Welcome to Baluji Music Foundation

Baluji Music Foundation is an inclusive organisation encouraging participation in music by people from different cultural perspectives, we especially welcome people who are differently abled. We promote the understanding and enjoyment of music and performing arts from the Indian Sub-Continent in all it’s traditional and evolving forms. Our motto is “sharing the joy of music” which we promote through performances, workshops, collaborations, research and exciting projects. Our showcase project is the Inner Vision Orchestra of blind musicians performing nationally and internationally.

Inner Vision Music Workshops continue to train and entertain visually impaired people across London funded by The Big Lottery, Greater London Fund for the Blind and Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. Our next workshop is on 30th September 2019 at Richmix and is a special India-Indonesia workshop to coincide with Baluji's upcoming concert. See 'upcoming events' for more details.

Coming up from June till 11th October 2019 Interactions-Baluji National Tour funded by Arts Council England with Workshops for Blind & Visually Impaired people. Click here for more info.

Baluji Music Foundation in partnership with Queen Mary's College London University are conducting ground breaking research into the development of a hands free device to read Braille Music funded by Amplified and NESTA.

Baluji Shrivastav OBE with Inner Vision Orchestra UK, plus guest blind musicians from India, Addictive TV, and Arunima Kumar Dance Company have recently been performing a sensational International Commission by Unlimited called Antardrishti - Inner Vision, a production inspired by the Bhagavad Gita. Click here for more info.

We have completed the production and screenings with live music accompaniment of five films “ The Lives and Music of Blind Musicians in Post-War London”, funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund. Click here to see the playlist for all the videos.

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