Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/Sep/2018
Genre - Piano recitals
Anand Seshadri, piano
In a programme of Brahms: Pieces from Op. 117, Op. 118 and Op. 119 (selections), Bach: Prelude and fugue in G minor, BWV 861 (Book 1) and Beethoven: Sonata Op. 110
In association with the Goethe Institute – Max Mueller Bhavan
Anand Seshadri, a Chennaite, is a passionate musician born in a non-musical family. Though being an engineering graduate with distinction, his intense passion and love for music always pushed him towards the goal of becoming a performer and a composer. His musical journey started with private lessons under Guitarist Thangadurai Samuel and he completed Grade 8 in Practical, Theory and then LTCL (Equivalent to Level 6 UK Honors degree) in 2010. He found his way to the Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK, where he completed Master of music in Piano Performance with distinction (Youngest to complete – at 21 and Anand was conferred the Rotary Young Achiever Award for this in 2014) under Pianists David Quigley and Katherine Lam. Having seen the development and passion of Anand, the head of Keyboard at the Conservatoire Mr. John Thwaites offered him a 2-year course in the Conservatoire with about 70 % scholarship since it was felt that his continuous studying at the Conservatoire will help him scale greater heights in the field of Music. However, unfortunately, he was not able to pursue the course owing to lack of financial support. But, with unstinted passion even in tough circumstances, he subsequently got into the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary. There he studied under professors Jeno Jando and Dr. David Ball, the only Indian so far to have achieved this distinction. During his time in Birmingham and Budapest he had masterclasses with Martin Jones, Martino Tirimo, Bernd Goetzke, Dina Yoffe and Tamas Ungar.
In November 2016, Anand received a full Scholarship (and stipend) from the Ithaca College (IC), United States to study under Dr. Charis Dimaras (past pupil of the prestigious Juilliard School) and he graduated from IC in June 2018. He made his US solo concert debut on the 28th of February 2017 and went on to play in a number of solo recitals. He also gave performances in the following genres (in the US): Piano Ensemble (4 hands), chamber music (piano/string trio and piano/woodwind trio), instrumental duo and contemporary pieces with orchestra (IC Wind Symphony and IC Concert Band) and choir (IC Campus Choir) and adjudicated the New York MTNA auditions. He has also performed in various cities across India – Pune, Hyderabad, Delhi, Goa and Chennai, Bangalore and Trivandrum.
