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Early on in the lockdown, the Chairman and senior management at the NCPA recognised the need for a digital platform to take its vast archival treasures and newly recorded productions to members, patrons and a worldwide audience. As the mammoth undertaking moves towards its realisation, a look at how the
Listening to your favorite music or band is way different from watching them perform live on stage. A live performance comes with an exhilarating experience that will remain etched in your memory forever. You also meet and connect with people from diverse cultures and age groups making the experience even
Interviews
Cyrus Meher-Homji is the Senior Vice-President of Classics & Jazz at Universal Music Australia. He is a trained concert pianist and holds a Master’s Degree in Musicology from The University of Western Australia. He has written in books and music journals about Percy Grainger, Eileen Joyce, Julius Katchen and
Interviews
Separated by half a century and united in their mission, there is a common thread that runs through the history of the NCPA in Mumbai and the Esplanade in Singapore. Both sit on reclaimed land where once the waters of the Arabian Sea and Singapore Straits respectively flowed and both
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For the 10th consecutive season, Carnegie Hall and WQXR proudly unite to present Carnegie Hall Live, a series of exciting broadcast concerts—drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Hall’s stages over the past nine years—in programs that are thematically reimagined and newly produced. Jeff
Features
Do you remember when we first met? It was an evening, end of October 2016. We had come down with The Bangalore Men to Calangute, to perform our Schubert-programme, and we were expecting you to be in the audience. We hadn’t really interacted or met, I had only heard
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Carnegie Hall’s online series continue in June featuring a range of programming for music lovers, including new episodes of Live with Carnegie Hall, historic filmed performances streamed as part of Carnegie Hall Selects, and a Lullaby Project Celebration Concert presented as part of Learn with Carnegie Hall. New Episodes
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One of the most rewarding aspects of the first Trinity Fest in 2018 was the coming together of musicians of every age and kind, from teachers and students to professional performers and amateur music-lovers, across the country. Three years later, in a drastically changed world, the Fest was back, but
Know Your Composer
The celebrated Indian composer Vanraj Bhatia passed away on 7 May, just a few weeks shy of his 94th birthday. I listened and fell in love with Bhatia’s music without even realising it. I refer to the signature tune of the popular TV serial ‘Khandaan’, the ‘Liril’ soap advertisement
Opinion
Isolation appears to have taken an unexpected turn for the Resident Conductor of the SOI, Mikel Toms. The longer the current lockdown drags on, the more you may have noticed my increasing resemblance to Napoleon. Certainly, once a fortnight as I stand beslippered in my back garden, sawing away at
Know Your Composer
The collection of music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) commonly referred to as the “works for solo lute”, has been the subject of study and debate for centuries. The arguments have recently been focussed on whether or not Bach wrote these pieces for the lute, lautenwerk (a lute-harpsichord hybrid)
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There are several developments in the offing at the NCPA as the Symphony Orchestra of India welcomes a new double bass player, two teachers and three apprentice players into the fold. By Beverly Pereira An orchestra, as it were, is a microcosm of perfection—a group of musicians intimately working