The Bombay Chamber Orchestra
Musicians of the BCO
including guest conductors, soloists, and partner groups
The Bombay Chamber Orchestra consists of highly dedicated part-time and full-time musicians with a variety of professions, who come together every week to pursue their shared passion for Western Classical music. We encourage music students to attend rehearsals and participate in the concerts as well.
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The BCO rehearses every Sunday morning and typically performs four concerts a year. Around a fortnight prior to each concert, we hold daily rehearsals, which are early in the morning so that the musicians can attend to their academic and professional commitments during the rest of the day.
In addition to our regular members in Mumbai, the orchestra engages guest musicians from other cities and countries for each concert, depending upon the instrumentation needed - in particular, brass, wind, viola, and double-bass players can be hard to find. We invite conductors and soloists from all over the world to participate - you can see their names listed below.
Orchestra Members
VIOLIN
Gia Alvares
Silvia Baptista
Rahael Braganza
Zubin Behram-Kamdin
Gisela Carvalho
Brinstan D'cruz
Tolentino D’cruz
Ishani Dhukle
Freddy Dinshaw
Apphia D'souza
Alannah Fernandes
Cara Fernandes
Clinton Fernandes
Nigel Fernandes
Josh Henriques
Aarefa Johari
Sagar Kamble
David Menezes
Errol Monserrate
Poonam Moodambail
Amanda Moraes
Payandeh Morris
Ron Pereira
Edsel Pereira
Anish Sharma
Saee Tatke
Kiara Thakur
Ayesha Vakil
VIOLA
Jini Dinshaw
Naomi D’souza
Sheldon Fernandes
Anand Lobo
Sushil Melville
Shalom Palkhivala
Aloise Saldanha
CELLO
Sherna Doongaji
Athena Henriques
Bianca Mendonca
Sweta Narsale
Keya Noronha
Vian Pereira
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DOUBLE BASS
Kenneth D’souza
Gaspar D’souza
Satyaki Ghosh
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FLUTE
Melisa Diniz
Saanya Kedia
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OBOE
Yosman Bapat-Dhar
Shalom Palkhivala
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CLARINET
Bimal Chatterjee
Alaric Diniz
Shihan Palkhivala
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BASSOON
Arkin Diniz
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TRUMPET
Aslam Sayyed
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FRENCH HORN
Gautam Sawant
B. P. Vijayan
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PERCUSSION
Bomi Billimoria
Aldrin Fernandes
Sumit Narsale
Sharon Noronha
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KEYBOARD
Ayesha Daruwala
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Guest conductors
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Christopher Adey
Kemal Akcag
Ramiro Arista
Patrick Bailey
Ernavaz Bharucha
Leon Bosch
Joachim Buehler
Mathew Bugg
Robert Canetti
Jacques Cohen
Tamas Csurgo
Charles Darden
Lalanath De Silva
Hermann Dechant
Jini Dinshaw
Michael Fage
Santiago Lucardi Girelli
Jonathan Govias
George Hadjinikos
Ernest Hoetzl
Johannes Jansonn
Ksenia Jarko
Nicholas Jenkins
Orlando Jopling
Fusao Kajima
Bijan Khadem-Missagh
Vahid Khadem-Missagh
H J Koellreutter
Françoise Legrand
Natalia Luis-Bassa
Philip Mackenzie
George Matthew
Jean Meylan
Michael Mott
David Murphy
Timothy Murray
Brian Northcott
Christopher O'Reilly
Paul Olefsky
Stephen Potts
Uwe Renz
Gregory Rose
Robert Ryker
Paul Peter Spiering
Johannes Steinwender
Neil Thomson
Hugo Ticciati
Bramwell Tovey
George Trautwein
Celia Paige Vickery
Coomi Wadia
Antonio Joy Wilson
Joe Yamaji
Emanuel Young
Sam Zebba
Jörg Zwicker
Dr Parvez
Nagel
Subbaraman
Vishwanath
Soloists
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BASSOON
Gregory Cukrov
CELLO
Christopher Hink
Stephen Framil
Hamid Kazerani
CLARINET
Swami Bodhisattva
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DOUBLE BASS
Leon Bosch
Peter Herwig
FLUTE
Nandin Baker
Dilshad Billimoria Posnock
Irmela Bossler
H. J. Koellreutt
GUITAR
Paul Galbraith
ORGAN
Daniel Bosshard
Edgar Krapp
PERCUSSION
Brady Harrison
PIANO
Arkady Aranov
Melisande Chevaux
Irina Chkourindina
Tünde Csoba
John Davis
Margit Haider Dechant
Christina Donkin
Danny Driver
Marialena Fernandes
Piotr Folkart
Dorel Golan
George Hadjinikos
Caroline Haffner
Peter Hammel
Mehroo Jeejeebhoy
Rumi Kapadia
Bernard Kestner
Kwang-Wu Kim
Detlaf Kraus
Piers Lane
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VIOLIN
Farhad Billimoria
Christian Bor
Augustin Bourdon
Thomas Brandis
Raymond Cohen
Ralph D’Souza
Nauzer Daruwalla
Christianne Edinger
Robert Gupta
Werner Hink
Nigel Kennedy
Bijan Khadem-Missagh
Vahid Khadem-Missagh
Hadar Rimon
Thomas Hans Schrott
Hugo Ticciati
VOICE
Situ Singh-Beuhler (Soprano)
Natasha Colaco (Soprano)
Bernard Gory (Tenor)
Rolf Hagen (Tenor)
Martin Hummel (Baritone)
Chul Young Hur (Tenor)
Alan Keyes (Tenor)
Margaritta Schaak Koellreutter (Soprano)
Partner groups
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Cantata Choir
Cathedral Choir
Living Voices
Paranjoti Academy Chorus
Hokansson Trio
Verdehr Trio
Junge Philharmonic Brandenburg
O/MODÓ˜RNT Chamber
Orchestra (Sweden)
Sadler's Wells Ballet Company
Viennese Light Opera Company