Neemrana Music Foundation, along with Embassy of Spain and Instituto De Cervantes presented works by a prominent 20th Spanish composer, Manuel de Falla. The operas that were selected for the Indian audience were Pedros’s Puppet Show (El retablo de Maeso Pedro; 1923) and the 1904
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A group of students from the Nottingham Trent University, ranging from 19-22 years, charmed a packed audience at the theatre of the British Council on Wednesday, the 5th of April, 2017. The youngsters are pursuing different courses ranging from Architecture to Geography. Music is simply for the purpose of leisure.
Interviews
Sebanti Chatterjee: Hello! Tell me a little bit about your journey. I mean how you started playing the instrument. Ahmed Mukhtar: I used to live with my family in the outskirts of Baghdad, which is the capital of Iraq, the big city. There, most of those people, came from the
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Kong Pauline Warjri is a pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, composer and music educator, and the conductor-founder of two choirs – Aroha Choir and the Aroha Children’s Choir. From one of my earliest encounters with her, I recall one of the narrations about what made her connect more deeply with her
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The London Symphony Orchestra was the first British orchestra, co-owned by its players. It also was the first British orchestra to tour abroad (1906). The Education centre, LSO St. Luke’s inaugurated in the year 2003 continues to inspire all different kinds of music lovers. Resident Orchestra at the Barbican,
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The Philharmonia Orchestra was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge. A self-governing orchestra since 1964, co-owned by its 80 members, has its digital projects at the fore-front. It is aimed towards wooing audiences to a live orchestra experience outside the concert hall. 2008 onwards, Esa-Pekka Salonen has been the principal
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As a music lover, and if I take a leap forward to call myself a ‘connoisseur’, the opportunity to witness some of the big orchestral performances in London was a delightful experience! About the London Philharmonic Orchestra Founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, the London Philharmonic Orchestra is resident
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Sebanti Chatterjee: Hello! Please tell us a little bit about your journey to the world of Western classical music? Sunit Tandon: I came here in the mid 70’s. I learnt piano at Lucknow. My Piano teacher introduced me to the then director, Mr. Palamkote. Thereafter, I was introduced to
Features
In the introduction to the book, Opera Buffa in Mozart’s Vienna (1997), Mary Hunter and James Webster write that ‘Opera Buffa’ fell between art and entertainment. Cutting across contemporary topics and characters, it was open to a variety of aesthetic strands. It always had one foot in the contemporary
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Gauging the milieu An ethnomusicologist and a music educator, Natalie Sarrazin, is currently teaching at the York State University of New York in Brockport. During her second visit to India, she was interested to study the impact of popular music amongst the teenagers in Indian schools. She explored the ground
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Cassia Avenue at Rajokri, New Delhi is not a common route for me. I reached way ahead of the scheduled concert time. Ambassador Joao da Camara and his wife Raquel Pereira da Camara asked me to wait at the drawing cum waiting room. The musicians would arrive shortly, they told
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The Capital City Minstrels, a 22 year old Delhi based choir, have been crooning to audiences across cities and countries for quite some time. They have had a variety of choir conductors. Without a doubt, they have emerged as a ‘versatile and dynamic choir’ as expressed in their press note.
