k y m a • t w e a k y — the kyma collective

Photo by Lippold Haken

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In his Chennai studio, Rahman used Kyma to design ghostly effects for his hauntingly obsessive score for Bombil and Beatrice, a tale of star-crossed lovers whose love survives 100 years, death, and reincarnation. "Bombil and Beatrice" was recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

NOTE: AR Rahman's laptop has gone missing on a flight from Washington DC to London Heathrow on Monday night. The laptop contains ongoing projects and several compositions in various stages of completion and represents many many hours of work. The composer is understandably eager to retrieve these compositions. Please help put the word out.

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Carnatic Keyboard
Concert: 09 Jun 2007 -- 8:00 PM
Presented by: AllahrakkaRahman
Public:
Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago -- USA
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A R Rahman, award-winning composer/vocalist/keyboardist, played to sold-out arenas in North America this summer with his 3rd Dimension Tour, a 3.5 hour show performed in three languages and demonstrating the composer's mastery of a broad range of musical styles. Audiences in Chicago and Toronto were treated to a tantalizing glimpse of something new when Rahman performed a short solo of Carnatic music on Continuum fingerboard (controlling Kyma). Rahman, who is classically trained in both Carnatic and western musical traditions said that, as a child, he loved playing the keyboard but at the same time he found it frustrating not to be able to produce the microtonal tuning and ornaments of Indian classical music on a standard 12-tone keyboard. His dream is to inspire kids to continue the classical tradition by combining the world of digital audio with that of classical Carnatic music.

Discussion (Eyewitness reports, descriptions, discussion):

NOTE: AR Rahman's laptop has gone missing on a flight from Washington DC to London Heathrow on Monday night. The laptop contains ongoing projects and several compositions in various stages of completion and represents many many hours of work. The composer is understandably eager to retrieve these compositions. Please help put the word out.

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