"Param Vir, born in India, is among the most gifted of contemporary composers for whom the example of the 20th-Century modernist masters remains a valid source of creative expression and renewal.  In particular, his operas are acknowledged to be fruitful contributions to the direction of music-theatre of the last two decades, as compelling in their theatricality as in their commitment to compassion and self-discovery." (Nicholas Williams) read more >

 

Cloud Gate (photo Nag Odekar) Cloud Gate (photo Nag Odekar) Cloud Gate (photo Nag Odekar)
 
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Charlotte Riedijk as West-Wind-Rising, in a keynote aria from the opera Black Feather Rising. Video by Hans Hijmering.

Latest blog entries

21 February 2013

CAVE OF LUMINOUS MIND - The Meditational Journey of Milarepa

New work for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sakari Oramo 21 August... more

27 June 2012

FIBRE / SURFACE / MEMORY - Interview with Rebecca Cross

I have always been interested in the fine arts and, being an opera composer, I am... more

01 May 2012

TURNING TO FICTION - Interview with American poet Donna Masini

Donna Masini, American poet based in New York, reads from her book "Turning to... more

Events

04 June 2013

Apertif with Ignite - Early Evening Concert

IGNITE will play movements from Vir's Wigmore Hall commission " World-Filling... more

09 August 2013

Featured at LE TOUT-PETIT FESTIVAL MUSICAL, France

FRENCH PREMIERES OF ...beyond the reach of the world... and Wheeling... more

21 August 2013

WORLD PREMIERE at the BBC PROMS: Cave of Luminous Mind

Param Vir's fourth BBC commission to date, this major new orchestral work will... more

Featured Works

Cave of Luminous Mind
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Hayagriva
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