“You're talking about 1,000 years of music, all under kind of one genre title,” says composer David Ludwig, Julliard’s director of music. “You're talking about Gregorian chant, you're talking about opera, you're talking about works by…
MBW Reacts is a series of comment pieces from Music Business Worldwide. They are analytical (and sometimes opinionated) reactions to major recent entertainment news stories. The following analysis comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in…
Purbayan Chatterjee strikes a pose with his ‘see-tar’
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Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee’s YouTube channel’s description reads ‘Sitar Explorer‘. In his latest single, Two-Thirds, released on March 26,…
Independent music company Wise Music Group has acquired a controlling interest in Edition Peters Group, which is claimed to be “one of the world’s oldest” music publishing houses.Wise Music Group has made its acquisition from the Hinrichsen…
The recently held Patiala Heritage Festival reminded one that the region (geographically not as we know it today) has been the cradle of culture in North India. Bharatha’s Natya Shastra was put together in this region, and around 1,000…
Abhilash Venkitachalam and Sai Vignesh
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Come March 31, Hyderabadis could participate in Ramayana Kalpavrksam, a three-day multi-arts festival centred around the Ramayana. Conceptualised by Hyderabad-based…
Apple’s standalone ‘Apple Music Classical’ app is now available on the App Store just weeks after the company teased its launch.Apple Music subscribers are able to download and use the new app at no additional cost as part of their existing…