Travel Diaries
For me, one of the most amazing aspects of being a musician, by far, is getting to travel around the world! I love to visit new places, experience new cultures, indulge in local cuisines, and most of all be able to share my love for music with new audiences. Here
Throwback Thursday
In order to endow a new work with value, it is not necessary to call it ‘experimental’, as if that could rubber stamp it with newness and worthiness. I am not sure that I would describe my work as ‘experimental’. Another commonly used tag for work crossing the boundaries between
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Child’s Play India Foundation presents the Steinhaus-Orchester Besigheim on 26 May 2016, 6.30 pm, Menezes Braganza Panjim on the Goa leg of their 2016 India tour. The Steinhaus-Orchester is a woodwind and brass orchestra with musicians from the area of Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, Germany. The orchestra is conducted
Interviews
Tell us about pursuing your violin studies. I got to study in some incredible institutions: Royal Academy of Music Junior Department, Royal Academy of Music for Undergraduate studies and the Royal College of Music for my Postgraduate. I met a lot of the colleagues that I work with now during
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The Capital City Minstrels returns this summer with a music repertoire to entertain audiences in Delhi and Gurgaon. The group will showcase a varied selection – pop, rock and world music – characteristic of their fun, diverse and eclectic style. When the Capital City Minstrels (CCM) began 22 years ago as a
Interviews
When did you come up with the idea to tour India with the Australian World Orchestra in October 2015? It was Alexander Briger’s idea who first had a discussion about this with Maestro Zubin Mehta and Nick Deutsch, our Principal Oboe for the Australian World Orchestra. What were the
Music Education
Picture this: you’re walking down the street in London, with your frock coat swishing around you and your hat at an angle. (Of course you’re wearing a frock coat – it’s 1819) You’ve got to play for your supper at the Marlboroughs’ tonight, but that’s not
Travel Diaries
I’m always pleased to be invited to play at New York’s Lincoln Center. They’ve invited me several times in the past and have had me play every year recently. It’s my musical home in the city where I live. Here are photos I had taken a
Travel Diaries
Raised in the choir tradition of Sweden, it’s difficult for me to stay away from the season in Gothenburg Cathedral (Sweden). The Cathedral as seen below, was inaugurated in 1815, and celebrated 200 years last year. It is situated in the heart of Gothenburg, and is really a true
Reviews
Evolution of Music is a complicated concept to demonstrate. It attempts to focus on the genres and the personalities that resonate with the audience at a given moment in time. It sheds light on the timelessness captured in the music through the assessment of music connoisseurs, music critics, radio and
Music Education
The universal steps to learning a song, I know you’ve all got them down. You can read music, count rhythms, learn language, and tell stories. A lot of the music I work with involves a pianist and singer, and duetting is all about communication. In the process of “learning
Interviews
Please share your background with us. I grew up in Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, as my parents were teachers at a boarding school called St. George's College, and I studied at the same school. We didn't have much access to learning musical instruments,