DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST : Bollywood and Beyond -100 Years of Indian Cinema

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Tihai (right)PHOTO: Sephen Skolk.

By our reporter

Melbourne: In a unique and ground-breaking project, a first for the Darebin Music Feast, and Australia, Tihai3 presents a Bollywood retrospective at the Darebin Music Feast 2013.
Tihai3 have teamed up with musicians from the Preston Symphony Orchestra to present a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Indian Cinema, with a showcase performance of music from that 100 years of film.
Tihai3 will begin the evening with live accompaniment to surviving footage from the silent film Raja Harish Chandra (1913) by the pioneer of Indian cinema, Phalke.
Rising stars, brother and sister duo Samrakshana and Keshav Ramachandran will captivate the audience with film songs from the 1950s to present, to the accompaniment of a 20 piece ensemble.
Tihai3 is known to Melbourne audiences for their performances of Hindustani classical music. Girish Makwana, tabla player, Sabyasatchi Bhattacharya, sarod, Nicolas Buff, saxophone have immersed themselves in the classical music traditions of Northern India. Sabyasatchi is also trained in Western guitar. Nicolas completed his degree in Western music after taking up a scholarship to study in India. His ragas on saxophone offer the group a particularly unusual element. Girish studied Western music in Sydney before coming to Melbourne. For the past six years, they have presented elegant and beautiful concerts of Indian music for Darebin Music Feast. They have collaborated with well known artists from different, complementary, genres, including South Indian Carnatic musicians and Western cellist, Emma Ayers.
This year’s concert which involves a major collaboration with members of the Preston Symphony Orchestra is the realisation of a plan that has been slowly percolating for the past three years. Tihai3’s transcriptions of the Bollywood soundtracks give Western musicians a chance to acquaint themselves with and perform that music. This new collaboration is a very exciting cross cultural art project. In addition it provides a marvellous showcase opportunity for young singers, brother and sister duo Sam and Keshav to perform before a new audience.
Founded in 1950, Preston Symphony Orchestra in the City of Darebin plays an annual program of Western classical music. The Orchestra is a very significant artistic contributor in the City. They run an annual Youth Concerto Competition, designed to give young musicians an opportunity to play with a symphony orchestra. Mario Dobernig, the current conductor is a highly acclaimed Austrian percussionist and conductor and a specialist in Avant Garde music.
PROGRAM DETAILS:
EVENT: Bollywood and Beyond DATE: 28th September at 8pm ADDRESS: Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote (Main Hall) CONTACT: therese@boite.com.au; 9417 3550; 0427 773553 BOOKINGS: www.northcotetownhall.com.au
Event supported by the City of Darebin and The Boite.

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Neeraj Nanda

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