THERE'S A Goan young lady taking part here: Competition 2020 Winner's Recital Promo 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs2Y38IyHjs&feature=youtu.be Progressive Musicians Channel, on YouTube. Sunday, Aug 9, at 12 pm or 6 pm EST. Rebroadcast on Monday, Aug 10, 2020 at 12 am and 6 am EST.
* * * WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_nxYt310EQ Violin - The passion I found early in life | Anthea Dias | TEDxICTMumbai TEDx Talks Anthea Dias, a 13 year old violinist performs few renowned compositions and talks about finding her passion early in life ANTHEA LUNA-MARIE MASCARENHAS DIAS, 13 years, is a class 7 student of Fatima Convent High School, Margao-Goa. She is the youngest Goan to be awarded the ATCL diploma in violin, with a distinction, at the age of 11yrs, by Trinity College of Music -London, in December 2017. She started learning violin at the age of 6yrs with Prof Winston Collaço--a US and Singapore trained Suzuki Method violin teacher based in Goa. At age of 9, she completed her Advanced Certificate, Gr 8 level with distinction. First place winner in Violin at the State level Talent Search competition 2016-17, organised by Directorate of Art and Culture, Govt of Goa. At a young age she has given numerous prodigious solo performances accross Goa of Major and technically demanding violin repertoire to much critical acclaim in the local press and TV who have titled her as "A Star is Born", "Prodigy" etc. She has undergone intensive training at master classes under visiting foreign artists and also under teachers of International repute at Singapore. * * * Goa: 14-year-old violinist wins at international contest, set for Carnegie debut Lisa Monteiro | TNN | Updated: Jul 12, 2020, 09:16 IST TNN Anthea Dias will play at Carnegie Hall in July next year. The recital got postponed due to Covid-19 PANAJI: A 14-year-old girl from Orlim this week reached a step closer to her dream -- to perform at New York City's iconic Carnegie Hall. Anthea Dias, a Class IX student at Fatima Convent high school, Margao, was recently named winner in an online competition run by Progressive Musicians. The winners' recital, originally scheduled for December, has been postponed to July next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Anthea is the only resident Indian to be declared winner in the competition, in which she played Kreisler's Preludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani. Not only was the submission for the contest online, even Anthea's practice and training sessions were conducted on WhatsApp. Her teacher, Winston Collaco, who guided her through the competition, made sure the lockdown didn't interfere with his ward's preparation. "All classes moved online," said her mother Marianela. "She visited her teacher a few times, but would send videos and audio clips on WhatsApp, and Collaco would respond with suggestions and corrections. They were busy all day, and worked as a team." Collaco, a proponent of the Suzuki method, has been Anthea' teacher since she began the violin at three. Under his guidance, she completed Grade 8 at nine, and at 11, earned an associate diploma from the Trinity College of Music, London (ATCL). This competition involved participants submitting videos online, and judges evaluating their performances and giving them 15 days to improve in specific areas suggested by them. "My girl gave it her all, and practiced all day, before and after meals," Marialena added, emphasising that Anthea set her eyes on this competition because the prize it offered was a spot on her dream stage. Carnegie Hall, one of the world's foremost venues for live music, has hosted luminaries across genres, from classical masters like Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, Horowitz, and Heifitz, to popular acts like the Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. However, while most of these played the main stage, winners of this competition will play the smaller, 268-seater Weill recital hall. Collaco himself witnessed a performance at the Weill hall in 2006, when he was on a teacher training programme. "Never did I dare to dream that one day, one of my own students would perform on this stage 14 years later," he said. He added that the competition is a great stepping stone for promising students like Anthea, from a small state that has no conservatory that many of her competitors are enrolled in. Before her dream comes true next year, Anthea and the other winners will perform at an online recital on August 9 and 10. * * * -- FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 AUDIO: https://archive.org/details/goa1556 <https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha> TEXT: http://bit.ly/2SBx41G PIX: http://bit.ly/2Rs1xhl