Interviews
Nikhil Sardana: Please share your background with us. Marialena Fernandes: I grew up in Bombay in a family of four sisters and one brother. My parents came from Goa and Mangalore and are Roman Catholic by religion - conversion through colonisation. Ever since I can remember, music has been the
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James Gaffigan, Chief conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, looks ahead with a firm sense of history intact. By Neha M Lucerne is home to more than just Lake Lucerne and stunning mountainous views: the central Switzerland town also has a rich history of classical music, and is perhaps best
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Simply Schubert – an eclectic mix of flowing male-choruses, tender and dramatic lieder and flowing piano solos, presented by The Bangalore School of Music. The program will showcase the musical genius of Schubert, with some of his most beloved choruses for male choir, such as Vier Gesänge, Ständchen (with soprano solo)
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The music fraternity in Bangalore joined The Bangalore School of Music to mourn the loss of its Founder and Managing Trustee, Mrs Aruna Sunderlal, who passed away in the evening hours of Thursday, June 23, 2016 after a brief illness. She is deeply mourned by her children Shefali S Chandel
Music Education
If you haven’t yet heard, there’s a certain waddle of penguins (apparently it’s “waddle”, not “flock”!) in Antarctica that get totally freaked out by the sound of a tenor. *Note: tenor Nick Allen has removed his original upload, after getting concerned feedback from the International Association of
Music Education
With its quaint name, many who hear of this Bangalore based music school ask if they have heard correctly and sometimes how it is pronounced. The name is in fact a hybrid of the two instruments the institute provides specialised training in; the Violin and the Voice. The VioVoi Music
Music Education
Sometime in the mid 1990s, I heard a radio broadcast of a work that to this day remains one of the most unusual, striking and beautiful pieces of music I have ever encountered. As luck would have it, I tuned in somewhere in the middle of the work, so like
Music Education
My first meeting with India was through a friend working at the Swedish Embassy in Delhi around 2005. I stayed three weeks, doing the ordinary tourist thing like the Agra, Taj Mahal, Jaipur and Khajuraho, but we also went to Ladakh and did some high altitude trekking for a few
Interviews
Nikhil Sardana: When did you set up the Bombay Chamber Orchestra and what was your inspiration behind this initiative? Jini Dinshaw: The Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO) was founded in 1962. On my return from the UK, I discovered that the Bombay Symphony Orchestra and the Bombay Philharmonia were no longer
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I am en route to beautiful Vermont for a production of Verdi’s opera Macbeth in which I’ll be singing the role of Macduff and presenting a master class for the young artists who will be participating in the Opera Company of Middlebury’s Young Artist Program. Music master
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The Western Music Teachers’ Association is very excited to announce our 2nd annual music conference planned for next week, for teachers of Western music and others interested in music! Last year’s conference was a wonderful success, and we appreciate those of you who supported and attended it. As you
Music Education
Musical works featuring the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and freedom fighter Mohandas Gandhi have given opera a subcontinental touch. Simultaneously considered to be the pinnacle of Western art and an example of melodramatic excess, opera is one of those rare art forms that assists in its own caricature. These