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A chance encounter can sometimes become a memory one preserves for a lifetime. In 1982, on his way to America, Dr. Cavas Bilimoria—the NCPA physician and an amateur violinist with a deep adoration and sound knowledge of Western classical music—had a brief sojourn in Amsterdam. A spontaneous walk
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To commemorate 15 years of the Symphony Orchestra of India, four regular concertgoers at the NCPA look back at some of their favourite performances and fond memories of India’s first and only professional orchestra. Ever since it was set up in 2006 by NCPA Chairman Mr. Khushroo N. Suntook
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July 2021 marked the birth centenary of a truly great man, Vere da Silva (23 July 1921 – 13 January 1994), who has left an indelible impression upon me. If you Google his name, you find very little, which is unfortunate as he accomplished so much in so many spheres. I
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Seven graduating students of the SOI Music Academy look back on their journey and how it has shaped them, inside the classroom, on the stage and out in the world. While talking about this year’s batch of graduating students of the SOI Music Academy, there is a hint of
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Historically, the credit for keeping the performing arts thriving in India has rested with royal patronage. Times have changed but even today, the arts share a symbiotic relationship with connoisseur patrons who strive to keep culture alive through their munificence. By Reshma O. Pathare How does one quantify the enrichment
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Two stellar pianists, cognoscenti may seldom hear under one roof, were brought together as part of the latest SOI season. Vastly different in their musicality, they share in common what ties together all great artistes. By Jehangir Batiwala The SOI Spring 2020 Season was unique, as audiences in Mumbai got
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I think it fair to say my dad was something of a Wagner fan. He had books about him in German, underlined and marked, with his own remarks scrawled all over the pages, as my dad was wont to do to anything he read. And he had stacks of spools
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“April is the cruellest month,” T. S. Eliot wrote in ‘The Waste Land’, “breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.” I don’t know about April being the cruellest month: March was pretty savage with the Coronavirus pandemic crippling the
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“Love. It is the greatest thing on Earth.” So says former King Edward to Winston Churchill near the end of the third Episode of “The Crown” as he defends his marriage and how it altered his position within the Royal Family. No sooner has he uttered these words that we
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Five graduating students of the SOI Music Academy look back on their seven-year journey and how it has shaped them, inside the classroom, on the stage and out in the world. MAIRA SINGH (13), Violin My teacher and mentor Olga Lyapina took me under her fold when I was all
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The NCPA celebrates the golden jubilee of its contribution to the cultural life of Mumbai, and India. Chairman Khushroo N. Suntook on his memories of its founding, the personalities who nurtured it, its thriving present and the road ahead. Fifty years ago, Dr. Jamshed Bhabha created the National Centre for
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In the 50th year of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) featured masterworks of the 17th and 18th centuries. The SOI Autumn 2019 Season opened with two concerti for violin, piano, and strings, performed by SOI’s Music Director Marat Bisengaliev and