Dear Goanetters, Some time there was a posting on goanet enquiring whether there any wester classical music recitals in Goa. I had posted about the Maestro Antonio Figueiredo centenary music programme on 20 August. Less than a month later, we have been treated to a wonderful 'Western Music Recital' by young Goans [most of them in their teens] who are 'advanced students' at the school of Western Music at the Kala Academy. The programme was co-organized by KA and Fundacao Oriente. Pratapsingh Rane,ex-CM and current Chairman of KA was the Chief Guest.
Sanya Myla Cotta, the daughter of Schubert Cotta[from Cotta Mansion,Agacaim] and Maxie Pereira[daughter of ex-MLA Teotonio Pereira of Paulo buses fame] played the violin like a virtuoso. Mozart's 'Concerto No.5 in A Major' and Bruch's 'Concerto in G Minor' is what this young lass treated us to.Joanne Marie D'Mello, daughter of E.D'Mello [of MPT] and Jeanne Mendonca[from Saligao who teaches in SFX school,Siolim] rendered an 'outstanding and mature mezzo soprano'that she was billed to do.The vocal rendition of Schubert's 'Serenade' and Greig's 'The Swan' were indeed a pleasure to hear. Their parents are my contemporaries,acquiantances and friends. Naturally, I am proud to be in the audience ,listen to them perform and encourage them to reach for the sky! If this is what they have achieve by the seventeenth year of their life,even the sky may not be the limit. Another seventeen year old, Ingrid Anne Nazereth,the daughter of Brenda [whose sister,Yvonne, is a familiar face in their native Aldona] and Philip Nazereth[a well-known piano tuner] excelled on the piano,in which she has the eighth grade from Trinity College,London. She played 32 variations in C Minor composed by Beethovan from memory.No mean feat ! Rui Manuel Lobo is neither a teenager nor a girl.He is an engineer who has come back to the spanish guitar after 20 years gap. He learnt the vilin under the famous Maestro Figueiredo and learnt classical guitar playing under Derrick D'Souza in Mumbai[then Bombay].He is now learning under Schubert Cotta[Sanya's father],who has returned to Goa after many years in Hamburg. It was a fantastic show and a beautiful prelude to Clube Nacional's annual "Harvest Dance" that interestingly coincided with the Onam festival of the Malayalees and the festa de novidades in Goa. Not yet harvest time in Goa,actually. There was a lot of Konkani song and dance at the harvest dance presented by Francisco Martins or Funkito ,as he is affectionately known. Miguel Braganza --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
