AFAIK, Alexandre Mascarenhas went to Germany on a Gulbenkian Scholarship (Portuguese, not German - http://www.gulbenkian.pt/ ), which was handed over to him at an Academia de Musica's annual concert by D. Maria Aurora Couto. Can't remember what year it was, but it was definitely soon after India took over Goa.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 6 January, 2011 8:27:51 PM > Subject: [Goanet] FRI, Jan 7, 2011: Master cello player Alexander > Mascarenhas's >homecoming > > Master cello player Alexander Mascarenhas's homecoming > > Alexander Mascarenhas was born in Loutolim in 1945, and studied music > under his father and the late Maestro Antonio Figueiredo. He attended > school at Don Bosco, followed by Dhempe College, and worked for a > while in Panjim (at the State Bank of India) before moving to Europe > in 1967 to study the cello on a scholarship from the German > government. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services' Copies now available at: GOA: Literati (2277740), Other India (2263306), Broadway (6647038), Mandovi (2427904), Noel DSilva & Associates (9823120454 / 9096781714), Confidant / Golden Heart Emp (2732450), David & Co (2730326), Vardaan (9527463684) SERV / RETD Def Offrs in Goa: O/o Sainik Co-op Hse Bldg Sty, Def Col, Porvorim (2417288) MUMBAI: David & Co (22019010) PUNE: Manneys (26131683), Popular (25678327) BENGALURU: Narayan (22865800) DELHI: Ritana (24617278) ONLINE (worldwide delivery): http://www.ritanabooks.com/booksdistri.htm, http://goa1556.goa-india.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
