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Musicians will be jamming it out in various venues around the city on June 20 and June 21 to celebrate the International Music Day.
Since its inception in France in the year 1982, The Fête de la Musique has ramified into other countries. The Fête de la Musique was hosted in 700 cities in over 100 countries not including the country of origin in 2014. In India, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune and Puducherry organize the event on a very large scale. In accordance with each country’s cultural specificities, The Fête de la Musique – International Music Day is celebrated on June 21 around the world. Bengaluru’s first Fête de la Musique took place in 1984 in collaboration with the Bangalore School of Music.
The Fête is free to all and open for all to participate across genres. This year, some venues have chosen to represent certain genres. For example: Church Street Social is going all out to celebrate Electronica and Toit Brewpub has Acoustic Rock acts, whereas SAIACS CEO Centre is focusing on Jazz and Bangalore School of Music is more focussed on Western Classical. This is also the year where a lot of professional acts will be sharing the stage with amateurs – Galeej Gurus, Perfect Strangers, Peepal Tree, to name a few.
Another noteworthy performance to lookout for from a group of young girls from The Baale Mane Trust who will be the first ever female troupe to play the Dollu Kunitha, a Kannada percussion always played by men.
In most of Europe, public spaces host the Fête de la Musique. People step out at cross roads, footpaths, city squares for one big jam session. In Bengaluru, such an idea may not work given our unpredictable weather. This year though, BMRCL official U V Vasanth Rao himself opened up the Rangoli Metro Art Centre (Rangasthala and Hoovina Haadi) as well as select Metro stations for the event. Venues include the Bangalore School of Music, The Humming Tree, Octavium, Big Pitcher, Toit, Church Street Social, SAIACS CEO Centre, Goobe’s Book Republic, Guruskool, The Warehouse, Blistering Barnacles and Alliance de Française.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Cities> Bengaluru / by Shalini Raman / June 16th, 2015