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Forerunner to a world university?
'If music be the food of love, play on', said the bard.. . The
music wizard of India A R Rahman has decided to play on. This
music Director and Composer is taking a new role, that of a
Founder and Principal of a Music Conservatory, KM. He declines
to clarify as to what these two alphabets stood for. He simply
says this close to his heart. For him music is the passion
flowing endlessly from his heart.
India has been, from time immemorial, the nurturing home of
music. However, we are inward looking. The time has now come for
us to open up. Already, Musicians like Dr L Subramaniam have
been deeply involved in fusion music – an amalgam of Indian and
Western music. A new form of music is already evolving in the
world arena. It is a pity that we don't have a
symphony orchestra at home. Rehmans and Ilayarajas are compelled
to go abroad to create orchestras of high quality. When the
world is shrinking and music is becoming more and more universal
– universal in its appeal across cultures, in its language, in
melody, in harmony, in rhythm, we have to boost the level of
musical proficiency which the emerging wider culture demands.
Let's hope that A R Rahman's KM Music
conservatory will substantially contribute to this end and who
knows it might be a percusser toa World University. Let's wait
to listen to that new melody. After all, Heard melodies are
sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
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