BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1623@poonamusic.com DTSTART:20240222T190000Z DTEND:20240222T190000Z DTSTAMP:20240214T115327Z URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/marialena-fernandes-piano/ SUMMARY:Marialena Fernandes\, piano DESCRIPTION:Maharookh Forbes Memorial Concert\n\nThis concert is dedicated to the memory of late Maharookh Forbes\, who tirelessly championed the cau se of promoting Western Classical music in the city of Pune and served for many years as the President of The Poona Music Society. The legacy of Mah arookh Forbes\, and the generosity of the Forbes family\, is largely respo nsible for making possible\, the many concerts which we all enjoy at Mazda hall.\n\nIn a programme of Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles op. 126\; Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces D 946\; Rachmaninoff: 4 Preludes from Op. 23\; Brahms: 4 Pian o Pieces Op. 119\n\nSupported by Forbes Marshall\n\nBorn in Mumbai\, Maria lena Fernandes has been since several years a recognized artist on the int ernational scene. After acquiring her Licentiate Diploma of the Royal Scho ols of Music (LRSM)\, Fernandes completed her education from the Mumbai Un iversity in Psychology. She then went on to the University of Music and Pe rforming Arts in Vienna\, where she received her Diploma in Piano and Cham ber Music Performance with unanimous distinctions. She has taken Solo\, Ch amber Music and Orchestra concerts in most European capitals followed\, bu t also in USA\, Australia\, Africa and Asia. Annual TV and Radio broadcast s.\n\nFrom 1988-2006\, she was the professor of piano and chamber music at the Joseph Haydn Conservatory Eisenstadt\, Austria. Since 1991\, she is t he Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She has taken workshops\, masterclasses around the globe\, and has been a jur y member at International Competitions. Since 2007\, she has done Series Cycle ‘Uno\, Due\, Tre’ in Musikverein Vienna. Fernandes has initiate d several Projects with Women Composers and Gender hemes. Fernandes has i nitiated several Projects including women composers and gender themes. She has taken annual lecture demonstrations presenting topical themes around the globe. In 2008\, Marialena received the MIA Award for Woman with inter national background in the field of Art and Culture. In 2010\, she was in Research Sabbatical as Faculty member and Scholar at the University of Ill inois Urbana Champaign USA. In 2013\, Fernandes attained the PhD degree Do ctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Music and performing Arts Vienna. Her Title ‘The Konkani Song – Roots – Development – Docume ntation’. In 2014\, she got an invitation to ‘Beethoven Improvisation Symposium’ in MIT Massachusetts\, USA.\n\nSince 2015 - 2020\, Fernandes has conceived a project called ‘The Quest for Passion’ in which she in corporates musicians from Europe and Indian music lovers in the cities of Goa\, Bangalore\, Mangalore\, Mumbai\, Pune in dialogue with each other in volving the talented youth discussing diverse artistic themes. Her partner s have been ‘Hotel Palindrone’ a reputed Austrian Folk music quartet\, The Three X\, an international prize winning Polish trio playing 2 violin s and piano. In 2017\, she brings MF with a Woodwind Ensemble called ‘Tr io Viennair’ back to Bangalore\, Goa and this time to Pune. From 2015 – 2020\, she has been in an Annual Project ‘Quest for Passion’ which aims to spread music through dialogue and interaction between European an d Indian music lovers in the cities of Goa\, Bangalore\, Mangalore\, Mumba i\, Pune.\n\nShe is the Artistic Director and International Programme Cura tor in Crossover projects\, in which Fernandes incorporates classical\, ja zz and world music fusions with an emphasis on Improvisation. Intercultura l exchange between Students\, Teachers and Audiences.\n\n \;\n\nMaharo okh Forbes: 1934 – 2018\n\nMaharookh inherited her love for Western clas sical music from her mother. She attended Queen Mary School in Bombay and formally studied the piano under well known piano and music teacher Norma Gasper. She completed Grade VIII of the Associated Board of the Royal Coll ege of Music. She practiced on a Bechstein piano which her grandfather had imported from Germany for her mother\, and was later gifted a Steinway Bo udoir Grand Piano by family friends from England. Both pianos are still wi th the Forbes family in Pune.\n\nMusic was an important part of Maharookh' s life\, where she not only played the piano herself which gave her hours of pleasure\, but also listened to music extensively. As a consequence\, c lassical music was played in the home almost daily\, and was also played i n the car during her daily drives to and from her place of work at Forbes Marshall. Living in the Forbes home one could not but develop an appreciat ion for good music and her family too owe their interest in western classi cal music to her.\n\nMaharookh was a great supporter of the Arts in Pune a nd Mumbai and contributed generously to the Poona Music Society\, the Nati onal Center for the Performing Arts\, the Symphony Orchestra of India\, th e Mehli Mehta Foundation\, the Bombay Chamber Orchestra among others. She also supported the Sangat concerts which were designed to promote the care ers of artistes of Indian origin who were studying abroad\, some of whom h ave become famous as both performers and teachers.\n\nShe was also activel y involved with The Poona Music Society where she served as President from 1997 to 2008. During the early years of the Poona Music Society when fund s were in short supply she would host many of the artistes that came to Pu ne to perform at the family home. She kept in touch with many of these art istes\, and became close personal friends with some. She also supported Th e Poona Music Society through financial contributions made each year by he r both personally and from Forbes Marshall\, which played a role in bringi ng high quality artistes to Pune for the benefit of its small but discerni ng music audience. She also contributed personally and reached out to many in her circle of friends to contribute for the purchase of the Society's Blüthner piano and more recently towards the restoration of the Poona Mus ic Society's 130 year old heritage Steinway piano.\n\nMaharookh was an ele gant lady\, much admired\, and leaves behind a rich legacy. She is deeply missed by her family\, numerous friends and associates and it is with the intention of preserving her legacy of bringing good music to the city of P une that we have instituted this series of concerts in her memory. We hope you will enjoy them.\n\n- The Forbes Family\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://poonamusic.com/pms_wp/wp-content/uploads /2024/01/hdm_021.jpeg CATEGORIES:Piano recitals LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India GEO:18.5198845;73.87824479999995 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mazda Hall:geo:18.51 98845,73.87824479999995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR