Travel Diaries

From Norway to Greece – Highlights of 2015

Pallavi Mahidhara

May 8, 2016 — 2 min read

A captured moment during my performance of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa! October 2015:

Rehearsal in the Auditorium of the Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg Home in Bergen, Norway. Notice Grieg’s composing hut in the background…what a view! October 2015:

Nice advertisement in the Mumbai Mirror, prior to my recital at the Experimental Theatre at the NCPA:

Cool action shot – courtesy of an audience member – in Geneva Switzerland, performing at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in November 2015:

After a performance of Bartok Piano Quintet with the wonderful Jasper String Quartet in Philadelphia. February 2015:

Solo recital at the National Auditorium in Madrid, Spain. April 2015:

A very successful performance of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.1 with the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Daye Lin! May 2015:

Brahms Piano Quintet at the Saint-Pierre Church in Prades, France – during the Casals Festival in August 2015:

And once in a while, travel is taken just for a holiday 😉 In Crete, Greece – August 2015:

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