Maria Montessori Writes to Her Grandchildren In October 1939, while the “storm of war was gathering in Europe”, Maria and Mario Montessori set off to India to deliver a training course and lecture tour. When Italy became involved in the war, the British rule of India did not give the Montessoris permission to leave; they …
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Whatever we understand and enjoy in human products instantly becomes ours, wherever they might have their origin – Rabindranath Tagore* During this presentation, musical figures from several distinct traditions were explored in a practice-oriented manner. The figures selected are appealing beyond South Asia where they originated many centuries ago and continue to play a key role in classical and …
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Workshop given on Monday 16 July 2012 Impressions | Song lyrics and video introduction >> This workshop celebrates the capacity of all educators to bring beauty into the lives of children, young people and adults – not only music specialists. This includes those for whom such an experience may so far have seemed a distant dream. Here we explore the …
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“Gandhi is a universal figure. […] He is affirmed and avowed in many parts of the world while Indians might of course forget him or scorn him or defile him as they are doing now.” – Historian Ramachandra Guha in conversation with sociologist Nandini Sundar (The Wire, 21 March 2022) >> I would go so far …
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Ludwig Pesch spezialisierte sich auf die südindische Bambusquerflöte, als er im Rahmen des Deutsch-Indischen Kulturabkommens Stipendien zum Studium im heutigen Chennai erhielt. Das Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts (Chennai) verlieh ihm das Diploma First Class und Post-Diploma. Gemeinsam mit seinem Lehrer Ramachandra Shastry (1906-92), einem Vertreter der persönlich geprägten Gurukula-Lehrmethode, hat er bei zahlreichen Anlässen konzertiert – …
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