Throwback Thursday
To the SOI, With Love
To commemorate 15 years of the Symphony Orchestra of India, four regular concertgoers at the NCPA look back...
Birth centenary of a forgotten music colossus
July 2021 marked the birth centenary of a truly great man, Vere da Silva (23 July 1921 –...
The Graduates
Seven graduating students of the SOI Music Academy look back on their journey and how it has shaped...
Keepers of the Arts
Historically, the credit for keeping the performing arts thriving in India has rested with royal patronage. Times have...
Music First
Two stellar pianists, cognoscenti may seldom hear under one roof, were brought together as part of the latest...
Give me a Ring sometime!
I think it fair to say my dad was something of a Wagner fan. He had books about...
Reflections: Musical memories
“April is the cruellest month,” T. S. Eliot wrote in ‘The Waste Land’, “breeding Lilacs out of the...
How Wagner’s Liebestod Explores Love In Different Stages in ‘The Crown, Season 1: Episode 3’
“Love. It is the greatest thing on Earth.” So says former King Edward to Winston Churchill near the...