Mar 01 2023 to Mar 01 2023 7:30 p.m.

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Where

The Bangalore School of Music

No 8, CBI Main Road, HMT-HBCS Layout, RT Nagar, next to St. Jude´s Church, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560032

Event Description

Classy Classical - From Carmen to Duke Ellington Come and be transported into the world of Classical art song - with arias, songs, and jazzy numbers - all by the greatest masters of their time. Let yourself be immersed in the magic of music! The Bangalore School of Music is proud to be able to present two of the greatest chamber musicians in Europe of today, mezzo-soprano Maria Forsström together with concert pianist Bengt Forsberg. Don't miss this opportunity to experience music eternal and ethereal! Presented with the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Maria Forsström - mezzo-soprano Bengt Forsberg - piano Maria Forsström is equally at ease on the opera stage as in the symphonic repertoire or at a Lieder recital. First having studied church music, piano and conducting at The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and at The Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory – she then realized she wanted to be the instrument herself and started singing at the age of 33. She is much appreciated for her intelligent musicianship and huge enjoyment of exploring different musical styles from early Baroque, the languid soundscapes of the late Romantics, to newly commissioned music.

Bengt Forsberg studied at the Gothenburg School of Music and Musicology, where he first majored in organ, receiving his soloist’s diploma as a pianist in 1978. He continued his training with Peter Feuchtwanger in London and Herman D. Koppel in Copenhagen. Much of Forsberg’s renown is focused on his work as a chamber musician in Sweden and abroad. Among his regular partners are prominent instrumentalists such as the cellist Mats Lidström and the violinist Nils-Erik Sparf. Bengt Forsberg has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1997.