One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Hough was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours 2014. Since taking first prize at the 1983 Naumburg Competition in New York, Hough has performed […]

Symphony Orchestra of India Evgeny Bushkov, conductor Stephen Hough, piano   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (‘Emperor’) in E-flat major, Op. 73 Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (‘Jupiter’) in C major, K. 551   One of today's most interesting conductors, Evgeny Bushkov received early acclaim as a violinist, winning at four major international violin competitions: Wieniawski (1986), Queen Elizabeth (1989), Tchaikovsky (1990), and the first Henryk Szeryng Foundation award (1992). An Honoured Artist of Russia, Bushkov brings his exceptional performing experience […]

The Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi, the Embassy of Spain in India, and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) invite you to folk music concert by the Spanish group Fetén-Fetén on Monday, October 9th at Kamani auditorium in New Delhi at 6:30 p.m. Fetén-Fetén offers a contemporary interpretation of traditional music and folk dance music, styles that inspire us and that we want to honor using our imagination and creativity. They are two lovers of unusual musical instruments, that’s why […]

Passionate about various forms of music, Julien Jugand and Guillaume Duval met at University where they both studied ethnomusicology and conducted researches that have greatly influenced their musical play: a friendly, poetic and inspired duet traveling from western classical, jazz, and Latin-American repertoires. Their collaboration with the versatile mridangam player Manohar Balatchandirane is unique and promise creative surprises and new textures of sound and resonance. Guillaume Duval: Guillaume is a self-taught musician born in Paris, France. He started with electric bass […]

The Embassy of Switzerland in India and the Blind Relief Association, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Bikaner House, New Delhi present Music in the Dark. The artists Sandro Schneebeli and Max Pizio, from the Italian speaking region of Switzerland, take you through an intense musical experience in a dark room. Date: Wednesday, 1st November 2017 Venue: Bikaner House, Near India Gate, New Delhi Time: 5.00 pm  | 06.45 pm  | 8.30 pm Entry: Entry free. Register to attend: [email protected]. […]

The years 1900 through 1912 could be thought of as the British composer Gustav Holst's (1874-1934) "Sanskrit" period, writing music inspried by ancient Hindu texts and poems. The Rig Veda is a set of over 1000 hymns – singing the praises of the sacred plant soma and gods like Varuna, Agni, and Indra – brought by Indo-European speaking peoples into India somewhere around 1500-1000 B.C. Holst set 14 of these hymns to music in his four groups of Choral Hymns, […]

The years 1900 through 1912 could be thought of as the British composer Gustav Holst's (1874-1934) "Sanskrit" period, writing music inspried by ancient Hindu texts and poems.The Rig Veda is a set of over 1000 hymns – singing the praises of the sacred plant soma and gods like Varuna, Agni, and Indra – brought by Indo-European speaking peoples into India somewhere around 1500-1000 B.C. Holst set 14 of these hymns to music in his four groups of Choral Hymns, which […]