The enigma of
Edward Elgar

Actor and pianist Ratnadhya has written and performed a number of acclaimed one-man shows about key moments in the lives of composers such as Chopin, Schubert and Rachmaninov, in all of which he has integrated the music that emerged from these critical events into the action. Indeed he first came to the Bristol Buddhist Centre with performances of these shows, as his contribution to fund-raising efforts and to raising the profile of the Arts within Triratna.

‘The Enigma of Edward Elgar’ is the latest of these dramas and the first in which he has portrayed a British composer, one whose music, and the enigmatic character reflected in it, have long fascinated him.  A drama about friendship as much as music and how Elgar depicted his friends in his music in the so-called ‘Enigma Variations’, a work that broke new ground and established his reputation as one of the greatest of British composers.