Notes on Music

CIVILIAN AWARD FOR MUSICIAN: Music director A.R. Rahman (R) receives the Padma Bhushan from President Pratibha Patil (L) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on March 31. A.R. Rahman is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician, and singer who is one of the world's all-time top-selling recording artists. He has won a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, and two Academy Awards. The Padma Bhushan is awarded to Indian civilians for their distinguished service to the nation in any field. (Sipra Das/India Today Group/Getty Images)

SORBIAN SONGS: The Schleifer Kantorki singing group performs Sorbian songs at the annual Easter egg market in Schleife, Germany. Sorbians are a Slavic minority in eastern Germany and many still speak Sorbian, a language closely related to Polish and Czech (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

VISITING JUILLIARD: Members of Juilliard School of Music present manuscripts of 'La flute enchantee' from Mozart and another one from Beethoven to French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) during her visit to the Juilliard School on March 29. She is travelling with her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on a two-day visit in the United States. (Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images)