The National Centre for the Performing Arts is
endeavoring to reach out to larger audiences of all ages across the city
Firdaus Gandavia
Is classical music a dying form? "Certainly not,” says Khushroo Suntook, chairman of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). "If there has been a great art form which has found favor for more than 500 years and which has attracted people of diverse cultures, cutting across barriers of color, caste and creed, it is unlikely to die out. This great art form is performed in all the continents of the world. Imagine, in the United States alone, there are over 1,200 registered orchestras. It is true that popular music based largely on rhythm and beat, like that of......