Now in its sixth year, Con Brio (With Brightness) is one of several western music festivals/competitions held in Bombay and saw significant participation by Parsis. The Experimental Theatre at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) was once again the venue for the event held from July 12 to 19, 2015.
This season, two presentations were the highlight — an arrangement of the Choral of Ludwig von Beethoven’s 9th Symphony for eight grand pianos and Vanraj Bhatia’s opera Agnivarsha. The arrangement of the Choral, Ode to Joy, was written for 32 hands by Parvesh Java, each grand piano played by......