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Taking a bow since 1962
Updated On: 14 September, 2019 08:59 AM IST | | Dalreen Ramos
Having turned 90 last month, violin virtuoso Jini Dinshaw talks about nurturing a legacy of western classical music through the city's longest-running orchestra and why music shouldnu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099t be political
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Jini Dinshaw. Pics/ Atul kamble
Jini Dinshaw celebrated her 90th birthday on August 9 during an orchestral rehearsal. It was all in a day's work and she laughs about it. Four weeks later, the Bombay Chamber Orchestra (BCO) opened to a full house at the Sophia Bhabha Auditorium. Dinshaw, founder of the BCO, received a huge round of applause and was called on stage. At 90, she was bowing the viola smoothly, resting it on her left forearm. That wasn't her position until two years ago, when she suffered a stroke. As a violinist, the viola another stringed instrument which is relatively lightweight, kept her going.
For as long as she can remember, Dinshaw always had a great love for music: she used to play the mandolin by ear. Her parents, though, wanted her to become a doctor and so, she was admitted to St Xavier's College to study science. She left for England in a year to study music.
Unfortunately, no college would accept beginners.
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