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When did you first visit India? My first visit to India was in 2012. Since then I have been here numerous times for a variety of projects, concerts and masterclasses. My connection with India started in Buenos Aires when I was six years old and studied yoga and meditation as
Meet the Maestro
Why is choral music important? William Byrd said as long ago as 1588 – ‘ Since singing is so good a thing, I wish all men would learn to sing ‘. For men nowadays read everyone! The sheer excitement of making music with one’s own body together with other people, is reason
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Please share your background with us. I was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia as second child of five. My parents were both mathematicians who met while doing doctorate studies at Caltech and worked at Flinders University in Adelaide. My father was born and raised in Australia and my mother
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What are your thoughts on Western classical music and fusion? I don’t like the Indian and Western comparisons, but the one thing I do like to take note of is that in the West, there is a space created for every genre thereby allowing it to exist on its
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What were the highlights of your India tour? It would be very difficult to choose a specific moment as the entire trip was fantastic! I had such a wonderful time returning to Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore. Each of the organisations that hosted and presented me were so enthusiastic and
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How did you get involved in Western Classical Music? I learnt piano from my mother. Due to the dearth of music teachers, I ended up conducting a school choir for the first time since my mother did not have time to do so. I was just 14 years old. What