Feb 04 2025 to Feb 04 2025 7 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Join us for an enchanting evening featuring the extraordinary talents of Neville (pianist) and Sophia Schrader (violinist), as they present a program of Mozart, Fauré, Ravel, and Claude Bolling.

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Supported by

Performers
Neville Z Bharucha
Piano

Neville started piano lessons with his father when he was 1 and was soon composing short pieces. Neville began performing across India at the age of 10, with the support of Bangalore School of Music.

He is the recipient of numerous music awardı: the Capt. Alvares Trophy for Excellence, Peter Coelho Memorial Award for Music, Fewkes Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Musician, to name a few. At 16, he carried his Associate Diploma (ATCL) from The Trinity College, London with distinction.

He placed first at the CON BRIO All India Piano Competition held in Mumbai in July 2011. Neville continued his piano studies in Bangalore with Belarusian concert pianist Natallia Kapylova while pursuing his undergraduate degree at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce. Bangalore and also obtained his Licentiate Diploma from The Trinity College, London (LTCI) in 2011.

In November 2014, Neville camel his Master’s Degree in Music Performance, with Distinction, from The University of Southampton, England, where he studied under renowned pianist and composer, David Owen Norris. In 2015, he also eamed his second Master’s Degree in Composition for Moving Images ar City University, London, which marked his venture into the world of film composition and music production.

Steinway & Sons have endorsed him as a “Young Steinway Artist and he is a recipient of the Elfrun Gabriel Stipendium 2017-2018. He now heads the production department of the firm. Groves in Hamburg, producing and composing music for TV and film, along with regular concerts. He also has a keen interest in aviation and is a glider pilot.
Sophia Schrader
Violin

Sophia Marie Schrader was bom in Leipzig, Germany in 1997 and began violin lessons at the age of 4. Her education includes a Bachelor’s degree under Prof. Friedemann Wezel at The Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig and a Master’s degree under Prof. Maria Egelhof at the Musikhochshule Lübeck, Germany. She received multiple first prizes at the “Jugend musiziert competition both as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles,

As the principal second violin, she was part of the Leipzig Youth Symphony Orchestra, winning the German Orchestra Competition multiple times. In 2014, she served as concertmaster of the Saxony Youth Orchestra.

In 2018, she performed with the Gewandhaus Chamber Orchestra in Leipzig “Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, and in 2024, with the Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra.

National and international concert tours have taken her to Canada, Greece, the USA, Portugal, Poland, the Crech Republic, France, Belgium, and England.