Category: Music

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 and Sicilian descent. Sorabji decided to change his name to connect more with his Parsi heritage. He developed his musical… Continue reading Composer Profile: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

The legendary conductor Maestro Zubin Mehta has been awarded an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), in recognition of his eminent service to the Australia-India bilateral relationship and humanity-at-large, particularly in the fields of classical music and philanthropy. The award was presented to Maestro Mehta onstage by the Governor General of Australia, General… Continue reading Maestro Zubin Mehta awarded Companion of the Order of Australia

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 2 September at the Concert Hall of the Opera House. The performance will be of the Tone Poems of Richard Strauss, those… Continue reading Don’t be routine: Zubin Mehta

As he returns to the Proms podium at 86, the conductor discusses politics, passions, and why he has long avoided Elgar’s Cello Concerto Article By Ivan Hewett, | The Telegraph UK Zubin Mehta before a concert with the Belgrade Philharmonic last year CREDIT: Shutterstock For more than 60 years, Zubin Mehta has been at the… Continue reading Zubin Mehta interview: ‘Sometimes I have had to be tyrannical’

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 his hip-hop and pop influenced music production techniques in the new single, a Dance Mix for an EP in the works, Jungles. Spending… Continue reading Jungles: Dance Mix by Zephyr Khambatta

Over the last three weeks India is going through one of the worst public health crisis of our lifetimes. The fact that this comes more than a year into the covid-19 pandemic is even worse. Here is a post from 2016 that may help bring some hope and respite in these times. Check out the… Continue reading Homi Dastoor’s Musical Journey: The Ninety First Symphony

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.

Our dear friend and brilliant singer Ervad Frazan Adil Kotwal sings a new Hymn composed by Parizad Irani. The hymn is titled “Ahunavad Gathao”

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 previously alien to the Indian Music Industry. Using this momentum, he is changing the face of electronic music by… Continue reading Jayhaan: Mobed by Day & DJ by Night