Opening with Opera – Giving Voice Society
Bombay has an earnest but limited audience for Western classical music – unless the best known ambassador for it comes...
Pianist Pallavi Mahidhara Tours India
Celebrated Pianist Pallavi Mahidhara returns to India for a tour after a decade! We asked her why this trip was...
Michael Menezes on producing the Zubin Mehta and Australian World Orchestra Delhi Concerts
Please share your background with us. I was thrust into a career in advertising without a by-your-leave way back in 1971 but that’s another story. I started my own advertising agency, Maadhyam in 1979 after stints on the other side of...
Nik Bärtsch tours India with zen-funk quartet RONIN
Swiss pianist & composer Nik Bärtsch will tour India this November 2015 with RONIN, a quartet that proceeds with the...
Patricia Rozario on performing for PM Modi at Wembley Stadium
We would like to congratulate Soprano Patricia Rozario on performing the British National Anthem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...
Music Literacy – It’s Greek to Me
Western Classical music education is a brand name used for parts of the pedagogy of music literacy. Music literacy, as used today, was born out of a finite notation system using neumes[1]. This notation was necessary for the rise of...
Back to Bach
There was a crescendo of feelings as I moved towards my LTCL exam. The performance anxiety mixed with the whole...
Why do I study music?
The wonderful thing about music is that it can give you endless hours of fun. Whether you are playing an...