Anahid Ajemian, violinist, and her husband, George Avakian, director of popular albums for Columbia Records, have announced a series of subscription concerts, “Music for Moderns.” They will be presented at Town Hall April 28 and May 12, 19 and 26, 1957.
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Dick Bock & Ravi Shankar
A commemorative booklet included in THE ANTHOLOGY OF INDIAN MUSIC VOLUME ONE (World Pacific WDS-26200) has a brief closing remembrance by Dick Bock wherein he recalls his first meeting with Ravi Shankar. This recollection does not agree with Ravi Shankar’s own recollection published in RAGA MALA – an autobiography RAVI SHANKAR (Welcome Rain Publishers, 1997), […]
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