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In a first for Australia, and with a vision to connect Australians and Indians through music, Sydney’s Nagaraj brothers have launched the Australian Indian Orchestra (AIO) – Australia’s first and only Symphony Orchestra dedicated to performing Indian music.The AIO will bring together Australian and Indian musicians, audiences, and hearts together through the fusion of Indian […]
There is a new orchestra in Sydney and it has an unusual twist. Enter, the Australian Indian Orchestra, (AIO) formed in 2023, the brainchild of the Sydney-based Australian-Indian brothers, Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj. This ensemble will feature some of the best of Indian and Australian musicians, building on the strong links between Australia and India. […]
Last year, Sydney brothers Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj were involved in a string orchestra. On their concert program were works by Tchaikovsky and Mahler — as well as Suraj’s orchestral arrangements of music from Bollywood films. Their audience loved it. As Sagar tells us, “we knew we were onto something”. Now, these artists have launched […]
Think about Australia’s links with India and what comes to mind include a fierce rivalry in cricket, some common heritage through the Commonwealth of Nations, the slow infiltration of Indian food into everyday fare, and most recently, The Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue), a strategic security collaboration to which Australia and India belong. In 2023, Indians […]
The highly anticipated concert will feature some of the most popular Bollywood songs transformed by the grandeur of a majestic 60-piece Australian Symphony Orchestra. In a first for Australia, and with a vision to connect Australians and Indians through music, Sydney’s Nagaraj brothers have launched the Australian Indian Orchestra (AIO) – Australia’s first and only Symphony Orchestra […]
They love Bollywood so much, they have decided to make sure Sydney loves it too. Two second-generation immigrants will pay ode to Madan Mohan and RD Burman next Sunday. Next Sunday, the iconic Verbrugghen Hall in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will echo, not with the music of Tchaikovsky and Mahler, but of Indian legends […]
Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj | Transcending borders with the ‘Australian Indian Orchestra’ WRITTEN BY: AMRITA PRIYA Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj, second-generation Australian immigrants, are the founders of the Australian Indian Orchestra (AIO), a pioneering initiative that marked its debut with the concert ‘Sydney to Mumbai: A Symphonic Journey to Incredible India’ – featuring a splendid […]
JAI. HO. – two words that ignite the passion inside Indians and spark the Diwali season. Riding the momentum from the runaway success of their debut sold-out concert “Sydney to Mumbai” at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on 13 August, Sydney brothers Sagar and Suraj Nagaraj are bringing back the majestic 60-piece Australian Indian Orchestra […]