Throwback Thursday
“The show must go on”, is the most valuable lesson that I have learnt in all my years on stage. While it rings true, its real significance is not easy to understand, particularly if your experience with the stage is from a public point of view. The reality, particularly in
Know Your Composer
The Artie’s Festival is set to bring to the stage two chamber concerts featuring works from Brahms and Bloch, among others. Sandipan Das compiles his notes on some of the composers and their music. In the tenth year of their association with the NCPA, the Artie’s Festival, led
Know Your Composer
Clara Schumann- Toccatina Op.6 Walzer- Clara Schumann for Soprano and Piano Clara Schumann (née Clara Josephine Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career,
Reviews
AMAN MAHAJAN – PIANO / NISHAD PANDEY – GUITAR ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR PIANO AND GUITAR Concert organised by Hyderabad Western Music Foundation (first of a series to celebrate the 10th year of HWMF) At Alliance Française Hyderabad on 3 March 2018 The concert was like a series of controlled conversations between two good
Features
An exciting work for two percussionists from Berlin – Lukas Böhm and Ni Fan, who played the world premiere of this 2-percussion version of a much bigger piece at the Bad Kissingen Festival last summer. The rhythms, splashed on an array of percussion instruments, were inspired by ritual drumming at a
Throwback Thursday
I have been playing the violin for 10 years, and have participated in many concerts. But by far, the best of them was the concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Easter Sunday in 2016. Even though it was almost two years ago, wonderful memories of the concert
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Music Education
Chopin’s ideas have been used in pop music for decades! When classical music aficionados are surveyed on the most popular romantic composer, the name Frédéric Chopin invariably rises to the top. This is hardly surprising as Chopin’s music, ranging from wistful Waltzes and sensual Nocturnes to fiery Etudes
Music Education
Harlekin’s aria is one of the more thoughtful, organic uses of the “song within the song” device in opera. In Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Harlekin is part of Zerbinetta’s comedy troupe; when he and his fellow players are thrown into a serious case of stage improv, he
Reviews
Running up to the Spring 2018 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India, the National Centre for the Performing Arts had no less than five orchestral concerts in the months of January and February 2018. On 14th January was the Martinů Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The next Sunday was the Bombay
Reviews
It was a privileged audience who was invited to one of the most delightful concerts of the season at the new auditorium of the Goethe Institut, now in Park Mansions Park Street. On an early Saturday evening, even with the traffic at its most frenetic state, who would have cared
Features
Creative partnerships, between Western classical music societies and NGOs supporting the legitimacy of waste-pickers, formed the basis of my 6-city tour of India in 2012. These partnerships re-positioned an otherwise conventional Western classical music piano recital tour into one that made impact in unexpected and inspiring ways. The importance of