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From the Desk of Nirupama Rao

From the desk of Nirupama Rao, Founder-Trustee of The South Asian Symphony Foundation It’s been a little over a week (30th July, 2022)...

The Symphony Lecture by Sugata Bose

The South Asian Symphony Foundation and Asian College of Journalism hosted The Symphony Lecture by Sugata Bose Gardiner Professor of...

Reaching Out Across Borders: How Citizen Diplomacy Can Work

This address by Ambassador Nirupama Rao originally appeared in the Business Standard > Ambassador and Mrs. Nazareth, members of the...

Beethoven Variations: An Ode to the Master

Organised by the Bangalore International Centre in collaboration with the Glass House Festival, Beethoven Variations is a four-part...

Sambandh: Connecting South Asia

Sambandh is Brookings India’s Regional Connectivity Initiative. Constantino Xavier and his young team of researchers at Brookings India...

In Remembrance – Jeffrey Hallam Bauer

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Jeffrey Bauer – wonderful musician and friend, whose understanding of the music of Rabindranath...

Listener’s Corner – Sous le feuillage sombre

In this issue of Accord, we’re going to dive into the French mélodie “Sous le feuillage sombre” from the 1862 operetta Lalla-Roukh, by...

Musician of the Month – Saadi Zain

Accord’s Musician of the Month is the charming and witty Saadi Zain. He joined us virtually from his home in Manhattan, New York. Could...

All About That Bass – Debjit Mahalanobis

Debjit Mahalanobis, who has performed in both SASO concerts last year, organised a virtual concert with the Sangeet Kala Mandir on 26th...

Journey Across the Globe with the Mouth Harp

Idiophones are a category of musical instrument that produce sound by the vibration of the instrument itself. That is, the sound isn’t...

Nivanthi Karunaratne – Musician of the Month

Aditi Bharatee (AB): Tell us a little bit about your early music education. Nivanthi Karunaratne (NK): I grew up in Gurnee, Illinois. I...

In Memoriam: Dr. Thomas

Our dear friend Dr PC Thomas, founder of the Good Shepherd International School, Ooty is no longer with us. Here is my message to his...

Listener’s Corner

Composed by the young English composer, Lauren Braithwaite, Hamsafar is a veteran of both Chiragh concerts, performed at the 26th April...