After setting up his first western classical music conservatory in Chennai, music maestro A.R. Rahman plans to set up the second one in Kolkata. He said he would love to explore talents from West Bengal.
“The first music conservatory in India for training national musicians in western classical music will be opened at Chennai in June. The second one will follow shortly in Kolkata,” Rahman told. Speaking of Kolkata and music, Rahman said: “The city breathes refreshing music. I was thoroughly inspired by the traditional baul music while composing for ‘Mangal Pandey’. In fact, I would love to explore the new talents and music of West Bengal.
“Right now I am planning a new album. It has been 10 years after ‘Vande Mataram’ that I came up with a new one,” added Rahman who was here Thursday to shoot the season finale of Airtel Bandwagon, a television reality show promoting music bands. Rahman, who wowed his fans with melodious and soulful compositions in “Jodhaa Akbar”, also said that he would return to Kolkata with a larger-than-life concert by the end of this year. Incidentally, Rahman’s first music concert in India was held in Kolkata in February 2003.
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A.R.Rehman and his universe are one, all parts are but the various players and their instruments. The law of harmony holds all united, each slightest tone having its related sub- and overtones, its essential modulations. The universe is a temple of eternal symphonic harmony, composed of seven Tones. This is the doctrine of the Music of the Spheres, from Lemuria to Pythagoras, showing that there are seven powers of terrestrial and sublunary nature, and seven great Forces. According to this doctrine the world was itself called forth out of Chaos by Sound or Harmony, and constructed according to the principles of musical proportion. Evolution, above and below, proceeds in seven ways; these seven ways or tones are also the seven notes of the musical scale, which are the principles of Sound.
The Secret Doctrine avers that ancient peoples knew more of the secret side of music than has passed to posterity. Adept-kings and divine teachers, at periods too remote for the historian, were the first Instructors of the human family in the arts and sciences. Every ancient legend ascribes magic power to music, “the most divine and spiritual of the arts,” asserting that music is a gift and science “coming straight from the gods.” A.R.Rehman, more especially, attribute to divine revelation all the arts and sciences. But with them music stands at the head of everything else. Their Mantra Shastra has for its subject matter the force or power of letters, speech, or music in all its manifestations. Sound (tonal modulations) may be produced of such a nature that the pyramid of Cheops could be raised in the air … or a dying man be revived and filled with new energy and vigor.
Posted on February 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
a r r truly rocks…………. the thing which i in him is his soft nature and of course spirituality,thats why may be paople say that his songs are divine……..atleast we have one such great maestro in our country…….it would be good if he uses some new young talented singers ……any way….a r r …you truly rock….
Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
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