A. R. Rahman is an
Indian composer, singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist, known for redefining contemporary
Indian film music, and putting
Indian music on the global map, in a way that no other Indian composer/performer has achieved.
On
October 24, 2014,
Berklee College of Music conferred A. R. Rahman with an honorary doctor of music degree.
Berklee faculty and students paid tribute to the living legend, who joined them on select pieces in a concert celebrating his music and life at
Boston's Symphony Hall.
Mr.
Rahman's visit was a signature event under Berklee
India Exchange, a new initiative co-founded by two Indian Berklee alums,
Annette Philip (artistic director), and Clint Valladares (artist relations and strategy), as a platform for cultural conversation, through the composition, collaboration, and performance of original Indian music. Proceeds from the concert went towards a scholarship fund in Mr. Rahman's name for students from India to attend Berklee.
Berklee Indian
Ensemble and Berklee
World Strings
with special guest,
A.R. Rahman
"Yeh Jo Des
Hai Tera" (A.R. Rahman)
From the film
Swades
Annette Philip: Arranger/
Producer,
Director - Berklee Indian Ensemble
Eugene Friesen:
Conductor, Director - Berklee World Strings
Matthew Nicholl:
String arrangements,
Chair -
Contemporary Writing and
Production
Vocal Soloists
Shilpa Ananth,
Kerala, India
Dhruv Goel,
Lucknow, India
Rohith
Santosh Jayaraman,
San Jose, CA
Harini Srinivasa
Raghavan,
Chennai, India
Berklee Indian Ensemble
Choir
Shilpa Ananth, Kerala, India
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya,
New Delhi, India
Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India
Vasundhara Gupta,
Kolkata, India
Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, San Jose, CA
Harshitha Krishnan, Chennai, India
Nalini Krishnan,
Seattle, Washington
Joakim Molander,
Sørum,
Norway
Armeen
Musa,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kanika Patawari,
Antwerp, Belgium
Annette Philip, Kerala, India
Purvaa Sampath,
Bangalore, India
Ishita
Sinha:
Patna, India
Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Chennai, India
Aseem
Suri, New Delhi, India
Adriel Tjokrosaputro,
Surakarta,
Indonesia
Sanchitha Wickremesooriya,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Berklee Indian Ensemble Instrumentalists
Annette Philip: piano, Kerala, India
Cheng Lu: keyboard,
Beijing, China
Yazhi Guo: suona,
Hong Kong, China
Sashank Navaladi: sarod, New Delhi, India
Fares Btoush: oud,
Amman, Jordan
Aleif
Hamdan: electric guitar,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Shubh
Saran: electric guitar, New Delhi, India
Achal Murthy: bass,
Strassen, Luxembourg
Kaushlesh Purohit: udu drum, tabla,
Jodhpur, India
Ranajoy Das: drumset, New Delhi, India
Negah
Santos: percussion,
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Patrick Simard: octopad, percussion,
Ottowa,
Canada
Daniel Gonzalez: electronic drum sound design,
Mexico City, Mexico
Berklee World Strings
Eugene Friesen, conductor,
Los Angeles, CA
Na
Young Baik,
Violin I,
Seoul, South Korea
Carlos Felipa
Silva, Violin I,
Caracas, Venezuela
Sumaia
Martins, Violin I,
Santa Cruz, CA
Yeji Yoon, Violin I, Seoul, South Korea
Stefano Melillo Melendez, Violin I, Caracas, Venezuela
Sarah Hubbard, Violin I, Wedtfield, MA
Elise Boeur, Violin II,
Vancouver, Canada
Adrianna Ciccone, Violin II,
Timmins, Canada
Sadie E. Currey, Violin II,
Columbia, MO
Carolyn Kendrick, Violin II,
Stockton, CA
Rosy Timms, Violin II,
Adelaide, Australia
Tsung-Yuan Lee, Violin II,
Taipei, Taiwan
Max Wolpert,
Viola,
Crookston, MN
John Smith, Viola,
Augusta, GA
Brendan Klippel, Viola,
Queensbury, NY
Gerson Eguiguren
Martinez, Viola,
Quito, Ecuador
Marta Roma,
Cello, Cantonigros,
Spain
Adrian Zemor, Cello,
New York City, NY
Keizo
Yoshioka, Cello,
Hopedale, MA
Steph Dye, Cello,
St. Louis, MO
Nathaniel Sabat,
Double bass,
New York, NY
Victor Manuel Gonzalez Quezada: Double bass,
Rancagua, Chile
Allegra
Cramer,
Harp,
Gold Coast, Australia
Recorded live at Berklee College of Music Studios: Shames
Family Scoring Stage (
Studio 1) and
The Ark (
Studio 2)
Alejandro Rodriguez: recording engineer
Simon Katz: assistant recording engineer, mixing engineer
Matthew Larson: assistant engineer
Taylor Marvin: assistant engineer
McKain Webb-Lakey: assistant
Teo Karakolev: videographer, editor
Kevin Greene: videographer
Sam Harchik: videographer
Jonathan Williams: additional footage
Mastered by M
Works Studios
Jonathan Wyner: engineer
Berklee India Exchange Co
Founders
Clint Valladares and Annette Philip
- published: 11 Mar 2015
- views: 2222209