Ambassadors of India
Symphony Orchestra of India marks UK debut in February 2019 with six-concert tour, including Russian romantic showpieces and Zakir Hussain’s...
Sophia Plowden, Khanum Jan, and Hindustani airs
Among the British Library’s extraordinary collection of materials relating to the history of Indian music in the eighteenth and early...
How did the piano become a Bengali instrument? A documentary has some answers
Subha Das Mollick’s ‘Calcutta Sonata’ looks at how the piano became an integral part of the cultural fabric of Calcutta. “Nobody remembers when the first piano was disembarked from the ships that docked by the shores of the river [in...
Trinity Fest 2018
2018 marked the year when Trinity College London, the international examinations board, reaffirmed its long standing engagement with India. The...
Mapping the Musical Genome: The Gibbons Family
Orlando Gibbons (1572-1625) was born in Oxford, son of a town wait—essentially a town musician whose duties included playing his...
Haydn’s La Fedeltà Premiata – at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai
Latest News from On High: From now on in your town Fidelity is banned. If you are found to be faithful on The Day of Sacrifice, you and your partner shall be devoured by the Lake Monster. By Order. It...
Good Practice Techniques for Graded Examinations – Part II
The first of these articles discussed the need for practice to be relevant in terms of fluency and accuracy, musical...
Coming of Age
Since 2010, Con Brio has been pushing the limits of Western classical music performed in India with a focus on...