Music Education
Music for eye as well as ear
My son’s piano lessons afford me an opportunity to look at piano sheet music up close. Piano scores seem...
Long Live the Operetta!
Operetta, a precursor of the modern musical, is often considered less serious than opera. We delve into the...
Conflicts and Resolutions: Musical Adaptations of Romeo and Juliet
Ahead of the Autumn 2022 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India which features three widely regarded adaptations...
The Music in His Words
In his brief life, Alexander Pushkin wrote poems, plays and novels that transcended continents, cultures—and the literary realm....
The Kids Are Alright
Why is opting for a career in music, especially Western classical music, not an easy decision? We learn...
Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut”: Three Powerful Excerpts
Manon Lescaut, Giacomo Puccini’s 1893 opera in four acts, tells a haunting story of ill-fated love. Des Grieux,...
What do Caravaggio’s Paintings of Musicians Mean?
Film director Martin Scorsese commented in 2005, “If Caravaggio were alive today he would have loved the cinema;...
‘Childhood’ Concertos
In so many ways, I envy this generation of children growing up, and wish I could be a...
