ABOUT US

We are enthusiastically hopeful that this interesting project will help renew the whole tradition of the Goan/Indian music heritage and scene, with special reference to classical and sacred music, as we intend helping local musicians & choirs to be exposed to the best world traditions of music and performance.

OLD GOA MUSIC FESTIVAL works at four levels:

Artistic/spiritual level (with the Festival itself)
Academic-historical level (with the Symposium)
Social level (with the social development projects, concerts and workshops in the villages).
Educational level, with art academy (with concerts, master classes in music academies and schools).

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Santiago Lusardi Girelli

Biography

Argentinian-Italian conductor, his work as a choir and orchestra conductor has worked in the last recent years in Argentina, Venezuela, Germany, Belgium, Bolivia, Peru, Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and India.

He started his studies in music and philosophy since he was very young; these two paths of study have developed his profile. He is a Orchestra and Choir conductor, performer, composer and scholar of theological & philosophical traditions of the East and West.

Present day he is Co-director in the “Seville Symphony Orchestra Hispalense” (Spain) and Second Conductor at the Seville University Choir. Founder and conductor of the Seville Chamber Choir and Orchestra since March 2010, group with which he has toured internationally and that has specialized in J.S. Bach repertoire performing than dozens of cantantas, oratorios, masses, and passions.

Currently he has the Anthony Gonsalves Chair as Visitor Professor at the Goa University in India working as lecturing professor and founder of the Goa University Choir (2013);. Nowadays he works at the University of Seville where he teaches and manages international cooperation programs on Art-Music and Education.

Complete biography at

santiagolusardigirelli.com

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Rudolf Ludwig

Activities in the cultural field during studies and thereafter. First in Regensburg, Germany; then in Calangute Goa, India

Studied Philosophy, Sociology and Musicology at University Regensburg, Germany 1979 -84

Worked in a research project at the Music-Ethnologic Archive at University Regensburg from 85. Cultural establishments of the region: Annual Folklore festival ‘Widerhall’ 1983, Development of Children’s music education programme at Bosse Verlag (Neue Musikzeitung, NMZ) 1987 . Co -Founder of Cultural Centre Auer Braeu in Regensburg, 1989. Teaching piano for various organisations and music schools, from 83-89. I worked as correpititor, arrangeur, musical director for various ensembles and theatre productions. More than 100 performances (Kabarett, Music Theatre and Classic). Thereafter change of status and settlement in India. Built the Art Chamber at Calangute in Goa. The gallery opened in 1997 and saw about 100 Art exhibitions, National and International.

Established series 'Classical Music Soiree' in 2011 at Art Chamber.

36 International Classical Concerts so far. And many more fusion and Indian Classic concerts.

As Art curator: Curator of largest Sacred art exhibition of its kind in India. 2004. International recognition as curator 2006

As music director: 1987,88 musical plays were selected for “National Theatre Days”.

Co-productions for independent and State Theatre. 85-89

About myself:

“ I am an entrepreneur in art. I moved from a budding career as a professional musician working for productions in the 80ies towards producer and organizer of performing arts.

After the Art Chamber was created, I concentrated on building the visual arts with my artist wife for the state, inclusive development support for print and other media.

Four years back we began regularly hosting concerts and promoting music in public.”

We are group of artists, professors, musicians, business people and music lovers who believe that through the beauty of art - music we can help our society to transform itself. We assume our roles and we work hard to spread beauty of human creation to all the levels of society believing that if we contemplate the beauty, this virtue would became part of us and our lives would become more plenty.

OUR MISSION

WHO WE ARE

Welcome words from our Artistic Director

Mtro. Santiago Lusardi Girelli

Dear Friends,

We are glad to announce the creation of a new beautiful project, the OLD GOA MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Since 2014 we are working on the creation of Music Festival in Old Goa India. This festival will take place at the end of February 2016 at the great heritage city of Old Goa and will be repeated every year. We will have this Music Festival in four beautiful locations: the Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, the Church of the Santa Monica Convent, the Christian Museum and the Ruins of Saint Augustine, all of them beautiful and breath taking locations.

We have created a great Music Festival and and Musicology Symposium to research about the history of Goan Sacred and Traditional Music.

The Festival also have a social/educational project in which the artists will offer concerts and workshops around the villages and music schools in Goa, also working with the local choirs and musicians to help them to improve in their own music education.

We are enthusiastically hopeful that this interesting project will help renew the whole tradition of the Goan music heritage and scene, with special reference to classical and sacred music, as we intend helping local musicians & choirs to be exposed to the best world traditions of music and performance. Our plan is to work at four levels: the artistic/spiritual level (with the Festival itself), the academic-historical level (with the Symposium) and the social level and the art academy (with concerts, master classes and workshops in villages and music academies and schools).

The full Festival will last 10 days and that will include 8 concerts, conferences, several lectures, round Tables, Common Chants, Masterclasses, worshops and Courses.

We believe that the beauty of music can transform our society and its individuals, we just need to give art the opportunity to resonate in us... once we start walking this path we will realize that its beauty will become our own beauty, and we will be able to build a society where justice, true and beauty would be genuine values living in us all.

Santiago Lusardi Girelli

Artistic Director / OLD GOA MUSIC FESTIVAL

OLD

GOA

MUSIC FESTIVAL

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

1. CHRISTIAN MUSEUM

2. Arch Diocese of Goa & Daman

3. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

4. GOA UNIVERSITY

5. Department of Tourism (Govt. of Goa)

6. Nirmala Institute

7. ART CHAMBER

8. University of Seville (SPAIN) /

Desarrollo Social a través de la Música.

THE OLD GOA MUSIC SOCIETY

FOUNDING MEMBERS:

1. Natasha Fernandes (Christian Art Museum)

2. N. Taher (Archaeological Survey of India, ASI)

3. Santiago Lusardi Girelli (Univ. Seville)

4. Rudolf Ludwig Kammermeier (Art Chamber)

5. Representative of Arch Diocese of Goa

6. Representative of Goa University

7. European Representative / UK / Portugal.

8. Representative of Nirmala Institute / Goa.