Recording with The Men
During all my years as a choir singer (celebrating 31 years of singing this year), making recordings have always come...
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 Cenerentola. She started her career at the age of 19 with the music of Rossini and it is with this...
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...
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 their new Music Director. I attended the first two of these evenings – Messiaen on the 9th and Ravel on...
The Russians are Coming!
Zane Dalal traces the life and music of Rachmaninoff and Stravinksy – iconic contemporaries with the same roots, whose lives...
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...