Features
Bombay has an earnest but limited audience for Western classical music – unless the best known ambassador for it comes to the city. When Zubin Mehta stages here, he has a “bass” which is wider than the familiar, oft-seen music lovers and the audience “trebles” in numbers. October 26th, 2015 was
News
Celebrated Pianist Pallavi Mahidhara returns to India for a tour after a decade! We asked her why this trip was special – I have been coming to perform in India since 2003. It is always a great pleasure for me to return to India! I truly love having the privilege of
Features
Please share your background with us. I was thrust into a career in advertising without a by-your-leave way back in 1971 but that’s another story. I started my own advertising agency, Maadhyam in 1979 after stints on the other side of the table with Usha Sales and DLF. Crossed
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Swiss pianist & composer Nik Bärtsch will tour India this November 2015 with RONIN, a quartet that proceeds with the work on his ‘ritual groove music’. Swiss pianist, composer and producer Nik Baertsch will be in India on the invitation of Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council. Nik Baertsch will tour
Features
We would like to congratulate Soprano Patricia Rozario on performing the British National Anthem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Community Address in Wembley Stadium, London. We got in touch with Patricia to hear more from her about the experience – “I was honoured to be performing at Wembley Stadium
Features
Western Classical music education is a brand name used for parts of the pedagogy of music literacy. Music literacy, as used today, was born out of a finite notation system using neumes[1]. This notation was necessary for the rise of the Christian Church and plainchant – a simple liturgical melody
Music Education
There was a crescendo of feelings as I moved towards my LTCL exam. The performance anxiety mixed with the whole “what’s the point of this” syndrome. The lead up to it was long and intense. And just after the exam, I looked back at it like a typhoon heading
Music Education
The wonderful thing about music is that it can give you endless hours of fun. Whether you are playing an instrument, or just listening to music, music has the ability to engulf you in its beauty. Whether it is classical, light jazz, or heavy metal, music can prove as an
Reviews
Mahler’s one-movement Piano Quartet in A Minor was composed during Mahler’s days as a student in 1876. In this piece, especially in the very beginning, there was this strong,familiar flavour of Metamorphosis by Philip Glass. I won’t be surprised if Glass was inspired by Mahler’s
Meet the Maestro
How did you get involved in Western Classical Music? I learnt piano from my mother. Due to the dearth of music teachers, I ended up conducting a school choir for the first time since my mother did not have time to do so. I was just 14 years old. What
News
On Sunday, July 5, 2015, the first conference for teachers of Western music was held in Delhi. The original scope of the conference was music teachers in Delhi, but the conference brought together over 50 participants from all over North India, including Banaras, Mumbai, Ludhiana, and Chandigarh – music teachers who
Throwback Thursday
It is a pleasure and privilege to introduce the very first issue of Serenade. I firmly believe that a high-quality magazine devoted to Western classical music has enough potential to raise the performing standard of Western classical music in India, to encourage high-quality tuition, and to enhance the listening pleasure