Musical Programme

Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.

WhatsApp rolled out screen-sharing functionality for video calls earlier this year. The long-awaited feature allows users to share screens during video calls just like Google Meet or Zoom. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is reportedly bringing additions to this functionality. WhatsApp could soon let you share music audio during a vid...

YouTube Music has announced its Foundry Class of 2022 list and it includes two independent Indian artists. Foundry was created in 2015 as YouTube’s incubator for independent artists, according to the company. It helps artist at various stages of their careers. Under the programme, the two Indian artists will receive funding.

Amazon India will host its annual sales programme Prime Day on July 23 and 24, which new users will be able to access after paying about 50 percent higher membership fee compared to last year's event. The company increased prime membership fee to Rs. 1,499 per year around Diwali from Rs. 999 earlier.

Amazon has added an option for Alexa to let you move your favourite music track, radio programme, or a podcast episode from one Echo device to another. Alexa has also been updated with the ability to play TikTok videos, or Netflix series, on Fire TV devices.

As the Taliban tighten its grip on power in Afghanistan, patrons of the popular Afghan music in Pakistan are shutting their offices with artistes in Kabul being forced to flee into hiding, resulting in cancellation of music programmes and huge losses

The new programme launched by the School of Performing and Visual Arts will be through open and distance learning method. The programme will be offered by the Delhi Regional Centre.

Police have registered a case for COVID-19 protocols violation in connection with a musical programme held over the weekend at Aurangabad in Maharashtra where local AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel was also present.

The UK's media watchdog has imposed a total fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd or KTV in Britain for broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that was an indirect call for British Sikh to commit violence and also contained a terror reference.

Two women were killed and four others injured when a stampede broke out as a large number of people tried to enter the venue of a musical programme in West Bengal's Kalimpong district, police said on Tuesday.

At a time when the world is reeling under coronavirus outbreak, music streaming giants such as Amazon Music, Facebook, SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal and YouTube Music have pledged to contribute to the MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund, to fund for music industry workers.

As per the updated Keyboard Service Program page on Apple website, the programme’s eligible MacBook Air and Pro models include MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports).

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or the MNS asked music companies on Saturday to pull out songs of Pakistani artistes from their albums and videos, after over 40 soldiers were killed in the ghastly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14. Programmes, promotions and collaborations with Pakistani artistes should be banned, said the MNS.

A singer, who shot to fame as a reality show participant, has alleged that police constables and civic volunteers harassed her when she was performing at a cultural function in Bengal's West Midnapore.

Apple Music is using programmes such as Hear it Here First (HIHF) and New Artist Spotlight to promote Indian talent, whereas the App Accelerator in Bengaluru is empowering Indian developers.

Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.

WhatsApp rolled out screen-sharing functionality for video calls earlier this year. The long-awaited feature allows users to share screens during video calls just like Google Meet or Zoom. Now, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform is reportedly bringing additions to this functionality. WhatsApp could soon let you share music audio during a vid...

YouTube Music has announced its Foundry Class of 2022 list and it includes two independent Indian artists. Foundry was created in 2015 as YouTube’s incubator for independent artists, according to the company. It helps artist at various stages of their careers. Under the programme, the two Indian artists will receive funding.

Amazon India will host its annual sales programme Prime Day on July 23 and 24, which new users will be able to access after paying about 50 percent higher membership fee compared to last year's event. The company increased prime membership fee to Rs. 1,499 per year around Diwali from Rs. 999 earlier.

Amazon has added an option for Alexa to let you move your favourite music track, radio programme, or a podcast episode from one Echo device to another. Alexa has also been updated with the ability to play TikTok videos, or Netflix series, on Fire TV devices.

As the Taliban tighten its grip on power in Afghanistan, patrons of the popular Afghan music in Pakistan are shutting their offices with artistes in Kabul being forced to flee into hiding, resulting in cancellation of music programmes and huge losses

The new programme launched by the School of Performing and Visual Arts will be through open and distance learning method. The programme will be offered by the Delhi Regional Centre.

Police have registered a case for COVID-19 protocols violation in connection with a musical programme held over the weekend at Aurangabad in Maharashtra where local AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel was also present.

The UK's media watchdog has imposed a total fine of 50,000 pounds on Khalsa Television Ltd or KTV in Britain for broadcasting a music video and a discussion programme that was an indirect call for British Sikh to commit violence and also contained a terror reference.

Two women were killed and four others injured when a stampede broke out as a large number of people tried to enter the venue of a musical programme in West Bengal's Kalimpong district, police said on Tuesday.

At a time when the world is reeling under coronavirus outbreak, music streaming giants such as Amazon Music, Facebook, SiriusXM, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal and YouTube Music have pledged to contribute to the MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund, to fund for music industry workers.

As per the updated Keyboard Service Program page on Apple website, the programme’s eligible MacBook Air and Pro models include MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019) and MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports).

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or the MNS asked music companies on Saturday to pull out songs of Pakistani artistes from their albums and videos, after over 40 soldiers were killed in the ghastly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14. Programmes, promotions and collaborations with Pakistani artistes should be banned, said the MNS.

A singer, who shot to fame as a reality show participant, has alleged that police constables and civic volunteers harassed her when she was performing at a cultural function in Bengal's West Midnapore.

Apple Music is using programmes such as Hear it Here First (HIHF) and New Artist Spotlight to promote Indian talent, whereas the App Accelerator in Bengaluru is empowering Indian developers.