Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/May/2024
Genre - Piano recitals
In a programme of Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV. 826, I. Sinfonia; Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310, A. Deshpande: Herpetophobia; Chopin: Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9 No. 1; A. Deshpande: Piano Sonata in G major; Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75 – IV. Passepied, Valse – La plus que lente, L. 121 and Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 No. 1, No. 3, No. 10 and No. 11
Born in December 2013 in Tokyo and raised in Mumbai, Ayaan Deshpande has been studying the piano at the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) Music Academy, NCPA since May 2021 under the guidance of Ms Aida Bisengalieva.
In November 2021, Ayaan gave his first public performance with the SOI Chamber Orchestra under the direction of maestro Marat Bisengaliev at the Tata Theatre, NCPA. Along with playing the piano, Ayaan also loves to compose. He has composed a Sonata, a Waltz, a Nocturne, a piano & strings Quintet as well as a few other pieces. In July 2022, Ayaan gave his debut piano recital on the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre stage performing the works of Mozart, Chopin, Debussy along with one of his own compositions.
Ayaan has also performed on various occasions at the Little Theatre, Experimental Theatre, and the Tata Theatre at NCPA, CSMVS Mumbai, Happy Home & School for the blind – Worli, Prithvi Theatre, and Mazda Hall – Pune.
In May 2023, he gave his first international concert at Kurmangazy Orkestri Kazakh Concert Hall in Almaty, Kazakhstan, performing a solo piano program, duets accompanying violinist Marat Bisengaliev, as well as performing with an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments. He also performed at the School for Autistic Children and at the Republican Kazakh Music School named after Zhubanov.
Ayaan was selected as a winner at the Golden Key Music Festival of Vienna, 2023 in both piano performance and composition categories. He performed during the festival at Palais Ehrbar and the BÓ§sendorfer Hall in Mozarthaus.
Ayaan performed at the Mumbai Piano Day in September 2023 playing a program of Jazz and Western classical music. On 31st October and 1st November 2023, Ayaan performed Haydn Piano Concerto No 11 with the SOI Chamber Orchestra conducted by maestro Marat Bisengaliev in Mumbai and Delhi.
In 2023, Ayaan was featured among the Unstoppable 21 talented young Indians under 21 by the Times of India.
