the consulate general of italy in kolkata and musicea international music examinations board in association with indian council for cultural relations iccr are presenting a weeklong kolkata tour of the famous european musicians angela papale and fabio marra from october 22 to 26 highlights of the tour is an italianopera concert at iccr on october 24 titled loperaitaliana la grande stagione del melodramma which means italianopera the great season of melodramabesides the concert both the artistes will present a series of free vocal and piano masterclasses and workshops between october 2226 at the academy for musical excellence and musicea centres at tollygunge and kasba students and teachers from west bengal meghalaya assam and all the eastern and northeastern states are expected to attend the toursurendranath majumdar musicea chief executive asia is organising the tour speaking of it surendranath said diplomats from different countries and celebrities from the music fraternity will witness the grandest western music concert of this season in kolkata through the initiatives i am trying to empower music educators in india and reach out to all with affordable and wellstructured music education the india tour of fabio marra will strengthen the initiatives and in future more indian students will get opportunities to study music at the best foreign universitiesthe concert at iccr will feature operas of some of the greatest italian composers like g verdi g pucinni p mascagni and fp tosti post the opera high scorers of musicea international music examinations board summer exam will receive their diplomas from damianofrancovigh consul general of italy kolkata and fabio marra the musical evening will conclude with a chorus performance by the students of academy for musical excellence