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Maestro José António Abreu (1939-2018)
“From the minute a child is taught how to play an instrument, he’s no longer poor” Many years...
‘Beyond the Night Sky’: Music for Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
The death of English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology,...
WMEA goes to South India
The Western Music Education Association (WMEA) made its first foray into South India with a full day conference...
Drum of the Deathless: Ritual for Two Percussionists
An exciting work for two percussionists from Berlin – Lukas Böhm and Ni Fan, who played the world...
Supporting the legitimacy of waste-pickers
Creative partnerships, between Western classical music societies and NGOs supporting the legitimacy of waste-pickers, formed the basis of...
Songs of the Heart: An Indo-French project as part of Bonjour India
Since 2013, Akadêmia has expanded its field of action to include new partners and artists from major Indian...
Working with the Orchestra of Collegium Musicum Bonn
Having had formal training mainly in India, and that too in Delhi, one can note a dearth of...
High Note
Notes from the Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival 2017 Annual visit to Kolkata has become a pilgrimage to...