PARSIFAL – PIERRE AUDI’S FORMIDABLE PRODUCTION AT DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA
Elucidating Wagner’s Rich Myth of Transformation INTRODUCTION It is hard to visit a performance of Parsifal without interpretative clutter getting...
How to Get a Music Exam Distinction – Part 1
Music exams are criterion-referenced, meaning that marks are awarded according to pre-determined criteria. The advantage of a criterion-referenced exam is...
West Bengal Tour December 2016: Soprano Susan Williams and Pianist Jennifer Heemstra
American Soprano and Assistant Professor of Voice at The University of Alabama, Susan Williams, made her second trip to Kolkata, India to perform a series of concerts with pianist Jennifer Heemstra, founder of Kolkata Classics. On one of my first...
Dr Ahmad Naser Sarmast – Founder and Director, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Nikhil Sardana: What are your earliest memories of being exposed to music? Dr Ahmad Naser Sarmast: I was born in the...
Monte Music Festival, Goa: 3rd – 5th February 2017
The Monte Music Festival, presented by Fundação Oriente and Cidade de Goa, is back for the 15th year to captivate...
30th Anniversary Celebrations of The Bangalore School of Music
The East West Music and Dance Encounter is back, bigger and better than before! In February 2017, The Bangalore School of Music will celebrate its 30th Anniversary and the 15th edition of the East-West Music and Dance Encounter (EWMD –...
THE SPEED OF SOUND AT KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is in its 18th year. Held during the second week of February each year, it...
4 WAYS TO TEST YOUR MEMORY
In an interview with Eleanore Büning for FAZ, star soprano Anna Netrebko said of the teleprompter she used in Dresden to...