Maestro to perform at a free concert in Sydney to foster goodwill after recent attacks
Maestro to perform at a free concert in Sydney to foster goodwill after recent attacksMany-splendoured music composer A R Rahman has offered a free concert as his effort to ease tensions and improve relations between India and Australia.
The concert will be held on January 16 in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney, where many expatriate Indians reside.
The Sydney Festival had already been in talks with the Oscar-winning composer of the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire to perform as part of a programme of Indian music and theatre, but Rahman suggested a free concert as a gesture of goodwill.
Generous eventLindy Hume, Sydney Festival Director, said yesterday: "I'm thrilled we're starting out with such a big, generous event that, in light of current tensions between India and Australia, will help to reflect our city as a welcoming, socially and culturally inclusive place."
Rahman won two Oscar awards for Slumdog Millionaire. He has also won a BAFTA award and a Golden Globe.
Time magazine named Rahman in the 2009 Time 100 World's Most Influential People list.
