The Fischoff Competition Grand Prize and Senior String Division Gold winner, Trio Azura, was founded in 2022 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. "Azura" comes from azure blue, representing their school color and musical sensitivity. As a rapidly emerging chamber ensemble, Trio Azura has built incredible chemistry and developed a comprehensive repertoire despite only recently being formed. Welcome the ensemble for a triumphant return to the center, this time performing in their Presenting Series debut! GET TICKETS  

Angolan-Portuguese director Carlos Conceição's audacious and enigmatic Tommy Guns invokes the ghosts of Angola's colonial past while embracing the symbolic power of genre filmmaking. The story begins in 1974, just one year before the country's independence from decades of Portuguese rule. Wealthy colonists are fleeing the country as Angolan revolutionaries gradually claim their land back. A tribal girl discovers love and danger when her path crosses that of a Portuguese soldier. Another group of soldiers, completely cut off from the outside world, blindly follow the brutal orders of their commander in the name of serving their country. But nothing stays fixed in this genre-shifting cinematic puzzle, which playfully swerves from art house drama to war film to zombie flick to escape thriller with exhilarating control. GET TICKETS!  

Acclaimed pianist Renana Gutman presents a program of Jewish composers who perished during the Holocaust, alongside works by their contemporaries — Berg, Ravel, and Debussy. This is event is free and not ticketed.  Originally published at music.nd.edu.

The Glee Club’s annual fall concert features classical and popular music for men’s choirs, ranging from motets of Victoria and songs of Schubert and Mendelssohn to arrangements of hits by The Beach Boys and The Beatles. For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.

Pandit Sandip ChatterjeeSandip Chatterjee, a disciple of Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya and vocal maestro Pandit Ajey Chakraborthy, is a rich and accomplishes Santoor player of our time. He has been heralded as a torch bearers of two Gharanas at the same time—Maihar & Patiala. He has a unique style of playing with one hand, where he uses his left hand to lift the strings(plucking chikari) to play Alap, Jod, Jhalla & part of Bandish. Sandip has extensively performed in many music festivals and concerts around the globe. He has collaborated with many musicians across genres such as jazz, rock, new age. His expertise has been utilized by renowned music directors like A.R Rehman, Jatin Lalit, Gulshan Kumar and Rabindra Jain. He has won many awards and laurels such as President of India Award, Sangeeth Ratna Award, Abhinaba Kala Sanman, Howrah Ratna Award, etc. Pandit Ramdas PalsuleRamdas Palsule is a popular name amongst Indian Classical Music enthusiasts and has carved a niche for himself since a very young age. Born into a well-educated family in Pune, his father, Shri. Gajanan Palsule, was a recipient of the prestigious Kalidas Sanman President’s award for his work in Sanskrit literature and for his Sanskrit book on Veer Savarkar. An alumnus of prestigious alma–maters like Jnana Prabodhin Prashala and College of Engineering, Pune, Ramdas has a strong academic foundation. He was introduced to Tabla by Pt. G.L. Samant. Later, he became the disciple of world-famous Tabla Maestro Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar. It was after achieving his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering that he chose his passion as his profession. Ramdas chose his passion over a beaten path and an assured successful career in engineering at the age of 23 and ever since has been a devout torchbearer of the illustrious tradition of Indian Classical Music. Under the capable guidance of Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar, Ramdas, with his natural ingenuity, relentless toil and insatiable thirst for knowledge made quick strides as an acclaimed soloist and a versatile accompanist. Veena Vidhushi Smt. Nirmala RajasekarNirmala Rajasekar is well known as a premier Saraswathi veena artiste in the world today. A dynamic and vibrant musician, she has performed in top notch venues in India and around the world, including the Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, (Chennai), Sawai Gandharva Mahotsav (Pune), Carnegie Hall, the United Nations (New York) and the Rumi International Festival (Turkey), to name a few. Nirmala is an established vocalist and composer and has been recognised internationally as a "Carnatic Ambassador" and a leader in forging new paths on the Saraswati Veena. Nirmala has become the first Carnatic musician to appear on the Billboard of Times Square in New York City (March 2024) and at the Cannes Film documentary 'Global Women in Music' (May 2024) in France. Mridangam Exponent Tanjavur K. MurugaboopathiVidwan Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (Boopathi) is one of the world’s most celebrated mridangam players today. His techniques and creative ability in accompaniment, solo renditions, and jugalbandhi programs with his North Indian brethren have earned him much acclaim around the world. Murugaboopathi hails from a family of musicians and artists of several generations. He is one of the few performers in the world today who trained in the rare ‘Gurukula’ method (living with one’s guru while learning) with Mridangam maestro Guru Tanjore Upendran for more than 10 years. Boopathi initially trained under Shri. T R Srinivasan from the Tamil Nadu Music College, Chennai before his gurukula training. Sponsored by the Asian Indian Classical Music Society. Free! Review the poster.

For its November concert, the NDSO presents great orchestral variations by Beethoven (the Finale of the “Eroica” Symphony), Brahms (“Haydn” Variations), and Elgar (“Enigma” Variations). For tickets, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. Originally published at music.nd.edu.