Music Education
On London’s South Bank there is (or at least there was – it’s odd to think that I haven’t been in London since early March) a large banner of the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason with the slogan ’You haven’t heard it until you’ve heard it live’
Know Your Composer
Cited as the first composer to rethink every parameter of his music, Franz Liszt was an inveterate boundary-pusher, as eccentric as he was prolific, and without a doubt, the prototype of the modern-day rock star. By Manohar Parnerkar Franz Liszt, the 19th-century Hungarian-born composer, pianist and
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Deutsche Grammophon has launched DG Stage – a new key feature in DG Premium. DG Stage has opened for the purchase of tickets to watch streams of a dazzling series of exclusive concerts, including Anna Netrebko starring as Tosca in a new open-air concert production from Naples, Rolando Villazón singing
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In the UK, the biennial BBC Young Musician of the Year returned this year with a difference. The Category Finals, broadcast in May, were recorded before social distancing came into place but the Semi Final and Grand Final have been postponed until later in the year. Thinking back to previous
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The pause on live performances at the NCPA has been a period of brainstorming that has resulted in innovative online offerings, and the creation of a strategy for times beyond the lockdown that celebrates the live medium and widens its reach digitally. By Snigdha Hasan The beginning of March at
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A world-class lineup for Symphonic and Chamber Music Concerts To coincide with the live video stream of the Vienna Philharmonic’s subscription concert in IDAGIO’ s Global Concert Hall on June 21, 11 am CEST (2:30 pm IST), the classical music streaming platform will for the first time
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All of us have spent the last several weeks adapting to the reality of a world where the COVID-19 pandemic has acutely changed nearly every part of our lives. For many piano teachers, it has been a time of sink-or-swim adaptation. Our teaching spaces are now more
Know Your Composer
In 1887, Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz brought together a number of works for solo piano that he’d written the previous year and created his Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47. The works take the entire country for their inspiration, with each title reflecting the inspiring region. In addition to
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Coronavirus is the greatest challenge our society has faced since the end of World War II. Never before has cultural life in democratic countries been curtailed so severely in peacetime. The Salzburg Festival was founded at a time of abject misery as a courageous project against the crisis. Max Reinhardt
Music Education
When your child starts to learn an instrument it can be really exciting – for both of you. As a parent you will want to do all you can to support your child’s musical development. It’s well-known that practice between lessons is essential for a child to progress.
Music Education
For many of our students, the works of Chopin present the first occasions where carefully planned and executed pedalling is required. The Inventions and Sonatinas they’ve studied before earning their first Chopin Waltz make few if any demands for the pedal. A brand-new sound world is offered to
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Many versions of the lockdown and varying degrees of concessions later, the newest addition to the COVID-19 parlance in India is the word “unlock”. It is, however, a paradox that in these strange times, viewing some form of art is what has kept us in touch with the beauty