News
Child’s Play India Foundation held its 10th anniversary monsoon concert on 21 September at Menezes Braganza hall Panjim Goa to a packed, appreciative audience. This year’s monsoon concert had around fifty participants on stage, in addition to teachers and guest musicians. The performers were children as young as
Music Education
Leading a choir means you have many different tasks – often ranging from the actual musical side of it, to concert planning, admin tasks, building a social context and – of course – repertoire selection for your choir. This is a task that is often taken a bit too lightly and not given
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On the 26th of September at 7 pm at the Lionel Wendt Theatre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Chamber Music Society of Colombo (CMSC) will present arguably, the most important classical music concert of the year. The extraordinary violinist, Midori, with Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano. Midori, who will be making a
Reviews
On 15th September at the Experimental theatre the sell-out audience was treated to a rare occasion. A piano-duet partnership that sparkled with virtuosity and convinced with refined musicianship. The two pianists were the husband and wife team of Alessandra Ammara and Roberto Prosseda, both versatile and virtuoso pianists in their
Throwback Thursday
On the birth of the NCPA’s Experimental Theatre The Tata Iron and Steel Company, in commemoration of its Platinum Jubilee, presented to the NCPA India’s first Theatre for Experimentation in Drama (also known as The Experimental Theatre). The theatre was formally inaugurated by Russi Mody on 25th April,
Interviews
A legitimate child prodigy who won the million-dollar prize on a much-coveted global talent contest earlier this year, Lydian Nadhaswaram talks to ON Stage about music and why he wants to go to the moon. The best artistes are the ones who do the impossible and make it look easy.
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IDAGIO becomes one of the first free apps made available to Apple Watch users globally. Users can enjoy classical music through the independent Apple Watch app. Leading streaming service for classical music, IDAGIO, is the first classical music streaming service offering an independent Apple Watch app. The independent IDAGIO Apple
Know Your Composer
The theme for this year’s Con Brio Festival 2019 was “More Schumania: Celebrating women with Clara”. The festival showcased the works of female composers through the ages with one work by Clara Schumann each day of the festival to celebrate her bicentennial birth year. I was entrusted the task
Know Your Composer
Zane Dalal revisits the music, the drama and the pervasive social message that has become emblematic of the music of Richard Wagner. Much has been written on the life and work of composer Richard Wagner, and even more on his famous tetralogy of operas Der Ring des Nibelungen. There is
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The Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka (SOSL) returns to its regular concert schedule this September, with a concert dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Easter attacks, and in aid of those who live in the aftermath. “We Remember” takes place at the Lionel Wendt
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The last Maharaja of Mysore was a great patron and scholar of, among many other things, Western classical music. Here, we present snapshots from performances by the SOI Chamber Orchestra, presented in Mysore and Bengaluru in his honour. By Richard Nowell On the occasion of the birth centenary of HRH
Music Education
If you liked Connection Lost (The Tinder Opera), you’ll love the latest collaboration between composer/tenor Scott Joiner and writer/director Adam Taylor. Something Blue: The Bachelor Opera is another misguided love story, unpacking everything that’s totally bizarre about reality dating & marriage shows. Joiner sings the role