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Subha Das Mollick’s ‘Calcutta Sonata’ looks at how the piano became an integral part of the cultural fabric of Calcutta. “Nobody remembers when the first piano was disembarked from the ships that docked by the shores of the river [in Calcutta],” declares the narrator early on in Subha Das
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Brahms and Gerald Finzi at first glance make strange bed-fellows but this recital in Pune made it convincing. Baritone Rahul Bharadwaj has a brisk and confident personality eminently suited to the heavy Germanic nature of Brahms’ emotional music. His open-throated voice and forward diction made for an engaging beginning to
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The Madras Musical Association (MMA) was founded in 1893 in Chennai (formerly Madras) at St Andrew’s Church in Egmore and celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2018. The MMA initially comprised an all-European group of musicians and was set up to perform Western choral and classical music. With the onset
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Barry Douglas returns to India with Camerata Ireland – the only orchestra to unite musicians from both Northern Ireland and Ireland – to perform Beethoven’s five piano concertos. Interviewed by Cynthia Lewis Barry Douglas is more than just a renowned pianist and conductor. He is a man on a mission to
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As the students of the NCPA Special Music Training Programme return from their first concert on foreign shores, Marat Bisengaliev talks to us about the future of the programme. Interviewed by Cynthia Lewis The year 2018 is an important one for the NCPA Special Music Training Programme. The programme was
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Nikhil Sardana: How does it feel to be celebrating 175 years of Musée Musical and continuing the chairman, Mr MH Das’ legacy forward? Sachin Das: I feel very honoured and privileged. At the same time, I also feel it is a huge responsibility to carry forward this legacy which we
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Nikhil Sardana: What inspired you to pursue a career in Music? When did you decide to start conducting? Debashish Chaudhuri: I have always been extremely passionate about music, even before I could walk. I guess this love was kindled by my parents, both of whom love music. Ever since I
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There is elegance and grace in playing the grand piano compared to the later arrived instruments such as the keyboard which is more of a digital manufacture. Grand piano speaks of grandeur and style; not to forget the tremendous hard work put into it to master such an instrument. Shantanu
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Western classical music is incredible in one sense because it gets to survive despite influences of newer genres of music as years pass by. However, it doesn’t mean that it is not met with challenges in the field of teaching, performing and also how to perceive it as an
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Violin icon, L. Subramaniam has composed The Bharat Symphony in the honour of India’s 70 years of independence. Commissioned by the City of Chicago, the work was premiered at the Chicago World Music Festival, Priztker Pavilion in Millenniium Park on September 9, 2017. The composition focuses on four major
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It has been ten years since cellist Gauthier Herrmann, artistic director of the Artie’s festival India, has been coming to the NCPA with his chamber ensemble. A biannual fixture on the NCPA calendar, he talks to ON Stage about the tenth anniversary. “Ten years, 20 editions, more than 50
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Fareed Curmally: What was growing up in Tbilisi like? Luka Okros: I was born in 1991, a year when the USSR collapsed, followed by economic, social and poverty problems. No jobs, not much opportunity. Many families, including mine, lost a lot of money as a result of huge devaluation. Civil