Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain’s beats set to dance by famous choreographer Alonzo King in their joint creation “Rasa” promises to mesmerise crowds at the Edinburgh International Festival this month.

The hour-long creation is King’s third collaboration with Grammy Award-winning Hussain, who will perform live on stage at the festival with singer and violinist Kala Ramnath. Read the rest of this entry »

While the country and entire Bollywood music industry is celebrating the achievement of A R Rahman and his prestigious Grammy Awards another Grammy Award winner Indian Viswa Mohan Bhatt celebrated it in Delhi in a different style. He performed his Mohan Veena at the auditorium of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). His classical presentation started at IIMC started in the evening with his Mohan Veena and mesmerized audience.
Mohan Veena, a kind of slide guitar, is his innovation. With his efforts he has made it a part of Indian classical music. He had won the Grammy Award in 1994.

Noted music composer A R Rahman has won two Grammy Awards at Los Angeles. With this Rahman has been included in the list of elite Indians of prestigious Grammy Award winners. It is notable that Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, guitarist Vishva Mohan Bhatt and tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain are among the other Indians who have won Grammy Award.

A R Rahman received awards for best soundtrack and best film song ‘Jai ho’ Slumdog Millionaire. The movie has already won several awards including prestigious Oscar Awards.