2014

4 April 2014

Intercultural creativity in electroacoustic music: Integrating Indian music cultural sound emblems into new works

In 2012, Dr Manuella Blackburn, Senior Lecturer in music at Liverpool Hope University, was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Early Career Research Fellowship in collaboration with Milapfest entitled: Intercultural creativity in electroacoustic music: Integrating Indian music cultural sound emblems into new works. Find out the latest news in this Milapfest-Hope research partnership.

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2 April 2014

Backstage blog

A new series of concert day pre-show blogs, giving you an insight into the planning and preparation ahead of Milapfest productions. The first comes direct from the Purcell Room on April 2nd 2014, featuring Anil Srinivasan, Rakesh Chaurasia and Kousic Sen

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1 April 2014

Pandit Birju Maharaj joins the Dance India Faculty

Pandit Birju Maharaj, the legendary Kathak Guru, joins the Kathak faculty at Dance India this summer. We are delighted to announce that…

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24 March 2014

Samyo’s best concert ever!

But don’t take our word for it… here’s what some of our followers had to say following the concert of Saturday

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21 March 2014

Indian Orchestral Music

If you want to imagine a Samyo concert, think rich instrumentation, scintillating rhythms, beautiful melodies, virtuosic playing, and heady, dramatic arrangements. We’re not limited by existing music, we create our own. It’s only a matter of putting our imagination to pen and paper, and asking our brilliant young musicians to do the rest. Simple, isn’t it?

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19 March 2014

A Short History: #Samyo11

In Milapfest’s early years as a festival and promoter, a lot of excellent young musicians, teachers and professionals from England were presented in performance.With limited, small-scale opportunities, we felt that their talents were seen by very few people, and they had few opportunities to grow. The idea of a National Youth Orchestra in a partnership programme with Youth Music was born…

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17 March 2014

Our musical lives: #Samyo11

Music shapes every aspect of our lives, from our earliest memories, to our most momentous occasions in life. In Samyo’s upcoming concert, we want to tell you just how important music is to us, and where it makes beautiful appearances in our lives!

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20 February 2014

The Swadesh Musicians

Biographies and links to learn more about the Swadesh musicians

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28 February 2014

Swadesh Dancer Profile – Arushi Mudgal

Learn more about Swadesh dancer Arushi Mudgal and her thoughts on feelings about her homeland.

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27 February 2014

Swadesh Dancer Profile – Monisa Nayak

Learn more about Swadesh dancer Monisa Nayak and her thoughts and feelings about her homeland.

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26 February 2014

Swadesh Dancer Profile – Mythili Prakash

Learn more about Swadesh dancer Mythili Prakash and her thoughts on feelings about her homeland.

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21 February 2014

Swadesh – Production Diary 4

In conversation with the dancers of Swadesh!

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