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Anneta Phillip, clad in a red Kancheevaram silk saree, joined a dark glasses-wearing Rahman for a jazz number in perfect scat-singing. Three keyboardists, including Rahman and Phillip, two drummers, a violinist, guitarist and a flautist rounded out the group. At one point Rahman switched from the piano he was playing to an accordion. Rahman and his drummer also tried out a new device that played like a Wii instrument. The two musicians wore bands on their hands and as they flicked their wrists the laptop below played drums and other instruments.

Home Music Reviews. Jun 11, pm PT. By Shalini Dore Plus Icon. Shalini Dore Features News Editor shaldore. See All. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire.

Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. Mix Engineer :. Alan Meyerson. Assistant Mix Engineer :. Satoshi Naguchi.

Recording Engineer :. Michael Schubert. ProTools Engineer :. Falko Duczmal. Mastered by :. Chris Bellman and Patricia Sullivan, Hollywood. KM Music Conservatory Choir members :. Soprano :. Alto :. Tshering L. Tenor :. Bass :. KM Music Conservatory soloists :. Arun Haridas Kamath - Male soloist in Lothlorien. Executive Producers :. Project Co-ordination:. Composer's note :. I am really excited and grateful for this gesture of the Babelsberg Orchestra for doing this tour in India along with our students and kids from the KM Music Conservatory.

I am sure this will be a new experience to Indian score lovers. It will give them a great opportunity to experience and see how many people are involved in creating huge scores and create a thirst among the younger generation to become orchestral musicians. I am grateful to all the people involved in making this project a reality. Particularly, the Goethe Institute, Dr. Rahman and get concert alerts when they play near you. Be the first to know when they tour near Kassel, Germany.

Originally known by the name A. Dileep Kumar, Rahman was introduced to music at a young age by his father, a successful film musician and conductor. At age four Rahman started to learn classical piano, however by his teens had mastered the keyboard, harmonium, guitar and had a vested interest in synthesisers.

By age 11 Rahman was playing in the orchestra of M. Arjunan, followed by orchestras of M. The musician soon found a job as a session musician for film soundtracks, however before long found the process tedious and moved onto commercial jingles.

Following his conversion to Islam in , A. Dileep Kumar changed his name to Allah Rakha Rahman i. The soundtrack proved to be a colourful and genre expanding score that earned the composer three awards for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards. In Rahman scored the soundtracks for six films, and increased his workload to nine the year after.

After a number of shows across Canada, Europe and the U. R Rhamna has been a successful music producer and composer in India for a very long time; but, like most people, I only became exposed to his music through his composition for the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

On top of all his production success for films, he is also a live performer, and following the success of Slumdog Millionaire, he traveled the world to do his live performances. His Los Angeles show was at the Hollywood Bowl, which happen to be a great setting for his music.

In the middle of July the summer night was perfect, slightly crisp but warm enough to be completely comfortable. Most of the crowd was completely mixed, with people of all ages, all who were excited to experience an internationally renowned composer.

When he took to the stage he was very warmly welcomed and thanked the audience on multiple occasions for their support and presence. The show was a one for both your ears and your eyes, as he also had a number of Bollywood dancers on stage for some songs as well.

Read more. Report as inappropriate. Rahman, perhaps India's most celebrated musician of the past century has been awarded a whole host of awards including Oscars, Grammys and BAFTAs for his contribution to the world of film and television.

The musician holds a masterful knowledge of the cinematic and the dramatic and composes beautiful, spanning classical pieces of music. With an impossibly large discography where he has delved into all aspects of his multi-instrumental nature, his concerts are more about the performance as opposed to a simple gig. Playing with a sublime orchestral band, everything has been dramatised from the recordings and seems so much more grand and majestic.

The singer plays for two hours without even the slightest sign of wavering whilst he switches between singing and the huge variety of instruments he has trained to play. The audience applauds loudly for every song and after the ornate finale complete with those irresistible Bhangra influences, the crowd is on its feet as a whole to celebrate this talented musician.

However, although he is a world-renowned musician and an amazing singer, I was extremely disappointed. He barely sang any songs and if so it was with other singers. It seemed as if he was trying to make them more popular and forgot that we came for him. I came for the Hindi-Urdu songs he is famous for which were only sung on the second half of the show.