2014 Archive

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 Pandit Birju Maharaj will now lead the Kathak faculty at…

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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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21 February 2014

Inside Dance India – The Odissi Faculty

In this series we introduce the Dance India faculty through bios, videos and messages from the tutors themselves! Last but not least, it’s Odissi!

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19 February 2014

Inside Dance India – The Kathak Faculty

In this series we introduce the Dance India faculty through bios, videos and messages from the tutors themselves! This time it’s Kathak!

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17 February 2014

Inside Dance India – The Bharatanatyam Faculty

In this series we introduce the Dance India faculty through bios, videos and messages from the tutors themselves! First up, Bharatanatyam!

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14 February 2014

Swadesh – Production Diary 3

Take a glimpse behind the scenes at Swadesh rehearsals

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9 February 2014

New addition to Dance India Europe!

Learn more about the exciting new mini-course on the Natya Shastra at Dance India UK this year

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6 February 2014

Being in Samyo

We asked some of our Samyo members to tell us what being a member of Samyo means to them, and how being the orchestra has impacted on their development as musicians and artistes. Here, Orchestra Leader, Raam, tells us what how Samyo has changed his life.

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4 February 2014

Have you heard? Jan, 2014

Each month, Samyo Orchestra Leader, Raam Jeganathan, shares his inspirations and recommends some of his favourite artists and music.

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4 February 2014

Raam’s Samyo Diary, Jan 2014

Each month, Samyo Orchestra Leader, Raam Jeganathan, rounds up the events of the previous months and shares his experiences in Samyo.

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3 February 2014

Audition for Samyo this spring

The National Youth Orchestra for Indian Music is recruiting! Open to young musicians between the age of 10 and 18 and performing Indian classical music, Samyo membership provides a host…

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29 January 2014

A new era at Dance India UK

There’s a new school structure at Dance India UK, here’s why!

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28 January 2014

Swadesh – Production Diary 2

Take a glimpse behind the scenes at Swadesh rehearsals

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18 December 2014

The Final Piece by Dilusionall

Dilrani Kaur talks about the commissioned artwork for our 2015 season brochure

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