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My first night during this brief autumnal sojourn in Vienna, city of dreams was simply a delight. Boasting four venues for opera (among ballet, musicals and operetta) the legendary Staatsoper is by far and away one of the great opera houses of the world. Indeed this year it celebrates its
Throwback Thursday
A nostalgic look back at the festival of music, dance and drama that was held immediately after the inauguration of the Tata Theatre. A nine-day festival of music, dance and drama was organised from 11th October, 1980 to mark the inauguration of the Tata Theatre. Immediately after the formal inauguration,
Music Education
There’s a danger if every public decision is made by the majority for the majority. There’s a very famous phrase, “the tyranny of the majority,” that was introduced into political discourse by two near contemporaries in the nineteenth century. Alexis de Tocqueville, the famous French writer who wrote
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They are the world’s most famous boys’ choir with a history dating back 700 years, and they are probably the best travelled music ensemble you can find, with four subgroups clocking up around 300 concerts every year, singing to half a million people around the globe: the Vienna Boys
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Named a Young Steinway Artist in 2010, Utsav Lal became the first Indian pianist to join this prestigious international Steinway Artists roster bringing recognition for his unique repertoire of Indian Classical music on the piano. Invited by Steinway & Sons to perform his debut concert at Steinway Hall, New York
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London’s Creative Conservatoire is delighted to announce the new Bagri Foundation Scholarship, an award of £24,000 which will enable a talented young musician from Asia to undertake two years of postgraduate training at Trinity Laban’s Faculty of Music from September 2020. Supported by the Bagri Foundation, the
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In late September, Sri Lanka’s leading classical music ensemble, the Chamber Music Society of Colombo (CMSC), presented a concert for violin and piano performed by renowned virtouso violinist Midori, in partnership with critically-acclaimed Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute. Midori is patron of the CMSC’s newly-established Education Fund, a wing
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In the inaugural Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Lecture, Jawhar Sircar discussed the need to pull out all the stops to preserve our rich cultural heritage. We present snapshots from the memorable evening. The inaugural talk of the Jamshed Bhabha Memorial Lectures titled ‘What ails the Arts in India?’ was delivered on
Travel Diaries
A 4-hour wait at the airport followed by a 4-hour flight, and you will find all 66 of us sleepy heads, including our conductor, Mr. Augustine Paul, our assistant conductor, Mr. Ebenezer and our accompanist, Mr. Immanuel, waiting to board buses at the Changi Airport, ready to take on 2
Interviews
Ahead of their first concert at the NCPA, we had a quick chat about Polish music and life with the musicians from the Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi. The Baltic Neopolis Virtuousi are bringing a piano quintet for a very special concert at the NCPA this month. Concertmaster Emanuel Salvador, who has
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Sunday 29th September saw a jam-packed Tata Theatre in anticipation of legendary Japanese-American violinist Midori’s long sold-out recital. She had flown in from Colombo and played in Pune the night before. Nursing a cold her thorough professionalism saw her through the demanding programme with unflinching determination. The audience erupted
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