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Prof Wirth co-founded the Mozart Choir of India with sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar to promote Western classical music among young boys and girls here. To bring together singers from Shillong and musicians from Vienna has always been my dream and today, it is the reality,” said Prof.
Wirth. With Prof.
Wirth conductor of the orchestra at the centre, the performance began with episodic overlapping of the narrator’s voice, taking one through the course of the story of Shakuntala. more-inIn what can be called a spectacle, Franz Schubert’s vision of a vibrant rendition of the popular Indian text, Shakuntala, finally saw the light of the day at Kala Mandir in Kolkata on Thursday. Originally composed by maestro Franz Schubert around 1820, the opera - almost 200 years later – was completed by Professor Wirth performing in classical Sanskrit poet Kalidas’ country..