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...
Arties Chamber Ensemble performs at Art Chamber, Goa (14/03/15)
Mahler’s one-movement Piano Quartet in A Minor was composed during Mahler’s days as a student in 1876. In this piece, especially in the very beginning, there was this strong,familiar flavour of Metamorphosis by Philip Glass. I won’t be surprised if Glass was inspired by Mahler’s work to jot down his idiosyncratic, minimalist...
Vijay Upadhyaya
How did you get involved in Western Classical Music? I learnt piano from my mother. Due to the dearth of...
Inaugural Western Music Teachers’ Conference
On Sunday, July 5, 2015, the first conference for teachers of Western music was held in Delhi. The original scope...