World Music Day 2026: Hyderabad to light up with music

A fewer minutes earlier speaking to The Hindu, Amita Desai is connected a euphony break, listening to 1 of her favourite songs — Jaane Kahaan Gaye Woh Din from Raj Kapoor’s Mera Naam Joker. “The opus is afloat of meaning and doesn’t speech astir a definite play of time. It tin beryllium yesterday, 10 oregon 50 years ago, but it connects to each listener,” says the founder-director of Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad.

This solemnisation of euphony arsenic a cosmopolitan connection that breaks barriers and resonates with divers listeners is besides the purpose of Fete de la Musique — World Music Day celebrations successful Hyderabad.

Fête de la Musique, the free, open-air euphony festival that began successful France successful 1982 takes spot connected the aforesaid time each twelvemonth successful implicit 120 countries. The city’s 2026 variation is produced by Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad and Alliance Française Hyderabad, successful collaboration with Dark Vibe Society, George Hull Collective, and with EXT and NEXT Galleria promenade and Mirage Media arsenic venue and media partners.

“Fete de la Musique originated successful France 44 years ago, but the information that Hyderabad has been doing it for implicit 20 years without a break, including online events during the pandemic is remarkable,” shares Amita.

Bond with music

Hyderabad volition witnesser 2 antithetic forms of euphony connected the evening of June 21. While established and amateur musicians capable the venue with vocals, euphony and percussion, the Alright Mela volition bring rhythms of the Mediterranean arsenic portion of its India tour. “We are successful dire request of being unneurotic and coming together, of coexisting harmoniously, and that is the intent of music. It communicates and connects. I whitethorn not cognize your music, but I americium blessed to research it,” says Amita.

Dedicated to unrecorded euphony and taste exchange, Music Day celebrations foster a planetary connection. “For Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad, World Music Day has ever been astir taste speech successful its truest consciousness — German, French and Indian institutions coming unneurotic connected a signifier that belongs wholly to the city’s musicians,” says Amita.

Talking astir the powerfulness of euphony successful gathering relationships and connecting america all, Amita says, “A young idiosyncratic could beryllium playing the Beatles, which belongs to my procreation oregon they could beryllium playing a rap which is their procreation but it connects us. It connects immoderate is being said and the younker successful particular, bring specified an energy, it is simply a joyousness to perceive to them.”

Fete de la Musique volition instrumentality spot astatine NEXT Galleria Mall from 4pm-8pm, astatine EXT Film Nagar from 8.30 pm. Entry free, nary anterior registration needed.

Music from aross the world

City-based Hyderabad Voices, including its inferior chorus group, is acceptable to blend the tone of patriotism with Music Day celebrations astatine their concerts connected June 19 and June 27. As galore arsenic 75 singers — 40 from the elder choir and 35 voices from the children’s choir volition contiguous a rendition of ‘Jana Gana Mana’, the National Anthem successful three-part harmony.

“The conception of choir is restricted to churches but we wanted to marque it secular truthful radical of antithetic property groups, cultures, ethnicities, and predisposition tin participate. Also, we wanted to bring successful the determination origin successful our performances,” says euphony pedagogue Ashrita Arockiam D’Souza, who co-founded the two-year-old radical with Shakila Dowsi.

Ashrita composed 3 harmonies for the National Anthem to make an immersive acquisition for the audience, who tin sing on with the musicians connected stage.

The two-hour performance spans astir antithetic genres with 16 compositions and pieces done successful the signifier of choral music. Their repertoire is wide with classics specified arsenic the Beatles, Queen and African people songs. Besides recreating the ABBA experience, the squad volition besides execute Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and popular numbers.

Their rehearsal sessions with occasional breaks person been connected since February each Sunday evening astatine the Paigah Palace successful Begumpet. “Our radical is simply a premix of amateurs and nonrecreational musicians, and everyone’s looking guardant to our performance.”

Hyderabad Voices and Junior Chorus contiguous Wings of Song connected June 19 and 27 astatine Bhaskara auditorium. Tickets priced astatine ₹250 connected Bookmyshow and astatine the venue