Bradford is set for a treat of classical music in the coming weekend as the world’s only professional ensemble of blind musicians starts their UK tour from the UK City of Culture 2025.
The Baluji Music Foundation, of which the orchestra is a part, is celebrating 15 years of changing lives through music with this extensive UK anniversary tour.
Each event will feature different performers including Baluji Shrivastav OBE and the Inner Vision Orchestra of professional blind musicians and others, thrilling audiences across the UK with their inspirational performances.
Baluji Shrivastava OBE, a leading Indian instrumentalist, was blinded at the age of eight and yet went on to become one of the world’s leading composers and sitar players.
The foundation was founded by Baluji Shrivastav OBE and Linda Shanson in 2008 and is an arts charity programming and promoting events featuring blind and partially sighted musicians and advancing access to musical and artistic experiences for blind and partially sighted people.
Baluji Foundation’s showcase project is the Inner Vision Orchestra of professional blind musicians which performs nationally and internationally and has released music on Arc/Naxos.
The Inner Vision Orchestra, which performs at Kala Sangam in Bradford on 3 June, Saturday was formed in 2012 and is the world’s only professional ensemble of blind musicians.
The orchestra performed at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics games in London and shared the platform with world-renowned band, Coldplay.
Speaking on the event to Asian Standard, Baluji Shrivastava OBE said: “Don’t miss a chance to come along to one of the concerts on our tour. Performances range from Indian Classical to Jazz with global sounds from the Inner Vision Orchestra of blind musicians and singers. I’m so grateful and happy for 15 yrs of fabulous music and creativity that the foundation has brought to audiences in the UK and abroad.”
Catch the orchestra perform at Kala Sangam, Bradford on Saturday, 3 June.
