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It was 3pm on a cool day in the overgrown village/small town of Talegaon Dabhade near Pune I was returning from school in Dehu Road, about 15 kms away. I had walked 2 kms from the railway station through Talegaon town and up the hill to my grandparents’ farm.
Interviews
Please share your background with us. I was born in the States and spent most of my childhood in Los Angeles. My parents saw that American kids had lots of time after school so they signed me up for baseball and piano, just like the kids next door. One was
Music Education
Bollywood beats under the dim lights of a nightclub, sufi tunes serving as soul food at intimate concerts, the unmatched ferocity of Indian classical music and its loyalists – Music means different things to people who reside in a multicultural eclectic India. For some, it’s about celebration. For others, it’
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Please share your background with us. I have always been passionate about music and from a very early age I knew that it was something I wanted to pursue as a career. I started playing the piano at the age of seven, before taking up the guitar at twelve. Music
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The ‘Tales of the Night’ concert series, produced by Akadêmia (France) and supported by The Institut Françias and The French Embassy of India, was held in Bangalore, Delhi and Pune in the first week of February, 2016. We attended the Delhi performance at the Bahá’í House of Worship, and
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Please share your background. I was born in Nagpur, India and emigrated with my family to Poughkeepsie, New York at the age of three. I did my elementary and secondary schooling in Poughkeepsie. I then attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music of the Johns Hopkins University for my undergraduate studies,
Music Education
The Western music ‘scene’ in Hyderabad, as they call it – is not at all new. Pianists, choirs and ensembles have been around in this city for long and have produced many talented artists. In fact, Jazz was heard frequently as far back as 1935. The Hyderabad Western Music Foundation started
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About Child’s Play India Foundation Child’s Play (India) Foundation (www.childsplayindia.org) is a registered not-for-profit music charity based in Goa and founded by Dr. Luis Dias, physician and musician. It is an El Sistema-inspired initiatve that seeks to instill positive values and provide social empowerment to India’
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Operawala is joining forces with the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre to commemorate the death centenary of Italian composer Francesco Paolo Tosti. Tosti lived in England for a large part of his musical career and he was one of the favourites of the the elite in the UK at the turn
Throwback Thursday
’Twas the night before 4th of July. Independence Day had come early that year. The ghost of Arthur Fiedler, the legendary conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, had decided to pay a visit in the form of Hurricane Arthur, and the 4th of July Concert and Fireworks were rescheduled for
Meet the Maestro
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
Throwback Thursday
Capital City Minstrels toured through Germany, Switzerland and Hungary over two weeks in June 2015 and as expected, it was as fun, as exciting, as inspiring and as strenuous as we expected! Through various host choirs in these countries, we were invited to sing at a range of venues from