NvB: Bored in Brno?: Cultural Exchange at Work!

Cultural Exchange at Work!

The Fulbright Program continues to support cultural exchange and educational activities. I thought this report from flutist Lyon Leifer was interesting and inspirational:

I've been spending the summer in India with the support of a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship. Hindustani (north Indian classical) music and the bansuri (north Indian keyless, transverse, bamboo flute) have been a major interest of mine for a very long time. . . .

I am also working with fellow flutists in the tradition we share (founded by my guru’s guru, the late Pannalal Ghosh. There is a lot of work to be done in the area of collecting and archiving recordings and effects of the two departed masters, an effort to which I am also trying to lend support. (More)

It's reassuring to know that some projects go as well or better than planned.

Tags: music, culture, education, fulbright

Posted 29 July 2006 at 12:59.

The Blog

What is "Bored in Brno"? a) the best Czech movie of 2003, b) a blog about Brno (the Czech Republic's second largest city) and my adventures in and observations of south and east Moravia. I usually post about music, arts, culture, and stuff in Brno; or, I talk about whatever; or, I may bore you.

There's a Czech saying about how you are a new person for every language you learn. Here's your chance to experience Czech vicariously and to become your new self, now conveniently available in English translation. (Or at least something reasonably close to English.)

If you have questions, suggestions, like what you see, or you're just plain bored, don't hesitate to leave a comment or e-mail me.

The Blogger

A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.

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