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Building bridges, crossing oceans and cementing ties via cross-cultural, multi-cultural Festivals has been a commitment of the Music School since inception in 1987. The last two decades, have witnessed Artistes & Scholars coming together at 11 East West Encounters, innumerable on-going public concerts of artistes from 25 countries world-wide, two unique Festivals of Switzerland - a special concert & event to celebrate 100 years of the Nobel Price and The EU Delegation visit – Chamber Orchestra Concert in Bangalore.
  
   

EAST WEST MUSICAL ENCOUNTER (A cross-cultural International Festival)

  
   
Year 1987- Three friends, all musicians, were traveling to Madras; Aruna Sunderlal, Founder of the Bangalore School of Music and two eminent German Artistes, Singer Margarita Schack & Prof. H.J. Koelreutter, conductor & composer. The topic- music & cultural collaborations between the East & West, to bring art and artistes together in closed understanding. Within an hour ideas were put together & the first Encounter organized in 1990, bringing nearly 300 artistes & scholars together from India & around the globe. Concerts, seminars, and workshops drew students & music lovers together, over a ten day period.

The interest generated encouraged the BSM to continue the music dialogue & since, nine exciting encounters have been organized in which great artistes from 30 countries have participated.
   

List of Participants:

  
   
Some highly acknowledged Indian Artistes at the encounter are listed below:
   
Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra   Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Pandit Bhirju Maharaj   Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia
Prof. T. N. Krishnan   Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty
Dr. Chittu Babu & Daksha Seth Dance troupe   Samudra Dance Company
Dr. L. Subramaniam & World Orchestra    - Carnatic Violin & Fusion (100 members)   The Late Vainika Dr. Doraiswamy Iyengar - Veena (also adviser to the festival)
Dr. Raja Ramanna - Scholar and Pianist   TAS Mani and Karnataka College of Percussion
Smt. Maya Rao of Kathak and Choreography   Shri R. K. Shrikantan - Carnatic Vocal
Kadri Gopalnath & Carnatic Ensemble - Saxaphone and Percussion (performed at 4 Encounters)   Singer M.S.Sheela - Carnatic Vocal
Danseuse Protima Bedi & Nrityagram Dancers   Smt. Leela Ramanathan - Musicologist
Dr. Suma Sudhindra - Mysore   V. Subramanya - Scholar & Critic
Shri Nakod Trio - Tabla   Ubhaya Gaana Vidhushi Shyamala Bhave - Hind. Vocal
Collaboration with Karnatic Ganakala Parishad for Seminar on Comparative Studies 1996   Collaboration with Sangeet Natak Academy on Seminars of the East West since 1990
   
International Participants in the East West Encounter over the past years have included noteworthy artistes, as listed below:
   
Battery Dance Company of New York: Courtesy Ford Foundation   A Capella 2000: 50 voice German Choir Courtesy Deutscher Musikrat & Max Meuller Bhavan
Storini Trio Netherlands: Courtesy Royal Netherlands Embassy & ICCR   VIsion Authentique French Jazz Quartet: Courtesy Indiana University Music School
BT Melodians Steel Orchestra, UK   State Academic Classical Ballet: Courtesy Indiana University Music School
Annette Leday Dance Company: ICCR & Alliance Francaise   The Opera Company of Toulon, France
Artziz Wind Quintet (Portugal): Courtesy Viji Global Arts, USA   Jiebing Chen (Ehru Virtuoso-China): Courtesy Viji Global Arts, USA
Roman Guilfoyle Trio (Ireland): Courtesy PROHELVETIA, Culture Ministry, Switzerland   Aswan Drummers Tobool (Egypt): Courtesy- by Act of Parliament Government of Egypt
Lydia Orias (Piano, Hungary): Courtesy Davidka foundation, USA   White Lotus Dance Ensemble Russia: Courtesy Rashmi Hegde
Southern Crossings (Jazz, Australia): Courtesy ICCR & Indo Australia Council   Prof. H.J. Koelreufter (Composer, Conductor-Brazil)
Margarita Schack (Singer, Germany)   Zygmunt Kranze (Pianist, composer-Poland): Courtesy - The Cultural Ministry, Poland
Logos Quartet (Austria): Courtesy - The Austrian Embassy   Kolner Saxaphone Quintet (Germany): Courtesy MMB/ German Consulate/ Deutscher Musikrat
Amadeus Ensemble (Quartet: Italy): Italian Embassy   Svante Henryson - Cellist Sweden: Courtesy - The Royal College of Music, Sweden
Suma Sudhindra and Panchaveena Ensemble: Courtesy - The Bangalore School of Music   Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra: Courtesy the ACO Musicians
OSMOSIS of Amsterdam: Courtesy - The Guadamus  & Fonds Podium   WAMPAS - Rock Group, France: Courtesy Alliance Francaise & French Embassy
ANTARAGINI -  World Music Band, India: Courtesy - Bangalore School of Music    
   
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
   
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