Update from Pesaro, Italy

Dearest Friends,

I hope this finds you well.

This might be old news to some of you, but I just wanted to share that I spent most of my last week in Pesaro, Italy which is the birthplace of the great 'Bel Canto’ composer Gioachino Rossini. I was there competing in the ‘Canto Lirico’ (singing) category of the annual ‘City of Pesaro’ music competition.

I am happy to announce that I won my category and this automatically qualified me as a finalist for the other major award, the ‘Rossini International’ where I competed alongside another singer, a pianist, a flautist and a mandolinist. In this I was a joint winner with the pianist which made me very happy yet again.

The following day all the winners from their respective categories gave one final performance to compete for the overall ‘Heart of Pesaro’ prize and trophy which I am happy to say, I also won!!

It has been a truly incredible week for me and I wanted to share some of these moments with you.

Thank you yet again for all your support and best wishes; it’s what keeps me going!!

Warmest regards

Shanul