Grammy and Academy award winning composer, A. R. Rahman performed with, and was paid tribute to, by Berklee College of Music at Symphony Hall, Boston, on October 24, 2014. The repertoire for the concert spanned Mr. Rahman's illustrious discography of over 25 years. We are delighted to release all 16 pieces presented at the concert featuring 109 performers from 32 countries representing The Berklee Indian Ensemble, The Berklee World String Ensemble, and Boston University's Indian dance troupe, BU Bhangra.
This concert was produced by Annette Philip, Artistic Director of Berklee India Exchange.
Thee Thee & Malargale ft. Mohini Dey
A. R. Rahman
string arr. Shachar Ziv
Electric Bass: Mohini Dey
Electric Guitar: Prasanna
Yazhi Guo: flute, suona, dizi
Layth Al Rubaye: violin
Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: violin
Sashank Navaladi: sarod
Fares Btoush: oud
Jacy Anderson: guitar
Aleif Hamdan: guitar
Shubh Saran: guitar
David Milazzo: alto saxophone
Edmar Colon: tenor saxophone
Samuel Morrison: baritone saxophone
Josh Shpak: trumpet
Michael Wang: trombone
Annette Philip: piano
Cheng Lu: keyboard
Achal Murthy: bass
Daniel Gonzalez: electronic drum sound
Kaushlesh Purohit: tabla, percussion
Ranajoy Das: drums
Joe Galeota Jr.: percussion
Patrick Simard: drums, percussion
M.T. Aditya Srinivasan: tabla, kanjira
Vignesh Venkataraman: mridangam
Berklee World Strings Ensemble
Eugene Friesen: conductor
Na Young Baik: first violin
Sarah Hubbard: first violin
Sumaia Martins: first violin
Stefano Melillo Melendez: first violin
Kathleen Parks: first violin
Tim Reynolds: first violin
Carlos Silva: first violin
Yeji Yoon: first violin
Ludovica Burtone: second violin
Elise Boeur: second violin
Adrianna Ciccone: second violin
Sadie E. Currey: second violin
Carolyn Kendrick: second violin
Rosy Timms: second violin
Tsung-Yuan Lee: second violin
Choeun Kim: viola
Brendan Klippel: viola
Gerson Eguiguren Martinez: viola
Dan Lay: viola
John Smith: viola
Max Wolpert: viola
Steph Dye: cello
Marta Roma: cello
Keizo Yoshioka: cello
Adrian Zemor: cello
Nathaniel Sabat: bass
Matthew Witler: mandolin
Mairi Chaimbeul: harp
Allegra Cramer: harp
Ganavya Doraiswamy: dancer
Special appearance by Boston University student dancers of BU Bhangra
Arrangements
Matthew Nicholl, string arrangements, and orchestral parts preparation
Recorded live at Boston’s Symphony Hall
Rob Rose: executive producer
Tom Riley: executive producer
Annette Philip: artistic director/producer
Clint Valladares: artist relations/co producer
Mirek Vana: co producer
Dave Wentling: production manager
Steve Colby: sound engineer
Kaushlesh Purohit: audio mixing
Jonathan Wyner: audio mastering
Reggie Lofton: video producer
Thistle Communications: video production
Nicole Egidio: editor
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