Category: Music

Phiroze Bharda of the Bangalore Parsi Anjuman informs…. I am delighted  to inform all the members of our community that Neville Z.Bharucha  has won the 24th Ennio Porrino International Piano Competition held in Cagliari, Italy last month in a tie with Russian pianist Evgeny Starodubtsev. This is yet another distinction to the many already earned by… Continue reading Pianist Neville Bharucha Wins 24th Ennio Porrino Competition

Musician Homi Mullan passed away yesterday. He was an integral part of some of the greatest Hindi movie music scores of the last few decades. You can read an article about Homi we carried in 2014 Here are some recent photographs of him from a recent documentary about him and the Lord brothers. And here… Continue reading Musician Homi Mullan Passes Away

Music maestro Zubin Mehta on Friday led the Australian World Orchestra to a scintillating evening of rousing Western classical music in New Delhi with the highlight being the powerful voice of soprano Greta Bradman, granddaughter of cricket legend Don Bradman. The 79-year-old Mumbai-born virtuoso received a standing ovation who swished his baton with a theatrical… Continue reading Zubin Mehta Conducts First Delhi Concert of Australian Orchestra

India’s most celebrated music conductor, Zubin Mehta was in town to launch the paperback edition of his autobiography, The Score of My Life. Article by Lamya Karachiwala | DNA India Anil Dharker, founder and director of Literature Live and the moderator for the evening was a little worried when he came to know about the… Continue reading Zubin Mehta’s ‘The Score of My Life’ launched on Saturday

But Audience For Zubin Mehta Event Suffers Culture Shock At Box Office MUMBAI: Apart from Ganpati Darshan or something like the final of the cricket world cup, no one in Mumbai queues up for as long as 17 hours for an event. Except when it is a Zubin Mehta show. In the last 11 years,… Continue reading Only in Mumbai: 17 hour queue for Western classical music

As lead vocalist and bass guitarist of the four-member electro-pop band ‘Best Kept Secret’, Behram Siganporia qualifies as one of Bengaluru’s pin-up rock stars. The 29-year-old, who performed at billionaire industrialist Gautam Singhania’s 50th birthday bash last month, has an international musical tour and a new album with Universal Music coming up. Arthcle by Smita… Continue reading Behram Siganporia: The pilot who gave up his flying dream to become a rockstar

Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of rock band Queen, was given the name Farrokh Bulsara, sometimes reflected as Faridoon Bulsara, at birth and was Parsi. These are some Parsi facts and beliefs. Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of rock band Queen, was given the name Farrokh Bulsara, sometimes reflected as Faridoon Bulsara, at… Continue reading The Freddie Mercury connection