2014 Archive

Backstage blog

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

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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Orchestras Spring Training Retreat

Orchestras Spring Training Retreat

It’s the annual spring training retreat for Samyo and Tarang this weekend. The orchestras will be working with Orchestra Conductor Gaurav Mazumdar and Percussion Conductor Kousic Sen,  as well as…

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Rakesh Chaurasia and Anil Srinivasan

Rakesh Chaurasia and Anil Srinivasan

05 Apr 2014 | 13:00 until 15:00 The Bridgewater Hall Rakesh Chaurasia   bansuri fluteAnil Srinivasan   pianoKousic Sen   tabla The piano, an instrument rarely heard in Indian classical…

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Arun Ghosh Quintet

Arun Ghosh Quintet

11 Apr 2014 | 19:30 until 22:00 The Capstone Theatre Arun Ghosh    clarinetChris Williams    alto saxophoneLiran Donin   double bassJohn Ellis    keyboardsDave Walsh   drums Milapfest and The Capstone…

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Lalgudi siblings concert tour in tribute to the legendary Lalgudi Jayaraman

Lalgudi siblings concert tour in tribute to the legendary Lalgudi Jayaraman

We’re delighted to be welcoming Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, torch-bearers of the famous Lalgudi Gharana, to the UK next month.

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Music for Mohamedi at Tate Liverpool

Music for Mohamedi at Tate Liverpool

This summer we’re excited to be taking live music into the Tate Liverpool gallery for Music for Mohamedi.

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Sur

Sur

26 Apr 2014 | 13:00 until 15:00 The Capstone Theatre Mithilla Sarma  veenaAchuthan Sripathmanathan   violinPrathap Ramachandra  mridangam Representing the UK’s finest emerging talent, Sur is Milapfest’s annual showcase of the…

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Yuva Ratna Award 2014 Candidate Shortlist Announcement

Yuva Ratna Award 2014 Candidate Shortlist Announcement

The shortlisted candidates for Milapfest’s annual Young Musician and Dancer of the Year are announced today

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Dance India Asia Pacific

Dance India Asia Pacific

Dance India Asia Pacific returns to Singapore for the third time in 2014, with many exciting new additions including new faculty and courses. After many successful years in the UK headed…

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World Music Youth Orchestras Cultural Exchange at Alchemy Festival

World Music Youth Orchestras Cultural Exchange at Alchemy Festival

This Bank Holiday weekend, musicians from Samyo, Tarang and ANIM will take part in a musical exchange as part of Southbank Centre’s Alchemy Festival.

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Stars of Indika

Stars of Indika

Celebrating the amazing artistes that will be performing at Indika 2014, here’s a sneak preview of what’s in store!

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Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

24 May 2014 | 13:00 until 15:00 The Bridgewater Hall Lalgudi GJR Krishnan    violinLalgudi Vijayalakshmi    violinPrathap Ramachandra    ghatamRN Prakash    mridangam Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi…

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Indika: Samyo with Anil Srinivasan

Indika: Samyo with Anil Srinivasan

The National Youth Orchestra for Indian Music returns to Indika with a new global sound.  Performing a programme of exciting classical and fusion works, the orchestra are joined on stage…

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Indika: Yuva Nritya Ratna Award

Indika: Yuva Nritya Ratna Award

Milapfest presents the annual competition performance to find the next ‘Young Dancer of the Year’ for Indian classical arts. Taking place over two nights, the Yuva Nritya Ratna and Yuva…

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Indika: Veena Jayanthi & Alarmel Valli

Indika: Veena Jayanthi & Alarmel Valli

This event features a double bill performance of Indian classical music and dance First half featuring Dr Jayanthi Kumaresh Quintessentially Carnatic (south Indian), the Saraswati Veena is an ancient stringed…

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Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi

31 May 2014 | 13:00 until 15:00 The Capstone Theatre Lalgudi GJR Krishnan    violinLalgudi Vijayalakshmi    violinPrathap Ramachandra    ghatamRN Prakash    mridangam Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi…

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Indika: Light on the Path

Indika: Light on the Path

Featuring legendary dancing couple, The Dhananjayans, alongside Indian classical pianist Anil Srinivasan and Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan, this live music and dance collaboration is a highlight of this year’s festival.…

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Music for Mohamedi

Music for Mohamedi

07 Jun 2014 – 08 Jun 2014 | 11:00 until 12:00 Tate Liverpool, Wolfson Gallery Explore the link between artist and inspiration through the music that inspired 

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A homecoming in Singapore: Dance India Asia Pacific 2014

A homecoming in Singapore: Dance India Asia Pacific 2014

This year, the third international edition of Dance India takes place in Singapore, presented by Milapfest’s Singapore partners Apsaras Arts, with The Esplanade and supported by National Arts Council Singapore. A new #DIAP14 series of articles on the Milapfest blog will tell some of the stories of this Asia Pacific edition of our international school.

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