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“Thank you, dear Mariss Jansons, for the indomitable will you brought to your profession, your calling, doing it more than justice to the very end. When you stepped onto the podium, any hall in this world filled with a special tension. We always felt your great respect for the works
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On November 30, the Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO) – Mumbai’s oldest and only indigenous Western classical orchestra – will be performing an exciting range of music under the leadership of renowned Argentinian conductor, Ramiro Arista. Maestro Ramiro Arista, one of the leading conductors of his generation, is known for his ability
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My son Sumer has been a student of the violin at the NCPA’s Special Music Training Programme (now SOI Music Academy) for 6 years. This program is truly special as the children are taught in a conservatory-style, with the members of the Symphony Orchestra of India as their teachers.
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A series of Indian and Western music recitals by young musicians, who have been training with the NCPA, will be presented as part of the NCPA Add Art Festival. As part of its mission to promote and preserve the arts in India, the NCPA takes great joy in training and
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Classical music streaming will be free and easier than ever! IDAGIO, the leading audio streaming service for classical music, is now available free of charge worldwide. IDAGIO Free users can immerse themselves in the entire world of classical music with a catalog of over 2 million tracks, which corresponds to
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In the days leading up to the NCPA Add Art Festival, audiences can delight in, among other things, a series of performances that will see world-class opera stars from the Bolshoi collaborate with our very own Symphony Orchestra of India. By Zane Dalal Though it may seem highly unusual for
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London’s Creative Conservatoire is delighted to announce the new Udmi Devi Scholarships, which will enable talented young performers born and educated in India to train at Trinity Laban from September 2020. The gift of £100,000 has been made in the name of the anonymous benefactor’s grandmother, the
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To commemorate 50 years of creating, curating and nurturing the performing arts, the NCPA is celebrating the philosophy of ‘adding art’ in daily life through its ADD ART Festival. In other words, it is doing what it has always done – only bigger, better and in a way that is completely
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Of Indian origin, now based in San Francisco, California, USA, acclaimed International Concert Artist, Vocal Coach & Consultant, Deirdre Lobo comes from an extremely artistic family with her mother Celia Lobo, India’s only living Opera Diva, her sister Carolyn Vincent an accomplished Speaker and Community Enthusiast in Australia, and
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I spend many months of each year giving workshops and masterclasses throughout India when I really should be practising or giving concerts. Why? The answer is fairly straightforward. As far as I’m aware, India has the fewest Western classical music graduates of any country with a population of more
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They are the world’s most famous boys’ choir with a history dating back 700 years, and they are probably the best travelled music ensemble you can find, with four subgroups clocking up around 300 concerts every year, singing to half a million people around the globe: the Vienna Boys
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Named a Young Steinway Artist in 2010, Utsav Lal became the first Indian pianist to join this prestigious international Steinway Artists roster bringing recognition for his unique repertoire of Indian Classical music on the piano. Invited by Steinway & Sons to perform his debut concert at Steinway Hall, New York