Travel Diaries
After a fantastic and intense two months of competing with India’s best singers on Rising Star 2 on Colors TV, a national level singing competition, and finishing off at India’s Top 8, the Harmony Chorus directed by Sandra Oberoi embarked on a grand concert tour to Russia! This
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Jennifer Heemstra, founder of the Pitch Pipe Foundation and Kolkata Classics performed a series of concerts in November 2017 with James Forger, saxophonist and Dean of the College of Music at Michigan State University and Deborah Moriarty, Chair of the Piano Department. Nov 13, 10:30 am – Our first concert
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American Soprano and Assistant Professor of Voice at The University of Alabama, Susan Williams, made her second trip to Kolkata, India to perform a series of concerts with pianist Jennifer Heemstra, founder of Kolkata Classics. On one of my first nights in Kolkata, we were invited to a private residence
Throwback Thursday
As 2016 leaves us and 2017 has just begun, I realise that it is now one year since we had our first rehearsal with The Bangalore Men – and what a year it has been! On 10th of January 2016, a group of nine eager singers, who had all sung with
Travel Diaries
As a musician, I think one of the best things about my job is being able to travel, and make new friends, as well as reconnect with old friends and family. In the winter of 2014, I flew home to my beautiful sunny island, Singapore, to sing in ChildAid, a
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I have been living away from the US for 6 years now, so it is always a pleasure to return back there to perform, and to see old friends and music colleagues. Here are some photos from my tour in May and June – I performed several solo recitals, and two
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The concert series SimplySchubert was born during a chilly February-evening in Bangalore, where we just were preparing for the first ever performance of our a cappella programme with The Bangalore Men. I have always been very drawn to the music of Schubert, having sung many of his immortal lieder, but
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The Madras Musical Association choir, along with the Coimbatore Chamber Chorale performed four shows in Vienna, between the 8th and 17th of June 2016. Here’s a glimpse of the Choir’s journey: The poster of the Choir’s first show at Vienna. The show happened on June 8th, at
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I moved to Paris after completing my Master’s Degree in Piano Performance in the States. Living and studying there for three years was one of the most significant events of my life. Going back each year to perform is always a highlight — revisiting old neighbourhoods, catching up with dear
Travel Diaries
For me, one of the most amazing aspects of being a musician, by far, is getting to travel around the world! I love to visit new places, experience new cultures, indulge in local cuisines, and most of all be able to share my love for music with new audiences. Here
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I’m always pleased to be invited to play at New York’s Lincoln Center. They’ve invited me several times in the past and have had me play every year recently. It’s my musical home in the city where I live. Here are photos I had taken a
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Raised in the choir tradition of Sweden, it’s difficult for me to stay away from the season in Gothenburg Cathedral (Sweden). The Cathedral as seen below, was inaugurated in 1815, and celebrated 200 years last year. It is situated in the heart of Gothenburg, and is really a true
