Opera at Habitat Series. Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera or A Masked Ball (Italian / English subtitles / 137 mins.)

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre New Delhi, India

Sunit Tandon introduces a live recording from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York starring the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti in Verdi's masterpiece of musical drama that faced serious censorship problems in its time. Illicit love, loyalty and betrayal are woven unusually with humour, both lighthearted and sardonic, in a tragic context.

Music Appreciation Workshop by Santanu Datta

A Western Classical music appreciation workshop is being conducted by Santanu Datta and hosted by Musik Shack. It promises to be educative and interesting and those of you who might be interested in attending it can find all details below on how to register and participate.

FUN AND FANTASY

There has always been that human need to get away from mundane everyday things and enter a whole new world. The Stop-Gaps in its endeavour  to always be different  does precisely that in it’s latest  offering  ‘ Fun and Fantasy’. Here then is no hand over hand, row upon row of straight faced choral singing , but  voices blend  with movement, sets and costumes to take one on a magic carpet ride! And what better way than to do medley […]

Music Appreciation Workshop by Santanu Datta

A Western Classical music appreciation workshop is being conducted by Santanu Datta and hosted by Musik Shack. It promises to be educative and interesting and those of you who might be interested in attending it can find all details below on how to register and participate.

Opera screening – Carmen by Bizet

Aruna Sunderlal Auditorium, RT Nagar Bangalore, India

As part of the BSM’s ‘Opera-Screening Series’ this month we are delighted to present the well-known melodies and rythms of Bizet’s immortal opera in four acts set in southern Spain. The story revolves around the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. The habanera, the seguidilla, big choirs and sparkling colours will give you a feeling of being transported to the sunny plains of Spain. The streaming will be […]

First Classical Concert featuring the Concert Harp in Trivandrum

Hilton Garden Inn Banquet Hall Trivandrum, India

The TCPA has put together a Western Classical concert featuring 5 musicians playing the Concert Harp Solo and the Concert Flute accompanied by the Piano. The concert is to take place at Hilton Garden Inn Banquet Hall at 6:30 pm on Sunday the 10th of September 2017. Tickets are Rs.300 and Rs.200 available at the Hall. One can phone 9446321398 for reservation over the phone. The first half of the concert will feature the Flute and Piano and the Concert […]

Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI): István Várdai plays Dvorak’s cello concerto / Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

Symphony Orchestra of India Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor István Várdai, cello Dvorak: Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 The eminent Polish conductor Jacek Kaspszyk has been Music and Artistic Director of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra since the 2013/14 season. One of Poland’s foremost conductors, he has previously held positions as Artistic Director of the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Music Director of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and of the Polish National Opera. He has conducted […]

Steinway Pianist Karl Lutchmayer and Friends

From Classical piano scores to classic cars, that’s Indian-born, London-raised Classical pianist, Karl Lutchmayer for you. Karl whose extraordinary musical career includes performing under the baton of legendary conductors such as Lorin Maazel and Sir Andrew Davis, broadcasting on BBC Radio3, All India Radio and Classic FM, traveling the world accepting invitations to perform with the all the major symphony orchestras, and is a regular chamber performer, particularly with his own ensemble, Dialogos, apart from being a committed music educator, […]