Bangalore Classical Guitar Festival & Competition

Aruna Sunderlal Auditorium The Bangalore School of Music, No. 8, HMT/HBCS Layout, CBI Road, R.T Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Since last year, The Bangalore School of Music and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) have been celebrating a unique two-day festival of classical guitar in Bengaluru by honouring four celebrated Indian and foreign artists who need no introduction to guitar audiences the world over. On June 11, at 5:00 pm, India's very own Aditya Gandhi, who has performed at prestigious concert halls the world over, and is currently touring India with a concert series takes the […]

Bangalore Classical Guitar Festival & Competition

Aruna Sunderlal Auditorium The Bangalore School of Music, No. 8, HMT/HBCS Layout, CBI Road, R.T Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Whoever said that creative people can't be academic geniuses, had probably never met Award-winning IIT Kharagpur MTech Graduate, Santanu Datta, Indian composer of contemporary classical music and one of the leading classical guitarists of the country and alumnus of the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris (Diplôme Supérieur (Masters) Santanu's wide experience as concert guitarist both in France and India, composer and music educator make his concert on June 12 one to mark your calendar for. Argentinian Roberto Aussel is […]

Voices of Bangalore – Choral concert

Sophia High School 70 Palace Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Choral concert with The Bangalore Men and Sophia High School Choir. The choirs will present highlights from their repertoire and the concert also marks the inauguration of Voices of Bangalore.   The Bangalore Men An all-male voices ensemble launched in January of 2016 consists of 16 singers, all with many years of previous experience singing in choirs. The group focuses on Western classical music, from eras ranging from medieval music to contemporary, and is conducted by Jonas Olsson, voice faculty […]

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Voices of Bangalore – Vocal Master Classes

Bangalore School of Music CBI Road, RT Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vocal master classes with visiting faculty from Sweden - Ms Maria Forsstrom (mezzo-soprano) and Ms Lena Moén (soprano). Maria Forsström is one of Scandinavia's most sought-after vocal coaches and mezzo-sopranos, having a wide repertoire of opera roles and concert pieces, and have performed extensively in Scandinavia, continental Europe, Russia and Japan. Lena Moen is an established vocal coach, choir conductor and singer, having a wide repertoire, with a special love for Baroque music. Lena frequently works with various orchestras such […]

Voices of Bangalore – The Collaborative Pianist

Bangalore School of Music CBI Road, RT Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Workshop on the theme "The Collaborative Pianist" - about the delicate collaboration and mutual respect required between a singer and a pianist during recitals. Maria Forsström is one of Scandinavia's most sought-after vocal coaches and mezzo-sopranos, having a wide repertoire of opera roles and concert pieces, and have performed extensively in Scandinavia, continental Europe, Russia and Japan. Lena Moen is an established vocal coach, choir conductor and singer, having a wide repertoire, with a special love for Baroque music. Lena […]

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Voices of Bangalore – Queens, flowers and death

Alliance Française de Bangalore 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanth nagar, Opp.U.N.I. Building,, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Queens, flowers and death - opera classics performed by Lena Moén (soprano) and Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano). Come and get transported to the world of Mozart, Puccini, Rossini and other magnificent composers. Dramatic arias and duets from some of the most beloved operas - love, hate, passion, longing and death! Life itself encapsulated in music! Our opera queens will be accompanied on the grand piano by our own maestra Rebecca Thomas Colaco. Maria Forsström is one of Scandinavia's most sought-after vocal […]

SALON CONCERT

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age

Godrej Dance Theatre Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

By Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Screening (140 mins) An NCPA-Pathé Live (Paris) Presentation In the 1920s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer “Mademoiselle Margot,” but also the love interest of the local gangster Yashka. With a jazzy score by Shostakovich and its music-hall atmosphere featuring beautiful tangos, The Golden Age is a refreshing and colourful dive into […]

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age

Godrej Dance Theatre Nariman Point, NCPA Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

By Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Screening (140 mins) An NCPA-Pathé Live (Paris) Presentation In the 1920s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer “Mademoiselle Margot,” but also the love interest of the local gangster Yashka. With a jazzy score by Shostakovich and its music-hall atmosphere featuring beautiful tangos, The Golden Age is a refreshing and colourful dive into […]

For the Love of Opera

Experimental Theatre, NCPA National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Presented by Giving Voice Society (GVS) Giving Voice is celebrating 10 years of teaching in India. GVS brings together singers that have worked with us over the last ten years in a lively concert of songs and arias in German, French, Italian, Spanish and English. In the past decade, GVS has presented its singers in operas and concerts all over India, and some are starting to make their mark in Europe and the UK. GVS is delighted to present some […]