Ace conductor of Paranjoti Choir Coomi Wadia wins the PadmaShri Award

#coomiwadia #padmashri #paranjotichoir A Long Overdue Recognition & Award ! India’s foremost Choral and Orchestral Conductor, Mrs Coomi Wadia, (also one of the senior most, and most respected Choral & Orchestral Conductors in the world today), has been conferred the Prestigious National Padma Shri for 2023, for her outstanding contribution in Western Choral & Classical Music.

(Mrs Coomi Wadia is probably the second Indian Choral Conductor to be conferred this high National Award. The late Handel Manuel, Choral Conductor of Chennai, was conferred the Padma Sri, way back in 1983.) A Pride and Inspiration for India and a Pride for the Choral Fraternity in India ! Mrs Coomi Wadia, was the protégé of the Maestro, Victor Paranjoti, who is considered to be the greatest Choral & Orchestral Conductor ever to come out of Asia. (Victor Paranjoti hailed from the village of Kudankulam, in the southern end of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu). After Victor Paranjoti’s sudden demise, from a heart-attack in 1967, the young Mrs Coomi Wadia, took over the conducting of The Paranjoti Academy Chorus. Under Mrs Coomi Wadia’s Choral Leadership, the Paranjoti Choir, Mumbai, India’s foremost Choral Entity, has won accolades the world over, and is still a towering beacon of Choral Excellence ! #PadmashreeAwardee #CoomiWadia #ParanjotiChoir A true perfectionist, Mrs Coomi Wadia, spends long gruelling hours in rehearsal, perfecting tones and vocal and orchestral blending, etc. And keeping to her highest standards, she always conducts a public performance, attired in a Saree ! And at 87 years, Mrs Coomi Wadia is still going strong as ever !