Just when you thought A.R.Rahman probably has every possible honour and award to his name, comes yet another special achievement for the legendary singer and music composer.
The German Film Orchestra Babelsberg is all set to perform hits of A.R.Rahman, in a five city concert tour presented by Lapp India. The extravaganza will for the first time, showcase over a hundred orchestral musicians as they perform live in India as part of the collaborative celebration titled 'Germany and India 2011-2012:Infinite Opportunities'.
From Roja to Robot, the 100 member strong musical alliance between the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg and students of the Rahman's KM Music Conservatory, Chennai, will perform orchestral sweeps composed by A R Rahman for Bombay, Swades, The Golden Age and many more.
Commenting on this unique initiative, A R Rahman said, "I am really excited and grateful for this gesture of the Babelsberg Orchestra for doing this tour in India along with our students from the KM Music Conservatory. I'm 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."
Commenting on this one-of-a-kind association, Dr. Marla Stukenberg, Director, Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai said, "We are very grateful to musical maestro A. R. Rahman for accepting our invitation to collaborate with the renowned German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. It is for the first time that a Western classical orchestra comes to India to perform A. R. Rahman's compositions in his home country. The tour of the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg to India in January 2012 pays tribute to the rich cultural collaboration between Germany and India and opens a new chapter in the area of musical relations between the two countries. I am sure fans of A. R. Rahman will enjoy this different experience of a classical orchestra from Germany performing to his
scores, signifying truly that music has no boundaries."
Klaus-Peter Beyer, Director of the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, said, "As a musician, I have had the opportunity to travel to many countries and most of the continents on this planet. The music that we played formed an inherent part of us. It was European, influenced by composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms. A peculiar sort of fascination grew through the juxtaposition of visual and mental images I formed of these new lands, and the familiar music that accompanied me wherever I went. I was immediately enthralled when Max Mueller Bhavan developed the idea of German Film Orchestra Babelsberg interpreting the music of A. R. Rahman in India. Except for documentaries and films reinforcing age-old clichés, I knew next to nothing about this subcontinent. All this changed dramatically when I visited this wonderful country for the first time in September 2011. I had brought with me the recording of our first rehearsal. It contained a few selected pieces from A.R. Rahman`s music. For the first time everything that I saw, felt and perceived was symbiotically connected with music. A. R. writes not just the sound track for films, he composes the sound track for an entire country and thus describes what is most beautiful and precious in this country - its people."
The concerts are scheduled to take place in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore on 20th, 22nd, 24th, 26th and 29th January respectively.
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