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Western classical music

  • Remembering the violinist-lawyer who founded the Bombay City Orchestra

    Remembering the violinist-lawyer who founded the Bombay City Orchestra

    Luis Dias
    · Jul 29, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • How to impress a woman with a violin, a ping-pong ball and a balloon that makes rude sounds

    How to impress a woman with a violin, a ping-pong ball and a balloon that makes rude sounds

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 01, 2021 · 03:00 pm
  • On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman

    On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman

    Luis Dias
    · Dec 16, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • Meet the phenomenal 90-year-old who runs Mumbai’s oldest orchestra

    Meet the phenomenal 90-year-old who runs Mumbai’s oldest orchestra

    Genesia Alves
    · Aug 30, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • Remembering the Indian violin virtuoso who drew praise even from Yehudi Menuhin

    Remembering the Indian violin virtuoso who drew praise even from Yehudi Menuhin

    Priya Chaturvedi
    · Jul 10, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • New Year smiles: Want to play like a world-class musician without actually being one? Watch this

    New Year smiles: Want to play like a world-class musician without actually being one? Watch this

    Aarefa Johari
    · Jan 01, 2019 · 06:30 pm
  • Meet the American who is adapting Carnatic music (and AR Rahman’s songs) for Western choirs

    Meet the American who is adapting Carnatic music (and AR Rahman’s songs) for Western choirs

    Vishwas Gaitonde
    · Aug 01, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • What German composer Bach has in common with the Indian dhrupad genre

    What German composer Bach has in common with the Indian dhrupad genre

    George Ruckert
    · Jun 18, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Goa’s Western classical music tradition is witnessing a revival, 500 years after its birth

    Goa’s Western classical music tradition is witnessing a revival, 500 years after its birth

    Vivek Menezes
    · Feb 16, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Remembering the Parsi composer who wrote some of the longest-ever pieces for the piano

    Remembering the Parsi composer who wrote some of the longest-ever pieces for the piano

    Anu Kumar
    · Oct 02, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • How an Indian Sufi teacher left an imprint on Claude Debussy (and western classical music)

    How an Indian Sufi teacher left an imprint on Claude Debussy (and western classical music)

    Luis Dias
    · Apr 19, 2016 · 02:30 pm