A Musical Evening with the Kolkata Youth Orchestra
For a musician seeking to gain orchestral experience in India, playing with the Kolkata Youth Orchestra, for their concert at the G.D. Birla Sabhaghar, Kolkata ... Continue Reading...
Throwback Thursday
Insight
Winning the Young Musician of the Year 2014 award changed the course of my musical career. I won the award for piano performance. Through the guidance and suppo... Continue Reading...
When words leave off, music begins
On a cold wintry week in November 2016, top ten prodigious child pianists between the ages of 9 to 14 years selected by the Láng Lǎng International Music Founda... Continue Reading...
The Priceless Heritage
Since its beginning, the NCPA’s performing arts archive has preserved a staggering 6,200 hours of music, 1,250 hours of video recording, 300 hours of folk music... Continue Reading...
Diary of a Visionary
From reclaiming new land to finding the right acoustics, Dr. Jamshed Bhabha had to undergo every struggle imaginable to launch the NCPA. By Anil Dharker
“We wi... Continue Reading...
Recollections: Bill Evans
The first time I ever heard the jazz pianist Bill Evans (1929-1980) was on his duet recording of All Across the City, with the prominent jazz guitarist Jim Hall... Continue Reading...
A Year with The Bangalore Men
As 2016 leaves us and 2017 has just begun, I realise that it is now one year since we had our first rehearsal with The Bangalore Men – and what a year it has be... Continue Reading...
Maestro Roland Dyens – Through his ‘Lettres’
A few years back, my dear friend and guitar player Veda Aggarwal gave me a copy of Maestro Roland Dyens’s Lettres (Letters, published 2001). I had hea... Continue Reading...