The Astonishing George Benjamin: A Composer for our Age
I made it my business to explore the music of my contemporary George Benjamin in recent months, and was wondrously...
Ticciati’s Last Bow as Principal Conductor: SCO Performs Brahms
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Robin Ticciati Johannes Brahms: Symphonies 1-4 18 and 19 August 2018 Usher Hall, Edinburgh Edinburgh International Festival Listening...
Voices of India
The first edition of the national singing competition, Voices of India, will take place at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Experimental Theatre) of Mumbai on 28th August 2018 at 1:30 pm (semi-final) and 29th August 2018 at 2:00 pm...
Master Works
Next month, the Symphony Orchestra of India will begin its Autumn 2018 Season with compositions from some of the greatest...
Rattle’s Debut as LSO’s Music Director on the EIF Stage
London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op. 72 Leoš...
LA FEDELTÀ PREMIATA (THE GIFT OF FIDELITY) AT THE ROH, MUMBAI
Those of us present at Mumbai’s century-old Opera House between 1-3 August were lucky enough to be treated to a really delightful evening. The opera house, built in the early 20th century in Indo-European Neo-Baroque architecture, lay unused for twenty three...
The Capital City Minstrels UK Tour – With Love, From India (June 1-15, 2018)
We were performing the last song for the evening to a packed hall at St. Mary’s Church in Haddington (Scotland)....
THE PRACTICE TIP YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR
Many musicians spend their early years of training – and maybe some of the later years – fighting a cold,...