the bangalore school of music bsm is curating a nationallevel tribute for lifetime achievement grammy awardwinning british guitarist julian bream who passed away last month being organised in association with calcutta classical guitar society the online event will be attended by several students from across the countryspeaking about the online premiere of this tribute jagadeesh mr director of operations at bsm says julian is quite wellknown among classical guitarists for nearly 50 years he has been the father of classical music and has done a lot to promote the western classical guitar he passed in august this year it was heartbreaking to lose someone like him so i thought why not plan a tribute for him we eventually collaborated with calcutta classical guitar society and now we have students from eight states taking part in this tribute performancethere are participants from nine guitar societies as well including bsm who will perform at this nationallevel tribute the calcutta school of music delhi school of music nagaland classical guitar society the school of classical guitar shillong manipur classical guitar society pune guitar society and km music conservatory chennai are among the participating guitar societiesschoolskeeping in mind the current pandemic most students have been attending online classes so the participating students will record their portions and send them to us which we will then edit and premiere the video online on september 27 julian was very fond of india so it is fitting to have tribute to him audiences can expect fantastic guitar pieces from passionate students at this event sums up jagadeesh