EDUCATING INDIA, MUSICALLY
The Western Music Education Association held its 4th annual conference in New Delhi on August 5, with this year`s theme...
A STELLAR OPERATIC BON-BON TO CLOSE THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL
The marvellous Italian mezzo Cecilia Bartoli produced and sang in this remarkable festive semi-staged performance of Rossini’s timeless comedy La...
A FAREWELL TO THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS AT LUCERNE
Last but by no mean least was the turn of the London Philharmonic – a beautifully streamlined sound and a high level of musicality. This performance had a special glow to it not least because of conductor Marin Alsop’s mercurial...
A DOUBLE TRIBUTE TO BERNSTEIN
25th August 2018 saw the 100th birth anniversary of American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein. The Boston Symphony Orchestra...
FRENCH MASTERPIECES FROM THE LONDON SYMPHONY
It was now the turn for three evenings with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle...
The Russians are Coming!
Zane Dalal traces the life and music of Rachmaninoff and Stravinksy – iconic contemporaries with the same roots, whose lives intersected, but whose music could not have been more different. If any of our ON Stage readers remember the Norman...
When a note got muted in Trivandrum
Dear Pakru, I see that you are baffled and deeply anxious on where your favourite human, Satish Kamath, has abruptly...
Battle, Drumroll and Enlightenment
A week into Beethovenfest, the magic has failed to subside. The air is still abuzz with excitement with concerts taking...