When the Choir decides to get ‘Popular’: the CCM Story
The Capital City Minstrels, a 22 year old Delhi based choir, have been crooning to audiences across cities and countries...
IN PARIS, FRANCE: APRIL 12 – 18, 2016
I moved to Paris after completing my Master’s Degree in Piano Performance in the States. Living and studying there for...
Alexander Briger
Nikhil Sardana: Where did you grow up and pursue your music studies? What led you to choosing a career in conducting? Alexander Briger: I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. I started playing the violin at a very young age...
Tristan, with eyes wide shut.
It is unusual for an operatic production to be equally riveting at a visual and an aural level: typically one...
The future of the Western classical music tradition
As I travel and work throughout mainland Western Europe I find that there is a real love and understanding for...
What I think about when I think about slow practice
Who hasn’t at least once been told something along these lines: slow practice – slow practice is king – slow is smooth, smooth is fast and other such platitudinous maxims? As a young guitarist (or any sort of musician), young...
VIBRATO: ALL THE REASONS WHY
Often, people are curious about all the vibrato they hear from opera singers. Compared to the way most pop singers...
An Afternoon with Luis Dias
On a hot afternoon on Good Friday in Goa, when the streets were deserted and the shops shuttered, I sat...
