Keval Shah
@KevalSShah
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Pianist. Running all things Lieder at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. he/him✊🏾🎹🎶👨🏾🤝👨🏼🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇫🇮
Helsinki/London
Joined September 2011
He’s a…covergirl?! 🤯 Totally honoured to be on the cover of Finland’s classical music magazine this month. In the feature, I talk about the power of song as a bridge across communities and cultures, + how I see the future of Lied. 🇫🇮🎶❤️ #coverstory #dreaming #smize
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It’s been well over a year in the making, day one of this year's Festival is finally here! Artistic Director @SholtoKynoch lets you know what to expect today, we hope to see you there 🎶 #oxfordinternationalsongfestival #oxfordsong #lieder #oxford #festival #citiesofsong
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100 children in 11 days
At least 100 children have been killed in Lebanon in 11 days, and over 690 children have been injured in the last six weeks, per reports. UNICEF and partners are providing emergency medical supplies and essential services. Join us to support.
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I’m in @ox_magazine this month talking about the premiere of Eternity In An Hour, mine and @DandyJessica’s new project reimagining the Bhagavad Gita, with new songs by Reena Esmail. We’ll be at @OxfordSong on Oct 15, and you can read more about our concert in the magazine! 🍂🍂🍂
October issue is live! This month’s theme is words with exclusive interviews featuring @RagNBoneMan, Keval Shah, Emma Neville, and more. Plus, fashion inspired by red wine, food reviews, and a spooky surprise...👉 https://t.co/ZLFV4LrDaU
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This is brilliant journalism, and SO eye-opening. Truly, you should read this.
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Gutted not to be in UK to hear this, but urge all you Londoners to be there. Toi toi toi, kaikki! 🇬🇧❤️🇫🇮
Today these young musicians will create something spectacular. If you can not be in London, watch us on BBC or listen to us on YLE next Saturday. Repeat concert at @helsinkifest next Sunday! 🇫🇮🇬🇧 @Taideyliopisto @RCMLondon
https://t.co/vfwk05ck3t
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So happy to have a feature in @hsfi, Finland’s main newspaper. I got to talk about life in 🇫🇮, new audiences for chamber music/song, + the government’s dangerous cultural funding and migration policies. Online now, in print on Saturday! 📸 Usva Torkki https://t.co/FFvskJUCat
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With racist riots being organised in Harrow (please stay safe people), I hope this makes a certain faction of the South Asian community realise that no matter how hard you try to mirror the white man, the white man will always see you as the other.
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10000% this.
PSA to fellow Hindu SAsians in the UK: racists will not ask your religion before kicking in your head. Their children will not ask your kids’ religion before racially bullying them in playground. Your wealth won’t keep you safe. Radical solidarity is all that will keep you safe.
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So happy to have a feature made about me for the Finnish Broadcasting Company, @ylenews. It’s an article by Noora Hirn about my life in Helsinki, my work, and the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition. Kiitos, YLE! 🇫🇮❤️ https://t.co/U9UlsfepPs
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Lontoolainen huippupianisti Keval Shah sai vain parikymppisenä opetustyön Sibelius-Akatemiasta, ja vuoden harkittuaan muutti Suomeen.
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Musicians, music-lovers: please read this important report. Thank you again, @Donne_UK.
A new report from Donne, Women in Music reveals a disturbing stagnation and regression in the diversity of global orchestral repertoire signalling an urgent need for change in the classical music industry. Full report HERE: https://t.co/KcrLl6hy1y
#DonneReport2024
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A new report from Donne, Women in Music reveals a disturbing stagnation and regression in the diversity of global orchestral repertoire signalling an urgent need for change in the classical music industry. Full report HERE: https://t.co/KcrLl6hy1y
#DonneReport2024
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Beyond shocked to be on the front page of Sunday’s HBL, the national Swedish-language newspaper of Finland. I feel so honoured to have a spread about my life in Helsinki and my vision of the future of Lied, as well as talking about racism in society and in classical music. 🇫🇮🤎
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In VAN this week: Dame Sarah Connolly previously described the Saudi regime as “murdering autocrats stuck in a time warp.” So why is she starring in their new flagship opera? https://t.co/ng761hNOSB
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Sarah Connolly on why she’s heading up a high-profile cultural project funded by a regime she once described as “murdering autocrats stuck in a time warp.”
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Hooray for you, Joe, and your team, for the vision and execution of something so special 😍😍
😍🍾😍 Well, that was EPIC. Just about coming back down to earth after 2024 @LeedsLieder Festival, without doubt my favourite to date. Amazing to connect with such diverse audiences in concert halls, nightclubs, a Sikh centre, schools and with the 10,000s who watched online 🍾
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Read this thread and see all the amazing things happening in Leeds this week. The inspiration I got from being in that magical festival atmosphere for one day is going to fuel me for weeks. Bravo @jpianomiddleton and @LeedsLieder team!! ❤️
Evening before, @KevalSShah curated the most exquisite evening in collaboration with @southasianartuk at @SikhTempleLeeds with Nina Kanter and Oscar Castellino. An evening of Indian and British art song including @CherylHoad’s extraordinary new world premiere of Punjabi Proverbs.
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