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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Posted on April 29, 2021
All Classical Portland’s diverse playlist includes music by Asian/Pacific American composers and musicians all year round. During the month of May, we are recognizing Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by celebrating some of the most extraordinary contributions to classical music by Asian/Pacific American composers.
Read on for some of the highlights you’ll hear this month when you tune in at 89.9FM in Portland or listen online at allclassical.org.
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Guest Host Ed Goldberg will celebrate
Sunday Brunch on May 2nd with the traditional Chinese song “Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River” played by Lang Lang and Fan Wei as well as favorites by Nkeiru Okoye and Sicong Ma.
Remembering Manoj Das, One of India s Most Treasured Bilingual Writers
The author, who won multiple awards, had equal command over English and Odia.
Manoj Das. Photo: Twitter/@VPSecretariat
Books28/Apr/2021
Bhubaneswar: Manoj Das, who breathed his last at a nursing home in Puducherry on Tuesday at the age of 87, was one of the best storytellers of our time.
Among the few bilingual writers of the country Das, who was predeceased by his wife Pratigyan Devi, also an author, had equal command over English and Odia. His large body of work comprising short stories and novels reflect his deep humanism and blend human emotions with spiritual and psychic elements with dexterity.
Paying tribute to the legendary Odia and English writer Manoj Das, who passed away on April 27 in Puducherry due to age-related ailments, the Kalinga Literary Festival has named its Mystic Kalinga Award and Mystic India Festival Lifetime .