Meet Our Founder
Michael Makhal (ALCM) is a Western Classical Violinist, Conductor, and Music Composer from India. He is an Associate of London College of Music – The University of West London in Music Literacy.
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At MusicLesson.In, students and tutors from different geographical backgrounds share a vibrant online community thriving with musical artistry, practical expedients, structural learning methods, also emphasizing out-of-the-box creative opportunities. Whether learning the Violin with following the Eta Cohen Violin Method program or learning the everlasting songs of ABBA as well as the Opera by Bizet and Verdi or touching the notes of Raga Hamsadhwani in Indian Hindustani Classical Vocals or on Guitar exploring the chords of ‘We Are The World’ or hammering the keys of Piano rendering the 3rd movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, students of MusicLesson.In actively pursuing their passions in the new-normal digital e-learning setting that is both challenging and emancipating.
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Maestro Ananta Makhal
Maestro Michael Makhal, founder of www.musiclesson.in belongs to a family of music educators with two generations of experience and legacy in India.
Maestro Ananta Makhal, the father of Michael Makhal, was born in Calcutta (Kolkata) in British India and passed away on 17th January 2012. He was a principal violinist, educationist, and conductor of western classical music. He was one of the most senior musicians and one of the pioneers of the Western Classical music culture of today’s India. He grew up at Oxford Mission Boarding School, Calcutta. He began learning violin under the guidance of Father Theodore Matheson, a British educationist, and administrator of his school. He later pursued his professional Western Classical Music Course (practical and theory) under the supervision of venerated violinist Mr. Stanly Gomes and acclaimed Pianist / Composer Professor John Cooper.
Maestro Ananta Makhal began his professional career during the 1960s as a violinist of the Calcutta Symphony Orchestra (C.S.O) and Conductor / Teacher of the Oxford Mission School Orchestra (O.M.S.O). He later became the soloist of the Calcutta Youth Orchestra and The Conductor of the Calcutta Chamber Orchestra. He led the second violin section as a principal violinist and represented India through Delhi Symphony Orchestra for more than three decades. He was one of the co-founders of the Oxford Mission School Orchestra, which was one of the very few school symphony orchestras in India at that time. For decades, he introduced his students to the Indian Navy Band and Delhi Symphony Orchestra. He had also been invited to lead a concert tour as a conductor with the Oxford Mission School Orchestra in several cities of the United Kingdom and had the privilege to perform at prestigious venues like St. Paul’s Cathedral, Canterbury, The Yehudi Menuhin School, Princes Margaret School, Chartwell and London B.B.C. Radio, etc. at1984. He had also led a small ensemble of orphan children from Kolkata to Vienna, Austria for a youth concert trip in 2010.
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Ananta Makhal and his students with legendary Cellist Mastislav Rostropovich at Kolkata in 1988
Ananta Makhal and his students – Concert with French Musicians
Michael Makhal – Kolkata Topper in Violin
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Our Story
It all began with a dream – Maestro Michael Makhal, had this dream to make quality music learning experience available to the music students through the e-learning platform. He dreamed of offering a platform to the talented young students and also adults, to get the opportunity of having quality music learning experience from wherever they are located. He believes: “Every can be benefited with the fruits of musical engagements and can learn music, play music, they just need to discover the musician in them.”
It is not always easy to find a qualified music maestro near our place and even in our city. But, through a adequately designed online e-learning platform it is possible to bring the maestros at the home of the student via apps like Skype and Google Hangouts. Online lessons have been proven to be a very successful method of learning music and many teachers around the world have good things to say about the same. Our platform MusicLesson.In providing such amazing opportunity to have fully interactive one-on-one online music lessons with exceptionally good maestros from India.
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Why Learn With Us?
World Class Masters
We have very well-qualified music teachers offering one-on-one online music lessons at our musiclesson.in website. Most of our teachers are Internationally known performers, have been performing globally in prestigious concerts and fests with esteemed ensembles and symphony orchestras. We have quite a few highly experienced maestros who are recognized by the International boards and institutions as educators.s.
International Examinations
We all know the value of appearing for the assessment programs of Internationals boards namely ABRSM, Trinity College, and LCM – the three most well-known institutions from the United Kingdom. Now preparing for International Examinations could not be easier. You can prepare for your Grade Exams of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music (ABRSM) or Trinity College under the guidance of a highly professional and experienced Maestros from India through our music e-learning platform musiclesson.in and become a certified Western Classical music student.
Access & Reach
The world is at your fingertips, that’s not the future anymore, it is the present times. You may not have a good music teacher in your area, but you do have a computer and internet service – online lessons eliminate the access & reach problem. You can even learn while traveling. You just need good broadband service and a computer with a good webcam and speaker.
Busy But Love Music
You want to learn music but you don’t have time during working hours? That’s a very common issue in the 21st century, but no worries, you can learn from our music teachers who is available in non-working hours. Problem solved!
User Friendly Service
We have thoughtfully created our booking system, which works like any major booking sites – choose the Maestro, dates and time, book the available slots of your choice, and start having lessons.
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founder & DIRECTOR
Michael Makhal
Michael Makhal (ALCM) is a Western Classical Violinist, Conductor and Music Composer from India. He is an Associate of London College of Music – the University of West London in Music Literacy (Music Composition). Michael is in to composing original chamber music and symphonies for reputed international orchestras, fests and artists.
CREATIVE HEAD
Sudeshna Makhal
Sudeshna Makhal is a Jewelry Designer by profession. She has been a mentor and teacher to many successful Jewelry designers. She has worked in renowned Jewelry houses and also, headed the Jewelry department of one of the most reputed fashion colleges in Hyderabad. Sudeshna is currently involved with MusicLesson.in as a creative head and also, bringing up her own jewelry brand SMJ.
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I believe, to learn Violin, Piano, Guitar, and any musical Instrument, a manual is not enough, neither a pre-recorded video, it is very important to have one-on-one lessons. This platform provides that service quite proficiently.
Suvabrata Sinha
Director, Cyber Security & Identity and Access Management at NXP Semiconductors and a passionate Violinist
Fro busy professionals like me who want to learn music, a platform like musiclesson.in can offer the flexibility to learn on my free time. It can fill a much needed gap where the learning platform adapts itself to provide the dedicated, focused time required to master a musical instrument, in a world where people are strapped for time by fast-moving lifestyle.
Hrishikesh Barua
Senior Software Engineer and Music Student
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