Aria Guides: “Lieben, Hassen”
Harlekin’s aria is one of the more thoughtful, organic uses of the “song within the song” device in opera. In...
IT’S RAINING ORCHESTRAS
Running up to the Spring 2018 Season of the Symphony Orchestra of India, the National Centre for the Performing Arts...
An Evening of Chamber Music at the Goethe Institut, Kolkata
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...
Supporting the legitimacy of waste-pickers
Creative partnerships, between Western classical music societies and NGOs supporting the legitimacy of waste-pickers, formed the basis of my 6-city...
Alexander Scriabin: Agonies and Ecstasy!
What happens when new neural connections within your brain break down the boundaries that normally exist between the senses? For...
Prague Summer Nights and Me
In the summer of 2017, I had the uniquely rewarding experience of attending the Prague Summer Nights: Young Artists Music Festival (PSN). Produced by Classical Movements—the premier concert tour company for the world’s great orchestras and choirs—Prague Summer Nights is...
Pitch Bracket Notation
The music staff has been a fundamental component of music notation since its introduction, nearly 1000 years ago. Since that...
The Ring
Zane Dalal looks at the music, the drama and the pervasive social message of Richard Wagner’s epic music drama, Der...