Music Education
The first half of the 20th century bears testimony to the tragically ephemeral career of the Polish violinist whose virtuosity belied his age. By Cavas Bilimoria “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air” – Gray’s Elegy Most teenage prodigies are
Features
“Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” – Terry Pratchett On October 5, 2020, a horrific car accident on the highway at night spirited away the lives of Immanuel Thiyakeswaran and his parents. Immanuel was a musician brimming with accomplishments, accolades, and
Interviews
Deeply enmeshed as the arts may be in the life of a nation, few symbols of culture manage to symbolise a nation itself. The Bolshoi Theatre is that formidable badge of excellence that Russia wears with pride. The 244-year-old home to ballet and opera has been a bearer
Music Education
I favour a gradual, playful approach to teaching young children to play the piano, with an emphasis on a diverse range of musical skills and concepts. My ideal piano curriculum for young beginners includes exploring all the elements of music; experimenting with making different sounds; creating music; listening and moving
Throwback Thursday
Historically, the credit for keeping the performing arts thriving in India has rested with royal patronage. Times have changed but even today, the arts share a symbiotic relationship with connoisseur patrons who strive to keep culture alive through their munificence. By Reshma O. Pathare How does one quantify the enrichment
Know Your Composer
When families migrate across linguistic borders, their names frequently undergo a number of significant changes. Just take the Stamitz family, an extended and highly active Bohemian group of musicians, as an example. The spelling of their family name in contemporary sources was extraordinarily erratic, with the most common variants being
Interviews
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown, comes this very special, inventive and unique book, Wild Symphony. This marks the author’s debut in picture books and has stemmed from his love of music. Not only are all poems amid an orchestral score with music composed by
Opinion
Until the Coronavirus got its vicious spikes all over it, 2020 was meant to be Beethoven’s year. He was born on 17th December 1770 in Bonn. (In Vienna, where he spent most of his adult life and died in 1827, they regard 16th December as his birthday). In either
News
This fall, online audiences have the opportunity to hear musical insights directly from some of the world’s leading artists through a new weekly video series drawn from the rich catalogue of master classes for emerging artists presented by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (WMI). Beginning October 14 through
Music Education
Healthy Playing, Healthy Teaching, Vanessa Cornett, Editor A common refrain among teachers in the developed world is that twenty-first-century students are over-scheduled, anxious, and unable to focus during their limited practice time.1 Compounding these stress, anxiety, and distraction issues for my students is that they are
A symphony orchestra is a large ensemble of musicians who play a variety of musical instruments to produce a unified sound. The term “symphony” comes from the Greek word “sym-phonia” which means “sounding together.” The symphony orchestra has been an integral part of classical music for over three centuries,
Know Your Composer
Alfred Brendel describes Schubert as “a sleepwalker”, yet in his final three sonatas, we see Schubert’s innate sense of musical geometry and his bold treatment of traditional sonata form. These are tightly-organised woks with almost perfectly-balanced structures, perhaps most obviously in the middle sonata of the triptych,