“Music, Faith and Family is everything to me. I enjoy composing music, teaching students, performing and sharing music with everyone. Me and my wife Sudeshna love to explore the World, we are avid travelers. I am currently working on few very interesting International projects, composing chamber music and crossover symphonies for some amazing orchestras and talented International artists.
I am also very excited on our first International Music Fest in India – the Autumn International Music Fest & Masterclasses Hyderabad 2018, being presented by ‘Michael Makhal Symphony Orchestra’ in collaboration with my great friends and European stalwart musicians Maestro Alessandro Viale, Rebecca Raimondi and Urska Horvat. We are also launching the ‘Indo-European Chamber Orchestra in the Fest with a gala concert at Ravindra Bharathi Auditorium.”
– Michael Makhal
Michael Makhal (ALCM) is a Western Classical Violinist, Conductor and Music Composer from India. He is an Associate of London College of Music – University of West London in Music Literacy (Music Composition). Michael was born in a musical family in Kolkata. Ananta Makhal, his father, was an eminent Violinist and the Conductor of Calcutta Chamber Orchestra and OM Orchestra. Michael also works in South Indian Film Industry, plays Violin, Composes Songs and Soundtracks for Movies.
The piece is partially based on the structure of Raag Bhoopali and presents the essence of Free India and the Joyful environment around the whole Nation in 1947. This is very rare to Indian Folk styled music has been written for Western Classical Music Orchestra. Thats the specialty of my work and purpose of my composing career – to compose Indian Classical Music based on Raaga and Indian Traditional Folk Music for Western Musicians and Orchestras under sonatina, ensemble, big chamber and also, symphony structures. I want to make Indian Classical music style accessible to Western Musicians and anyone can perform with ease just how they play classical music.
Michael’s first notable success came as a Western Classical Music Composer, when he won the selection of representing Indian Commission at the Commonwealth Games 2014 as a Composer. He has been chosen by ‘The Scokendia Ensemble’ (Glasgow Cultural 2014) through an International contest and commissioned professionally to compose/write a fresh piece for the ensemble, which he named The Spirit of India and had been performed during the Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow – Scotland in several venues, having its World Premiere at the prestigious Stevenson Hall on 25th July 2014.
In 2012, Michael formed his contemporary orchestra for public and private events, which is among the very few professional orchestras in India and the first one to be available for all kind of private events. The ‘Michael Makhal Symphony Orchestra’ has been performing around the country in esteemed private concerts, also in abroad by performing at Atlantis Ballroom in Dubai- UAE. Michael’s objective is to make Western Classical Music fully accessible to the common people in India. He believes Indian music lovers have a sophisticated sense of music and can adopt other musical culture traditions – Western Classical Music is very well praised by the contemporary India and will have bigger audience in coming days.
Michael is also an avid traveler, he often fly off with his wife Sudeshna. They have a popular travel blog/website called Bonjour Zindagi.