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The SOI Chamber Orchestra’s recent tour to Bengaluru and Chennai travelled beyond packed concert halls to reach aspiring young musicians and newer audiences, and created a lasting impact. As if to finish a melody that started two years ago, the SOI Chamber Orchestra was recently back in Bengaluru to
When you hear the phrase “music theory”, it will probably not evoke much interest in you. Just like any theory. Practical activities are much more exciting, aren’t they? Reading black dots on paper, trying to draw the perfect treble clef, and endlessly pondering the Neapolitan Sixth may make you
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I have started looking at the story of Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa) as a story in three parts, which I shall creatively refer to “normal”, the “new normal” and “what now?”. The last few years have taught us to be flexible and responsive more than anything else, and
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The British cellist, Steven Isserlis, has called Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, “the greatest Classical cello concerto. It’s full of joy, of joyous virtuosity. It’s perfect.” Haydn wrote this music in the early 1760s, around the time that he began employment as
You’ve probably heard that music can help you study, and you’re probably right! Studies have shown that music has beneficial effects on the human mind and body. Music can stimulate both sides of the brain simultaneously, and stimulation to both the hemispheres could improve learning and increase memory.
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Museums can be magical places as they collect, preserve, interpret and display objects of artistic, cultural, or scientific significance. Exhibitions tell us stories of communities and cultures or highlight particular missions such as civil rights or environmentalism. In essence, museums are storehouses of knowledge and community treasures, and their collections
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One could not have imagined that the site of a colossal neo-baroque structure, devoid of what fills and nurtures it— people, cheer and laughter—would turn into something poetically beautiful. Two years ago, Berliner Ensemble, the theatre company founded by Bertolt Brecht in 1949, decided to adapt to the woes
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On the 22nd of April, 2022, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, it was a red letter day for fans ofopera. In one of her now extremely rare appearances in concert and productions alike, Renée Fleming appeared in a gala evening of music by composers as diverse as Dvořák,
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Giving Voice Society is so delighted to be starting a new sheaf of live events in India, starting this coming August, very appropriately in Mumbai and Goa – where we first started over 12 years ago. During the necessary two-year break in transmission we initiated online singing classes covering both basics
Music is an exquisite thing that unites people and helps us express our feelings without talking. You can just simply send the song to someone and speak your thoughts. Sharing music can be a way of showing your love language. There are many bands worldwide, and you have probably found
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I was agog in anticipation. Playing to a capacity audience on April 8 at the Theatre de Champs-Élysées, Paris, I had the unique experience of listening to the much-touted Lisitsa play live for the first time. Her reputation has consistently preceded her wherever in the world she plays. She is
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Szilveszter Ókovács, General Director, Hungarian State Opera, writes about the collaboration between Hungary’s national opera company and the Symphony Orchestra of India for the SOI Autumn 2022 Season. “We are delighted that many years of efforts have finally borne fruit and we are pleased to reproduce the direct communication