Mangaluru: Musician and teacher Charles Maurice Dmello of Kudupu has been selected for the International Music Day honour instituted by Mandd Sobhann in association with Sumell.
The award will be presented by Leo Rodrigues, NRI businessman and president of the Abu Dhabi Konkani Cultural Organization, at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar, on Oct 4. A self-taught musician, Dmello plays and teaches instruments including the violin, guitar, keyboard, banjo, mandolin, trumpet, saxophone and xylophone. He learnt musical notation from Fr Gilbert Gonsalves and Konkani from writers VJP Saldanha and Cha Fra D’Costa. Dmello has performed at music nights organised by Henry T D’Souza, Wilfy Rebimbus, Saturnine Moras and Konkani Natak Sabha, and composed music for Tulu plays by Vijay Kumar Kodialbail. He sang Mother Teresa’s favourite hymn during her Mangaluru visit and participated as a choir musician at the Papal Mass during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Bajpe.