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Music Education Goals: Performance or Mastery?

Trinity College London - IndiaSeptember 22, 2020

Spin On Classical Music Podcasts – A cooperation between DG and Karajan Institute

Serenade TeamSeptember 20, 2020

Breath: Teaching piano students how to utilize a vital tool

Piano MagazineSeptember 18, 2020

Report from Portugal – Music in the Time of Covid-19

Katharine RawdonSeptember 14, 2020

Practice – what can parents do to help?

ABRSMSeptember 12, 2020

Mapping the Musical Genome: The Scarlatti Family

InterludeSeptember 9, 2020

The Music Will Go On

ON StageSeptember 7, 2020

Lydian Nadhaswaram: From Musician to Actor – and Back

Vishwas GaitondeSeptember 3, 2020

REFLECTIONS FROM LONGY

Nipun MalhotraSeptember 1, 2020

The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd unveils ‘IPRS 2.0’

Indian Performing Right SocietyAugust 28, 2020

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LYDIAN NADHASWARAM: BEYOND THE BLINDFOLD

Vishwas GaitondeMarch 13, 2019

Darwin Leonard Prakash: The Young Indian Opera Prodigy

Situ Singh BuehlerJanuary 10, 2017

THE SOPRANO SOARS

Mehroo KotvalJanuary 1, 2019

Teaching Students to Pedal, Part 4: Introducing Debussy’s Pedal Indications

Raj BhimaniApril 6, 2020

“Music is the totality of what I do” – Pinchas Zukerman: In Conversation

Priya ChaturvediApril 5, 2019

AN INVALUABLE LEGACY

ON StageJanuary 8, 2019

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Music Education Goals: Performance or Mastery?

Trinity College London - IndiaSeptember 22, 2020

The music classroom, in which the subject is being taught through the locus of performance, is a unique learning space. In such an environment, the students’ vi... Continue Reading...

Music Education13 min read

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Spin On Classical Music Podcasts – A cooperation between DG and Karajan Institute

Serenade TeamSeptember 20, 2020

Herbert von Karajan was for decades the most artistically significant figure of the Salzburg Festival. His artistic vision and sound-aesthetic rewrote the histo... Continue Reading...

Breath: Teaching piano students how to utilize a vital tool

Piano MagazineSeptember 18, 2020

Breathing is the only function of the autonomic nervous system that can happen both consciously and unconsciously. Research has shown the many benefits of pract... Continue Reading...

Music Education9 min read

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Report from Portugal – Music in the Time of Covid-19

Katharine RawdonSeptember 14, 2020

Here in Portugal, as most elsewhere, the Coronavirus has had a huge impact on concert-making. Although our “numbers” are relatively moderate, all live concerts ... Continue Reading...

Practice – what can parents do to help?

ABRSMSeptember 12, 2020

Paul Harris offers some thoughts for parents to help their children get the most out of practice. One of the benefits of lockdown is that many young learners h... Continue Reading...

Music Education7 min read

Mapping the Musical Genome: The Scarlatti Family

InterludeSeptember 9, 2020

The Scarlatti family name—in various spellings—was common in Sicily, with several branches of additional Scarlatti families residing in Rome and northern Italy.... Continue Reading...

Know Your Composer4 min read

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The Music Will Go On

ON StageSeptember 7, 2020

As countries gradually lift restrictions, it has become easier to believe that the enriching experience of attending a live concert is not a distant reality. Ga... Continue Reading...

Interviews7 min read

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Lydian Nadhaswaram: From Musician to Actor – and Back

Vishwas GaitondeSeptember 3, 2020

The least that can be said of Lydian Nadhaswaram is that he is creatively innovative. The 14-year-old has made a series of impacts in music and now also in film... Continue Reading...

Interviews27 min read