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A.R. Rahman To Set Up Music Conservatory
CHENNAI, March 20: Music director A.R. Rahman is setting up
a music conservatory.
Called KM (Kosmic Music) Conservatory, it is coming up near
his studio at Kodambakkam in Chennai.
Rahman is planning to rope in a number of stalwarts to train
aspiring musicians, including vocalists and instrumental musicians.
Determined to weave a symphony among music, technology and culture,
Rahman said, “We want our Hindustani and Carnatic musicians
to be able to read Western notations and adapt to playing with
other musicians.”
"It is not just playing the violin. It is the musicality
that students are going to gain. They can use that (training)
in different ways so that they can become music producers or
music editors. The content has grown so much—so many music
channels are there and so many movies are being made. These
talents are definitely going to complement all of them,”
he said.
Vendy Paar (violin trainer), Pushkar (composer-cum-conductor),
violin maestro L. Subramaniam (honorary adviser), Gulam Mustafa
Khan (Hindustani vocalist), Randel Giles (composer from the
U.S.), Lendis Lav (violinist from Czechoslovakia), Srinivas
Krishnan (professor) and Murtaza Khan will form part of the
conservatory.
The conservatory will start its first batch in June 2008 and
will accommodate 150 students in each batch.
The courses includes a part-time two-times-a-week preparatory
programme for anyone with no age limit; a foundation course
for beginners and a two-year diploma course for advanced study
after the foundation course.
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