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Heartbreak High’s Ayesha Madon on her turn to pop music, her fave Parsi dish and more

Welcome to Chit Chat, where we ask your favourite celebs, up-and-coming artists and internet-famous creatives a bunch of silly questions for fun, and a handful of prying ones.  (Supplied: Yasmin Suteja)The world knows her best as the...
How Parsis Came to Love Western Classical Music

How Parsis Came to Love Western Classical Music

Tracing a tiny Mumbai community’s journey with a niche art form At any Western classical music performance that I attend in Mumbai, the audience is always a sea of elderly Parsis. (Parsis are a tiny...

Composer Profile: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

Composer Profile: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji was born Leon Dudley in Essex, England. He was an English composer with a mixed race background, born to a Parsi father and an English mother said to have been of Spanish...

Don’t be routine: Zubin Mehta

Don’t be routine: Zubin Mehta

It’s a marvellous thing that the great Indian conductor Zubin Mehta will be wielding the baton for that illustrious group the Australian World Orchestra at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on 31 August and on...

Jungles: Dance Mix by Zephyr Khambatta

Jungles: Dance Mix by Zephyr Khambatta

Zephyr releases his 2nd single for 2022, this April 1st. Drummer, Music Producer and Recording Artist, Zephyr combines his influences from playing in Urban Drum Crew, his love for Celtic vocals and...

IPO Tribute to Zubin Mehta

IPO Tribute to Zubin Mehta

Musicians of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra pay tribute to the genius of Zubin Mehta, who was the Musical Conductor of the IPO for over 50 years.

Jayhaan: Mobed by Day & DJ by Night

Jayhaan: Mobed by Day & DJ by Night

Jehan Bhesania, better known by his stage name ‘Jayhaan’ is a priest by day and a DJ by night. His budding career in music has already spearheaded the entry of Jersey Club in India which was...

Freddie Mercury Museum in Zanzibar

Freddie Mercury Museum in Zanzibar

Our dear friend Rusi Dalal writes in about the new Freddie Mercury Museum that was recently opened in Zanzibar. Rusi writes in that the Freddie Mercury Museum that has been opened in November 2019...

Shanaya Patel: ALONE

Shanaya Patel: ALONE

Parsi Khabar has featured Shanaya Patel before, and today we are happy to share the launch of her new single ALONE. You can stream Shanaya’s single: https://lnkfi.re/ShanayaPatelAbout ShanayaAs...

River by Navroze Godrej

River by Navroze Godrej

Navroze Godrej recently put out his first solo music single. The song titled River is a beautifully composed ballad with Navroze's soulful and free voice enhanced by some fantastic music....

Parallel Lines by Zarir Marfatia

Parallel Lines by Zarir Marfatia

26-year old Zarir Marfatia has always been driven by both creative and analytical interests. Struggling to choose between the two, he finally decided to pursue a parallel career path doing both....

Ancient prayers for modern times: Ariana Vafadari

Ancient prayers for modern times: Ariana Vafadari

Further meets Persian-French opera singer Ariana Vafadari, who takes enigmatic Zoroastrian prayers from 3700 BC and transforms them into haunting operatic pieces that speak to 21st-century festival...

Zubin Mehta – so soon?

Zubin Mehta – so soon?

It is really hard to imagine Israel Philharmonic concerts without Zubin Mehta's figure on the podium at the opening of the season. Love of music, Israel and the Jewish people came together in one...

Pandit Firoz Dastur: A Tribute

Pandit Firoz Dastur: A Tribute

A tribute to Pandit Firoz Dastur, the Kirana gharana maestro, who was born on September 30, 1919Firoz Dastur’s good looks and sonorous voice were featured first in Lal-e-Yaman, the oriental fantasy...

Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation

Feritta–Set Myself Free: In Conversation

Our dear friend Feritta is featured in an interview on Broad Tube Music ChannelFeritta grew up in a family where education and family duty came first but her passion has always been creating in one...

Freddie Mercury – The Early Years

Freddie Mercury – The Early Years

In the countdown to the cinema release of Bohemian Rhapsody, this short film looks at the early years of Freddie’s life including his birthplace of Zanzibar, his schooling and first musical...