cant agree with u more ! On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:38 PM, kannan kannan <revathy1...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> > > Why this man's post here in arr's domine? One who does not want even to > comment about arr, then what importance to post that here? this man's words > and especially his photo currupts this forum . That's what I feel. > > Jai ho. > -revathy- > > --- On *Thu, 26/11/09, S, Karthik <karthi...@lionbridge.com>* wrote: > > > From: S, Karthik <karthi...@lionbridge.com> > Subject: [arr] (Semi ARR) IR's interview to a Hungarian press > To: "arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com" <arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Thursday, 26 November, 2009, 1:17 PM > > > > Can’t Cross the Road the Same Way Two > Times<http://lemarietta.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/cant-cross-the-road-the-same-way-two-times/> > http://lemarietta. wordpress. com/2009/ 11/24/cant- cross-the- road-the- > same-way- > two-times/<http://lemarietta.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/cant-cross-the-road-the-same-way-two-times/> > *24Nov09* > “India and Hungary are very close to each other” Almost 900 film scores, > 5000 film songs, countless discs — a dizzy amount of work stands behind > *IlaiyaRaaja. > *The most wanted composer of the Indian film industry is a relatively > frequent guest in Hungary: as friend and as colleague, he is in touch with > several Hungarian jazz musicians, from time to time he also resorts to the > help of the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra. He has recently been to Budapest > again. Csider István Zoltán <http://cellovolde.com/>, Le > Marietta|Népszabadság<http://nol.hu/lap/kult/20091118-nincs_ket_egyforma_atkeles>| > 2009. > november 18. > <http://nol.hu/lap/kult/20091118-nincs_ket_egyforma_atkeles> > > One tries to imagine Indian film composers very rarely, but still: we had > imagined *IlaiyaRaaja *exactly like this. Bright eyes, friendly face and > the obligatory glasses. He received amicably the journalists of *Népszabadság > *in an elegant, stylish hotel room, after offering them a seat, he almost > disappeared in a giant armchair. During the conversation there was a bleak > smile on his face, even when we were asking him about his ex-disciple, the > composer to the soundtrack of *Slumdog Millionaire*, *A. R. Rahman* and > his success in Hollywood, or about Rahman at all. Smiling and correct, he > refused to answer by saying everybody can do what he’d like to do, and well, > it wouldn’t be elegant to talk about a fellow. “And anyway, would a > Hungarian journalist talk about other Hungarian journalist colleagues?”, he > asked, and it could be seen he was sure of getting a negative answer. > > Right from this saw we that IlaiyaRaaja doesn’t know the Hungarian, to a > bit extended level: the European press relations. Which is, however, a good > thing. > > The most productive composer of the Indian film industry came to Budapest > to do the post-production of his newest film score which had been recorded > in July with Miskolc Symphony Orchestra conducted by *László Kovács,* the > mixing was done at the Hungarian Radio’s studio with the help of *Dénes > Rédly,* sound engineer. But why had he chosen a Hungarian symphony > orchestra for the records? The two countries are fairly far away from each > other… > > “India and Hungary are actually very close to each other, the national > tricolors differ only in one tone of color,” he answered laughing, but then > turned to talk seriously: he thinks Hungarian musicians can compete anytime > with other countries’ artists. In his homeland there are no symphony > orchestras at all. In Chennai where he lives, there are excellent musicians > playing on strings, playing on wind instruments but they’re never organized > to one orchestra: setting up this kind of ensembles has no tradition there. > > When IlaiyaRaaja had been in Budapest around 2000, he had gotten to know > *Attila > László* jazz guitarist-composer. He had liked the compositions of László > so much that he had asked him to work together. In August, this year the > Hungarian composer traveled to Chennai with *Béla Lattman*, bassist and *János > Nagy*, pianist to play for the recording of the Indian master’s 882th film > score. > > A series of coincidences had led IlaiyaRaaja to the profession of music, > for that later his goal could be defined: once he would be music director. > When he had stepped into the field of film-making, composing had had just a > functional role in the Indian film industry, there had been far less > spiritual content, and the variety of music had had much room for > improvement, too. This probably had derived from the working method of > composers, indeed from the relations among musicians. Raaja had found > something important for him in Western music, he had started to play the > guitar, the piano and the violin, and he had been the first to use Western > instruments, indeed unknown genres in his compositions. Just to mention some > examples, pop, jazz, rock and roll, bossa nova and flamenco had gained > grounds on the Indian screen by his work. And it’s not an irrelevant feat of > arms that he had been the first Asian artist to compose a symphony for the > *London Philharmonic Orchestra*. > > Raaja said, in the beginning, if something hadn’t worked out as he had > wanted it, he had become impatient with his musicians. Afterwards, by more > and more spirituality moving into his compositions, this gradually had > disappeared. > > When asking him about the method of composing — by thinking that a work of > life like his (more than 5000 film songs and almost 900 complete film scores > are signed by his name) is a result of an effective method of composing — he > answered: composing is not a question of will or ambition for him. It > doesn’t need to be that. > > Music is born mentally, in the soul, one doesn’t think about it too much. > IlaiyaRaaja used a statuesque metaphor: when one’s crossing the street, he > never pays attention to each step, but to the goal: to get from one side to > the other. One can’t cross the road the same way two times. > ------------------------------ > *Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)* > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/> > . > > -- Cheers, Pradeepan. "All you need to do is, decide what to do with the time that is given to you !"
