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The Waltz from Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty, Ain’t Misbehavin’ by Fats Waller, Razaf & Brooks and new commissions by emerging composers Kristina Arakelyan and Shruthi Rajasekar are amongst pieces to feature in ABRSM’s eclectic new piano syllabuses. The 2023 & 2024 repertoire balances continuity with change, with
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British Council, the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations has announced the India/UK Together, a Season of Culture, a celebration of the long-standing relationship between the UK and India. The Season of Culture that marks India’s 75th anniversary, has been officially launched by Barbara
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Strings of the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), based at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, travelled to Goa recently to conduct a week-long music camp organised by Child’s Play India Foundation (CPIF). From 8-14 May, 2022, three musicians of the SOI – Averell deSouza, Prabhat Kishore
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Enhancing the already expansive range of events on offer, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art brings you #WeekendsAtKNMA. On offer, the opportunity for audiences to immerse themselves in all kinds of art and activity. As part of this initiative, new and extensive programming has been planned to celebrate art and
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An accomplished conductor and music educator, he will oversee artistic direction of multiple SDYS programs serving 3,000+ students each year. Patel, 39, has spent the last 5 years as Associate Conductor of the Sun Valley Music Festival, the largest privately-funded, free-admission symphony in the United States. During his tenure
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No, comedy is not superficial, says director Rolando Villazón, who is staging Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Rather, comedy illustrates our problems’ extremes. “A clown is a figure who always loses, he has no fourth wall, he plays directly with the audience,” says the
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The Teatro Real deeply mourns the loss of Teresa Berganza, one of the greatest singers of all time, on 13 May 2022. “As a token of affection and gratitude for all that we have received over so many years from Teresa Berganza, the Teatro Real has decided to dedicate this
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Queen’s I Want to Break Free, Think by Aretha Franklin and Rag ’n’ Bone Man’s Human are to join favourites by Mozart and Holst after being selected to help reinvigorate school music lessons across the UK. The tracks are amongst 200 featured in a landmark new classroom tool
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On the last weekend of March, the queen of suburbs was treated to two joyous evenings of music and dance as the National Centre for the Performing Arts took its initiative, NCPA@ThePark, to the Bandra Fort Amphitheatre. After the tremendous success of the first edition at the Cooperage Bandstand,
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French actress Marion Cotillard will play the title role in the dramatic oratorio Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher by Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), libretto by Paul Claudel (1868-1955), which will premiere on 7 June, in a co-production between the Teatro Real and the Frankfurt Opera, with stage direction by Àlex Ollé
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The great Romanian pianist, Radu Lupu, passed away earlier this week. According to his manager, Lupu “died peacefully in his home in Switzerland from numerous long-term illnesses.” He was 76 years old. In 1966, Radu Lupu was awarded the first prize at the second Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He
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The SOI Music Academy has been training students in Western classical music for ten years and the results have been nothing short of fascinating. We look at how far the academy has come and where it plans to go. In 2006, in a concert hall somewhere in London, Mr. Khushroo
