THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART III
Last but not least, the burning question of repertoire. For classical music as a genre to survive in modern times, renewal of the repertoire is a fundamental re... Continue Reading...
Music Education
The Great Integrator
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 Parn... Continue Reading...
THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART II
If classical music is the art of “therapeutic” interiority, then thinking about presentation, marketing, funding, etc. needs to be developed from this insight. ... Continue Reading...
The Sustaining Pedal: the Soul of the Piano
When we were children, my sister and I called the pedal on the left, the 'soft' pedal and the pedal on the right the 'loud' pedal. The left pedal on an upright ... Continue Reading...
The Aurul Conundrum
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-ran... Continue Reading...
HOW TO PLAY FOR SINGERS
Pianists, you’re a busy bunch. So how do you learn all that music, and prioritize like a pro? When it comes to playing for singers, pianists are often in one of... Continue Reading...
THE RELEVANCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, PART I
As Sir Roger Scruton has explained elsewhere, the relevance of classical music lies in its irrelevance in relation to practical, worldly concerns. If classical ... Continue Reading...
Performing Arts: Western classical music
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 trad... Continue Reading...