A.R. Rahman, British university join hands
Posted by SRINU GUNTURU | | Posted On Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Indian Music maestro A.R. Rahman's Chennai-based KM Music Conservatory has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Britain's Middlesex University to conduct a programme focusing on blending Asian and Western music, said a press statement released on Thursday. Middlesex University, which offers programmes in music composition, music management, music performance, and jazz and popular music, may also look at opportunities to provide a collaborative three-year music programme. Rahman, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the university, described the collaboration as a great bridge between Indian and Western music. Meanwhile, A.R. Rahman will conduct a peace concert in January 2010 at Parramatta Park in Sydney, Australia, where many Indian students have been targets of alleged racial attacks, a press statement said on Thursday. The Oscar winning composer said the concert will be an attempt to 'reunite culturally and spiritually' in view of the racial bad vibes.
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