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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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This year, the Capital City Minstrels (CCM) go silver, with twenty-five years of music-making under their belt. From small beginnings, when a diverse, but like-minded group of people got together to sing, CCM has grown impressively in stature, performing on platforms not only away from their home base of New
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Ahead of their first concert at the NCPA, we had a quick chat about Polish music and life with the musicians from the Baltic Neopolis Virtuosi. The Baltic Neopolis Virtuousi are bringing a piano quintet for a very special concert at the NCPA this month. Concertmaster Emanuel Salvador, who has
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A legitimate child prodigy who won the million-dollar prize on a much-coveted global talent contest earlier this year, Lydian Nadhaswaram talks to ON Stage about music and why he wants to go to the moon. The best artistes are the ones who do the impossible and make it look easy.
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A familiar buzz is back at the NCPA ahead of the opening of the Autumn 2019 Season of the SOI. The programme will be especially gratifying as two internationally renowned soloists and a legendary conductor will return to perform with the Symphony Orchestra of India. By Beverly Pereira It is
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We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. ALPAMYS BISSENGALIYEV, SAXOPHONE ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Alpamys Bissengaliyev: SOI music director Marat Bisengaliev is very famous in Kazakhstan. Once he came
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While Dr Pheroza J Godrej is best known for her work and writings in the field of art history and the environment, one of her many passions and interests is Western classical music. In this, as in so many other areas, activism is her hallmark. She has taken her keen
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We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. MARGARITA GAPPAROVA, CELLO ON Stage: How did your collaboration with the SOI begin? Margarita Gapparova: I first came to Mumbai in September 2010 as a cellist to participate
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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,
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PRELUDE On April 28th,, the last day of Portugal’s biggest, three-day music festival—Dias da Música (Music Days)—my dear colleague and friend António Carrilho, maestro and virtuoso recorder soloist, will lead his early-music ensemble La Paix du Parnasse in a staged version of Henry Purcell’s 1692 “semi-opera”
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The idiom proclaims, “Behind every great / successful man there stands a woman.” In this day of gender parity, the opposite is equally true. Mark Troop married to Patricia Rozario, is a case in point. Pianist, broadcaster and writer, Mark is founder of The Chamber Music Company, devoted to all types
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We take a closer look at some of the people who have been an integral part of the Symphony Orchestra of India. PRABHAT KISHORE, VIOLIN ON Stage: How did your career with the SOI begin? Prabhat Kishore: Our music director, Marat Bisengaliev, heard me performing at Taj Land’s End