Music Education
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988, and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In the first of a three-part series on categories of music, musician and ethnomusicologist Ashok D. Ranade dissects definitions and dispels common misunderstandings regarding
Music Education
In this age of misinformation, online piano lessons can feel like yet another labyrinth. This article untangles the web of misconception, shows you how to learn online effectively, and finally answers the question: what are the best free online piano lessons? *sigh* Here’s a clue: it’s not an
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India’s first and only professional orchestra, founded at the NCPA, has turned 15. From performing challenging repertoire and playing with the legends of classical music to touring internationally with great success, the SOI has gone from strength to strength. We bring you memories, and messages from the pillars of
Know Your Composer
In my humble opinion, the richness and subtlety of Franz Schubert’s (1797-1828) melodic and harmonic language is unequaled in the world of classical music. For one reason or another, we are led to believe that Schubert’s music was not popular during his lifetime. Nothing could be further from
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In my current position at the International School of Stuttgart in Sindelfingen, I teach performing arts and coordinate outreach and performances. It was my first year at the school when COVID-19 hit. We had been planning for visiting artists, outreach programs with the Stuttgart opera, and more, but then COVID-19
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What is a theatre without its artistes and audience? The last 18 months revealed a sombre facet of a scenario that seemed inconceivable in the forever busy corridors of the NCPA. But with theatres been given the green light to reopen, the buzz has returned. Chairman Mr. Khushroo N. Suntook
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Brillante – the Nagaland Piano Festival is the only one of its kind in India. This event is a convergence of local, national and international pianists engaging in multi-genre music through Performance, Pedagogy, Competition, Interactions, Practicum (demos, masterclasses, workshops, etc) all in one venue. For 3 days, we celebrate everything about
Hold my ways while I hold your wine Pick up those pieces from the floor Come help me finish these rhymes Look at me like you did before Memories that we made at nine When you held me in the backyard I fell too hard What makes a lyric persuasive
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Delhi Chamber Choir’s soprano, Vaibhavi Singh, and tenor, Gaurav Vohra, have recently been accepted at the prestigious St Petersburg State Conservatory, whose star-studded alumni includes Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch and Prokofiev. When the lockdown cancelled Delhi Chamber Choir’s 2020 concert calendar, we focused on improving our musicianship through classes and
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Following months of theatre closures, the opera sector takes the opportunity to reboot. On 25 October, opera companies and opera lovers around the globe celebrate World Opera Day. The third edition of World Opera Day will take place in a challenging context as theatres around the world resume activity. Former
Know Your Composer
Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen), Op. 15 is one of those rare piano works that is both a staple of the standard teaching library and frequently performed by concert artists. Nearly 200 years after its publication, perennial favorites such as Of Foreign Lands and People (Von fremden Ländern
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The Sphinx Organization, PARMA Recordings, cellist Thomas Mesa, and pianist Michelle Cann present a call for scores open exclusively to Black and Latinx composers. Teaming up for the first time, these organizations and individuals aim to amplify the voices of musicians from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in classical music by providing