Throwback Thursday
India has been in the vanguard of nations that have honoured, through commemorative postage stamps, not only her own great sons and daughters, but also those eminent citizens of other countries who have contributed to the wisdom, peace and happiness of mankind. In 1970, the National Centre’s Trustee-in-Charge, Dr.
Features
The few, grainy, black-and-white photographs date from a century ago. Yet, together with the short ‘sketches’, and a couple of newspaper articles, they tell a compelling tale, and conjure up vivid images of a musician who became a legend in her lifetime, of a prodigious talent that flowered into magnificent
Features
On Tuesday 28th May 2019, Sandra Oberoi and her Harmony Chorus from Bangalore visited the Music Department of the University of York (UK) for an open-day. Below is a description of what proved to be an exciting and engaging event! To start the day, the choir were introduced to the
Music Education
If classical music is the art of “therapeutic” interiority, then thinking about presentation, marketing, funding, etc. needs to be developed from this insight. “Selling” music in wrapping paper which belies its nature will inevitably lead to disappointment: the regular listeners will feel their experience is being diminished and dumbed down
Reviews
31ST MARCH German diva Diana Damrau in her last slated concert of her Strauss LSO residency was to appear on 31st March at the Barbican. She had programmed the world premiere of Iain Bell’s song cycle The Hidden Place (2009) and the closing scene from Strauss’ conversation piece Capriccio.
Music Education
When we were children, my sister and I called the pedal on the left, the ‘soft’ pedal and the pedal on the right the ‘loud’ pedal. The left pedal on an upright piano is indeed the soft pedal but on a grand piano the mechanism is different and the correct
Music Education
ON Stage brings you excerpts from the NCPA Quarterly Journal, an unsurpassed literary archive that ran from 1972 to 1988 and featured authoritative and wide-ranging articles. In the second installment of a two-part series, William P Mann dissects the belief that music is universal. So far, we have spoken of
Music Education
Pianists, you’re a busy bunch. So how do you learn all that music, and prioritize like a pro? When it comes to playing for singers, pianists are often in one of three situations: 1. They have practice time to learn a song or aria. 2. They know the song
Interviews
We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. AIDA BISENGALIEVA, PIANO ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Aida Bisengalieva: My association with the SOI began in 2006. In the very first season,
Music Education
As Sir Roger Scruton has explained elsewhere, the relevance of classical music lies in its irrelevance in relation to practical, worldly concerns. If classical music has an educational quality, it is to be sought in something like the education of the imagination, as that which helps to humanize and refine
News
As its new resident conductor, Mikel Toms will add an interesting dimension to the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) and its chamber orchestra. A chat with the celebrated British conductor reveals his thoughts on his upcoming stint, backed by the belief that music should be a grand adventure of exploration.
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Music is often the key to understanding a world that often defies explanation. It’s true language is that of peace. As Daniel Barenboim said in 2006, a musician is an integrating figure. And, another famous figure of history, Nietzsche said, “Life without music would be a mistake.” Chiragh, the