On Wedensday 9th August, as part of the Summer Music Festival at The National Musicians' Church, The Music in Community Fund and the Baluji Music Foundation collaborate to bring you Baluji Shrivastav OBE (dilruba) & Takashi Kikuchi (viola). This is a change to our original programme.
This concert is part of the Summer Music Festival at the National Musicians' Church will be in-person at Holy Sepulchre, EC1A 2DQ and is free to attend.
Our concerts are made possible through the generosity of our audiences and we welcome donations, upon booking or after the concert with a suggested amount of £5 per person.
The Baluji Music Foundation is a blind-led, inclusive arts organisation encouraging participation in music by people from different cultural perspectives. It was established in 2008 by Baluji Shrivastav OBE, Indian multi-instrumentalist and composer and his wife, musician and writer Linda Shanson.
The Inner Vision Orchestra was founded in 2012 to give professional opportunities and employment to blind and partially sighted musicians and raise awareness of the issues facing them in establishing their careers. Members of the Inner Vision Orchestra performed in front of a global audience of millions at the London 2012 closing ceremony of the Paralympics. In 2016 Baluji was awarded the OBE for his services to music and as founder of the Inner Vision Orchestra.
Enjoy an uplifting lunchtime break as Abi and Takashi from the Inner Vision Orchestra transport you with a beautiful blend of western classical & folk music.
“A magical mixture of sounds” - Sean Rafferty from BBC Radio 3 In Tune
"Inner Vision Orchestra play great kick-ass music!” - Charles Hazlewood
Programme:
Greensleeves
Selected movements from Cello Suite No. 3 by Bach
Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod
The Swan by Saint-Saens
Summer Fusion
First movement from Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
Meditation from Thais by Massenet
Bluebell Polka
Minstrel Boy, Erin Shore and Toss the Feathers
Baluji Shrivastav OBE is one of the world’s leading composers and sitar players. Described as ‘sitarist to the stars’ (Evening Standard), he has performed and recorded with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, Massive Attack, Madness, Shakira, Malu, Boy George & Doves. Baluji is signed to Naxos World ARC with over fifteen releases of classical and world music fusion. His compositions include works for orchestra, theatre, dance, film, television and radio. Selected credits include Disney’s Million Dollar Arm, 20th Century Fox’s New Girl, NBC’s Outsourced and the world’s only Urdu opera Sohini and Mahival, which he composed with Golden Globe and Oscar Winner Dario Marianelli.
Baluji Music Foundation is a registered charity established principally to promote the participation of disabled people in music featuring The Inner Vision Orchestra of professional blind musicians. Accolades include an OBE for services to music, the GG2 Award for Overcoming Adversity, Non-Resident Indian of the Year for Art and Culture and the prestigious Hind Rattan Award-Jewel of India.
For further information about Baluji Shrivastav OBE please visit www.baluji.com
Takashi Kikuchi
Virtuoso violist Takashi Kikuchi began studying the viola at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1988, where he was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts in 2003. He came to the Royal Academy of Music in 1999 for his post graduate studies and received the teaching diploma LRAM and the Lawson Award. His career spans several countries with performances in Great Britain including recitals for the Schubert Music Society, the Treasury Music Society in Whitehall, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Handel House Museum, the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre and the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games in 2012. Distinguished composer, Frank Stiles, completed his third Sonata for Viola and Piano for Takashi. He has performed with the Inner Vision Orchestra since its inception in 2012.