Manchester Cathedral will be hosting its annual carol concert on the 16th of December, featuring some incredible musicians and artists, including Baluji Shrivastav OBE, Kevin Satizabal, Victoria Oruwari, Dave Steele and Takashi Kikuchi.
Baluji Shrivastav OBE is an Indian/British musician and instrumentalist who plays a variety of traditional Indian instruments, including the sitar, tabla, dilruba, pakhavaj, and surbahar. He has performed and taught all over the world, most notably playing with Annie Lennox, Coldplay, Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Coldplay and many more. He is also the founder of the Baluji Music Foundation, and as part of the foundation’s work, he launched the Inner Vision Orchestra in 2012. The purpose of the orchestra is to address the barriers blind musicians face in the UK and find them more work. Not only is it a campaigning tool to raise awareness, but it also trains musicians to record; go on stage; go on tour, and encourages venues and promoters to hire blind musicians.
The foundation is the only organisation in the UK trying to find work for blind musicians (only 10pc blind people of working age are working and it isn’t getting better despite technology advancements). The foundations want to raise their profile, spotlight blind talent, break down the barriers blind musicians face, promote positive attitudes towards blind people, and give a voice to blind people.
The Carol by Candelight concert is an intimate performance with Baluji and some of his orchestra members, along with other special guests. If you’d like to support the Baluji Music Foundation, along with the work of the Inner Vision Orchestra, this is the perfect setting to enjoy the incredible talents of each performer.
Tickets can be found here.
Check out Baluji down below!