>From Shekhar Kapoor's Blog
http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2009/09/in_venice_with.htm
Been
traveling so I apologize for being off line for so long. I And then,
like excercise, it is difficult to get back into a rhythm, part of
which is writing the blog. Jet lag, the avalanche of undone things, and
then the post holiday panic and guilt. Guilt ? Since when did writing
on the blog become part of something I HAVE to do. It is something that
I do because in sharing everything with the world, I find a beautiful
release.
I was in Venice to celebrate the opening of my short
film, Passage. It was a 'magical' evening as after the film was shown,
a live Venetian orchestra played Rahman's compositions from the film.
Kavita Bagila, who sang the Arias for his song was there to sing live.
She sings so effortlessly in an almost Angelic voice. Kavita is of
Indian origin, but born and brought up in California. She is currently
teaching at Rahman's new foundation for International Music in Chennai.
Rahman's compositions for the film include a new Waltz that he wrote
and recorded in about 3 days. It is a stunning composition, and people
were convinced that it was composed by an earlier Classical Master. But
no, it is from our very own 'Mozart of Madras' as the Time Magazine
called him - incidentally a name I coined in an interview to the same
magazine. Then the evening was capped by Rahman holding the audiences
completely spell bound when he played on the Piano.
David Adjay, one of the leading architects of the world and one my
best friends came too. he is currently designing the new Smithsonian in
Washington. He had inspired a lot of the Design work on the film.
But guess who came too. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev came and swept
everyone of their feet. I will write more about my conversations with
Sadhguru as we walked down the streets of Venice for hours, and talked
about the Nature of Existence, Of Shiva, and the Universe.
I will add some some images that are not quite touristy - but which I found
provocative.
Rahman fever
His Music ~ My Mother Tongue
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