Child's Play (India) Foundation

Indian Premiere : Rathgeber Concerto Grosso in G Major

At our 10th anniversary monsoon concert, we were pleased to present the Indian premiere of Concerto Grosso in G Major by Johann Valentin Rathgeber. The soloists were all children.
Soloists: Irfan Simphigher, Anthea Dias, Anita Kerketta, Purba Das, Cayla Rodrigues (violins); Gudrun Theodoro Sigurdardottir , cello
Conducted by :

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We’re in the news! #press

We’re in the news! #press

Over the years, Child’s Play India has been featured in many national and international publications. In the past few months, we have been written about in The Hindu newspaper, which is a national newspaper widely read across the country. This brought us a fair bit of attention in South India,

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Goodbye, Friends from Spain!

They’ve been with us for several weeks, making music, braving our monsoon. Some of them have begun heading back home now, some moving on to travel a little more of India before going back to Spain. We’d like to say a BIG Thank You to all these lovely musicians who

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Visitors in 2012!

We were privileged to have many musicians visit us in 2012. Most of them visited the children at Hamara School, played for /with them and taught them a trick or two.
Heartfelt thanks to:
The Top Dog Brass Band from Dresden who gave us a stunning, impromptu performance at Hamara

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We’re now in Bangalore!

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve now got a music project in Bangalore (Bengaluru)! We’ve got a violin teacher giving weekly lessons to a group of children at Abhayadhama, a charity in Whitefield!
And by the end of this month, we’ll hopefully have a music project in Mumbai as

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Reshma gets a viola

Reshma is one of the girls in our violin project at Hamara School. She successfully auditioned for the Kala Academy last December , where she is now studying viola with Elvina Fernandes. Elvina helped Reshma choose a new instrument last week.

Thank you, Musequality

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Happy New Year from Child’s Play

2012 has begun well for Child’s Play. Renowned soprano Patricia Rozario and her pupils Susanna Hurrell and Joanne D’Mello, along with pianist Mark Troop gave a wonderful concert (‘The Stunning Stratospheric Sopranos‘) in aid of our charity. The evening was magical and is still being talked about. Thanks to ProMusica

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Thank you, Furtados

We’d like to acknowledge and thank Christopher Gomes of Furtados Goa for all the help and support he and his stores have given Child’s Play over the years. The music scene in Goa is richer because of them.

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More Violins!

A big thank you to our friend Joseph Pinto who brought not one, not two, but three lovely violins for Child’s Play all the way from New Zealand.
Merry Christmas to all our friends and supporters. We look forward to exciting developments and lots of music in 2011!
 

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