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There will be double the revelry at the Artie’s Festival this month, when the chamber music event lends its unique brand of mirth and light-heartedness to the NCPA’s joyous golden jubilee celebrations. We speak to Artie’s founder Gauthier Herrmann to find out more. By Beverly Pereira The
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“Thank you, dear Mariss Jansons, for the indomitable will you brought to your profession, your calling, doing it more than justice to the very end. When you stepped onto the podium, any hall in this world filled with a special tension. We always felt your great respect for the works
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Hailed as India’s longest-running music society, the Madras Musical Association (MMA) celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2018 with a series of concerts and tours illustrating its diverse musical repertoire and expanding membership and popularity. This year, the MMA embarked on a tour of Singapore, performing a programme entitled Sacred
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An early Christmas gift to New Delhi’s concert–goers comes in the form of a gala choral concert, by the city’s very own choir, the Capital City Minstrels, who are celebrating their silver jubilee this year. Joining the audience for the occasion will be some very special guests:
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Music they say heals body, mind and soul. But one can be transported to a different world, even, talking to enlightened and genius musicians. This was the experience that I had when I caught up with the Symphony Orchestra of India’s Music Director, Marat Bisengaliev, in Bengaluru, after his
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On November 30, the Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO) – Mumbai’s oldest and only indigenous Western classical orchestra – will be performing an exciting range of music under the leadership of renowned Argentinian conductor, Ramiro Arista. Maestro Ramiro Arista, one of the leading conductors of his generation, is known for his ability
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My son Sumer has been a student of the violin at the NCPA’s Special Music Training Programme (now SOI Music Academy) for 6 years. This program is truly special as the children are taught in a conservatory-style, with the members of the Symphony Orchestra of India as their teachers.
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A series of Indian and Western music recitals by young musicians, who have been training with the NCPA, will be presented as part of the NCPA Add Art Festival. As part of its mission to promote and preserve the arts in India, the NCPA takes great joy in training and
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Classical music streaming will be free and easier than ever! IDAGIO, the leading audio streaming service for classical music, is now available free of charge worldwide. IDAGIO Free users can immerse themselves in the entire world of classical music with a catalog of over 2 million tracks, which corresponds to
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In the days leading up to the NCPA Add Art Festival, audiences can delight in, among other things, a series of performances that will see world-class opera stars from the Bolshoi collaborate with our very own Symphony Orchestra of India. By Zane Dalal Though it may seem highly unusual for
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London’s Creative Conservatoire is delighted to announce the new Udmi Devi Scholarships, which will enable talented young performers born and educated in India to train at Trinity Laban from September 2020. The gift of £100,000 has been made in the name of the anonymous benefactor’s grandmother, the
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To commemorate 50 years of creating, curating and nurturing the performing arts, the NCPA is celebrating the philosophy of ‘adding art’ in daily life through its ADD ART Festival. In other words, it is doing what it has always done – only bigger, better and in a way that is completely