This article first appeared on Serenade Magazine The city of Pune can have had few more generous and committed patrons of music than Maharookh Forbes, of the multinational engineering company, Forbes Marshall. An accomplished pianist herself, she lent her whole-hearted support to organisations in Pune and Mumbai, notably to the National Centre for the Performing… [Read More]
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Imagine hearing today what the great pianist – composers heard while composing their music or playing it. Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Godowsky, Busoni and many more played a Steinway piano that was built during their life time. It is rare that one can find such a piano today and almost unimaginable that a piano… [Read More]
Pune Suzuki School students at Royal Albert Hall
Students of Suzuki School of Violin, Pune at a Gala Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London / On Easter Sunday, 27th March 2016, on an otherwise cool and blustery spring evening, the Royal Albert Hall in Central London witnessed a unique musical event – the Suzuki Gala – that warmed the hearts of the 5000… [Read More]