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SPOTLIGHT ON... Anita Datta – British-Asian Conductor, Composer, Organist and Soprano

Picture credit Vivienne Sarky Anita, what inspired you to start learning the organ, and what support and guidance did you receive? Aged 14, I was thrown onto the Hammond drawbar organ at my mum’s church when another organist failed to show up one day. Mum’s church didn’t have a resident organist or choral tradition, so I was ignorant of Anglican church music culture and other opportunities until a local vicar helped me gain lessons through an RSCM scholarship scheme. A chance