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Featuring works of legendary composers like Schubert, Mussorgsky, Sibelius, Dvořák, Prokofiev, Schumann, Lizst, Balakirev, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky, to delight the audience 04th – 16th September, 2018 | NCPA The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Mumbai is all set to enthrall the audience with the Symphony Orchestra of India – Autumn 2018
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The first edition of the national singing competition, Voices of India, will take place at the National Centre for Performing Arts (Experimental Theatre) of Mumbai on 28th August 2018 at 1:30 pm (semi-final) and 29th August 2018 at 2:00 pm (finale). The competition benefits from the expertise of
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Five music lovers (Satish Kamath, Hari Gopinathan, Jelaja Kumari, Mohammed Bashir and Raju Harilal) have come together to start a world-class Academy for Western instruments and Vocal skills development in Trivandrum, India, called Trivandrum Academy for Western Music (TAWM). Their vision is of an Academy that will provide the most
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Symphony Orchestra of India marks UK debut in February 2019 with six-concert tour, including Russian romantic showpieces and Zakir Hussain’s Peshkar India’s growing appetite for Western classical music has led many to forecast a coming age of rich cultural exchange and vigorous creative dialogue. The Symphony Orchestra of
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2018 marked the year when Trinity College London, the international examinations board, reaffirmed its long standing engagement with India. The Trinity Fest, which brought under one umbrella the many examination suites offered, ranging from the oldest – classical music, to contemporary music – Rock & Pop, Drama and Performance, Communication Skills, performance
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Since 2010, Con Brio has been pushing the limits of Western classical music performed in India with a focus on local talent. By Florestan Furtado Back in November 2009, when cellist Friedrich Kleinknecht and Parvesh Java met for an early morning coffee at Café Leopold and decided to celebrate the
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Being India’s only surviving Opera House, we at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai take the title very seriously and, in collaboration with some of our key partners, Avid Learning, Furtados, Giving Voice Society, and Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, Mumbai actively strive to be the champion and keeper of this
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The Australian World Orchestra reunites for its second tour to India in September 2018 as a highlight of ‘Australia Fest’ – a festival of Australian culture and creativity taking place across the country. Led by Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Alexander Briger AO, the tour sees the Australian World Orchestra return
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I have been fortunate to spend my whole career performing the great literature of classical music which I’ve loved ever since I was a child. I’ve had wonderful teachers and have tried to pass on their insights to a new generation of students. Any profession that involves a
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Budding musician and Baltimore (USA)–based high schooler, Rishi Shet will join his musical talents with other young musicians from The Bangalore School of Music, to present ‘String Theory Concert’, featuring Rishi Shet in violin solos as well as ensemble-playing alongside BSM students, Anandatara Gautham on the viola, Nayantara Gautham
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The Asawari Music Foundation (AMF) is a nonprofit organisation that promotes Western musical excellence among children and teens. It was started to keep alive the memory and spirit of Asawari Jacob – a musically gifted girl who lost her life to cancer at age 15. AMF’s marquee activity is annual
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This month, the NCPA inaugurates the Dr. Jamshed J. Bhabha Memorial Exhibition, a collection of artefacts, rare photographs and stories from the illustrious family’s oeuvre. Once upon a time, Mehrangir, the beautiful art deco bungalow in Malabar Hill, was home to two overachievers: Dr Homi Bhabha, nuclear physicist and