Alliance Française du Bengale (AFdB) and Littlei have been hosting a week-long series of concerts called ‘Fête de la Musique’ at Kolkata’s Sienna Cafe, featuring acts like The Fifth Harmony, 5Volts and Mondegreen. On Friday, the series concludes with an open mic and performances by students of AFdB. Meanwhile, in Hyderabad, Alliance Française of Hyderabad […]
On this world music day, let’s take a look at musical instruments that are slowly becoming silent, drowned our by the cacophony of the electronic sound. In an age dominated by electronic sounds and techno-based music, the charm of musical instruments is fast losing ground as they slip into oblivion. Pena: chordophone! Also known as […]
Today is world music day on 21st June 2019. By listening to music what comes to mind first is relief, and entertainment. The first ever music day took place in 1982 in Paris as the fete de la musique. The World Music Day 2019 is being celebrated in 700 cities across 120 countries like India ,China […]
Kohima celebrated World Music Day along with the rest of the world on June 21 at The Heritage, Old DC Bungalow, Kohima. This is the third year running. From 4.30 pm, the World Music Day saw performances of 15 popular Naga artists from Kohima, Mokokchung and Dimapur in varied genres such as Rock, EDM, Choral, […]
As the celebration of World Music Day spreads and gets better with each year in the state, Dimapur in Nagaland will experience a noble endeavour this World Music Day on June 21. Jointly organised by the like-minded individuals from the music industry-Sky Entertainment, The Institute for Music Education and Crescendo Events, the event is targeted […]
World Music Day 2017 or Fete de la Musique (not to be confused with International Music Day) will be celebrated on June 21, the day of summer solstice. Unlike other music festivals, the World Music Day allows any and every one to showcase their musical prowess. On this day, musicians from all genres and of […]
I got to know that June 21 has been celebrated as World Music Day, so while everybody else was twisting themselves into knots, because of the new ‘Yoga Day’ political tamasha (started from last year), I busied myself , along with other Newsnet One interns, concentrating on World Music Day instead. Honestly, most Biharis are […]
From 4:30 pm on Tuesday, World Music day erupted in Kohima. “In times of rain and bad roads, to keep our spirit high” noted Musician Theja Meru said while announcing that the World Music Day 2016 would be celebrated in Kohima for the first time on June 21, 4.30 pm at RCEMPA Jotsoma. “This is […]
The political climate of India is fast becoming critically polarised. The nature of discourse is being vitiated by divisive, shallow diatribe. Parliament, supposedly the platform for enlightened, purposeful discussion and farsighted legislation has been all but reduced to a ridiculous circus of shallow, shouting, sloganeering, and slanderous attention seekers. Where the political leadership in the […]
The World Music day was initiated in 1982 by then French minister of culture, Jack Lang, when he realized through a study on the cultural habits of the French that five million people, one child out of two, played a musical instrument. He began to dream of a way to bring people out on the […]
On the run up to World Music Day (June 21), Hard Rock Cafe aims to remind people that, as long there exists music in the world, we can set down our troubles, pick up our instruments and play and groove to a joyful tune. Globally acclaimed brand, Hard Rock Cafe spread the fervour of […]
Hello, hello, hello. Wake up to World Music day! World Music Day celebrated on June 21 has become a worldwide phenomenon. Countries across the world rejoice and celebrate in their own unique way. It’s a National Holiday in France! The day also known as Fete de la Musique was a music festival, which began in […]
