ORCHESTRA MAESTRO - ADRIAN GOMES all set for Comedian Philip's "TUM VHOIR AUM SOKOL" musical show
Adrian Gomes was born on 2nd September in the year 1965. His proud parents are Shri Augustine Gomes and Lilly Gomes who hail from Shirva (Manchakal) parish of Mangalore Diocese. He has a brother and 3 sisters. His wife is Anitha and they have two sons Alister and Alston by name. He learnt musical instruments during his early student days from the veteran music teacher Fr.Walter Albuquerque at Fatima Retreat House, Mangalore. Initially, he started with Accordion and gradually mastered guitar, drums, trumpet etc He played instruments in the St.Aloysius College musical band for various Aloysian programmes. When he graduated from his student life to his working career, he pursued music as a hobby in life than a profession. In course of time he had the privilege of playing musical accompaniment to renowned orchestras and performing for several great Hindi, Malayalam & Tamil screen playback singers and directors like Shri O.P.Nayyar, Dr.Smt.P.Susheela, Smt.Vasundhara Das etc both in India and in the Gulf. At present he is based in Kuwait and is a well-known figure and admired by all the linguistic communities there! Adrian's achievement's in India : 1981-1984 Adrian played trumpet for the Konkanni Musical Nites of Claud D'Souza and Eric Ozario in Mangalore. He was the trumpet player for the famous Konkanni cassette of Eric Ozario named "Rang Tarang Geet Mala", and also for the 2nd cassette of Shri Melwyn Peres. 1982-1986 he played trumpet & drums for Ashok-Charan orchestra in Mangalore. In 1992 Adrian was the trumpet player for Kalakaar & Toofan orchestra in Mumbai for a month long programme! In the Gulf : Due to his working responsibilities, Adrian's musical performances are restricted to the city of Kuwait where he is in constant and great demand. In 1995, he composed music for "Lancy's Super Konkanni Melodies" released by KCWA in Kuwait. In 1998 he played instruments for the musical show of Sangeeth Samraat Shri Henry D'Souza, Melwyn Peres and Aparna Mayekar in Kuwait. In 1999 he conducted the orchestra for the "Wilfy Nite" and lead the orchestra for the show in Kuwait. In 2002, this year, he played background music for "Dothor Damianv" drama orgranised by KCWA. He was also the conductor of the orchestra for the recent successful 'Tulu Rasamanjari Show' in Kuwait where songs in Tulu, Kannada, Konkanni, Hindi and Arabic were performed. It is an annual feature that Adrian plays keyboard & trumpet for the Nativity feast (Monti Fest) programme in Kuwait during which the local artistes display their talents of singing Konkanni songs A Tribute to the Konkanni Composers Above all, Adrian Gomes has made his debut this year in 2002 by releasing his first ever Konkanni Instrumental Audio Cassette & CD named "A tribute to the Konkanni Composers". The admirable part is, he is the only musician involved in the recording. It is a first of its kind in the field of Konkanni instrumental music. The playing and recording of the instruments is superb and perfect. To have a rich appreciation of its music, one has to only hear the cassette. The old Konkanni hits like Shirley, Ye Ye Kathrina, Mother Theresa etc are orchestrated with a lively beat and rhythm. The cassette includes many Konkanni composers. Adrian has plans to release another cassette & CD to accommodate other Konkanni composers who have not been included in his first Konkanni Instrumental Album. (Pictures & Text courtesy: www.konkandiaz.com) - Forwarded by www.goa-world.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
