A. R. Rahman Meets Berklee - Vande Mataram (16 of 16)
Grammy and Academy award winning composer, A. R. Rahman performed with, and was paid tribute to, by Berklee College of Music at Symphony Hall, Boston, on October 24, 2014. The repertoire for the concert spanned Mr. Rahman's illustrious discography of over 25 years. We are delighted to release all 16 pieces presented at the concert featuring 109 performers from 32 countries representing The Berklee Indian Ensemble, The Berklee World String Ensemble, and Boston University's Indian dance troupe, BU Bhangra. This concert was produced by Annette Philip, Artistic Director of Berklee India Exchange.Vande MataramJadunath Bhattacharya & A. R. Rahmanarr. Berklee Indian Ensemblestring arr. Eva GertzVocals: A. R. RahmanSoloists: Yazhi Guo, Sashank Navaladi, Layth Sidiq, Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Rohith JayaramanPerformers: Berklee Indian EnsembleAnnette Philip: directorShilpa Ananth: vocalsSanjeeta Bhattacharya: vocalsDhruv Goel: vocalsVasundhara Gupta: vocalsRohith Jayaraman: vocalsHarshitha Krishnan: vocalsNalini Krishnan: vocalsJoakim Molander: vocalsArmeen Musa: vocalsKanika Patawari: vocalsPurvaa Sampath: vocalsIshita Sinha: vocalsHarini Srinivasa Raghavan: vocalsAseem Suri: vocalsAdriel Tjokrosaputro: vocalsSanchitha Wickremesooriya: vocalsTrinayan Baruah: vocalsSalil Bhayani: vocalsMalavika Das: vocalsAva Dudani: vocalsNicolas Emden: vocalsChristopher Kazarian: vocalsAnnalisa Lombardo: vocalsMalwina Masternak: vocalsWambura Mitaru: vocalsZoya Mohan: vocalsPaola Munda: vocalsLydia Renold: vocalsGretchen Schadebrodt: vocalsAshwin Shenoy: vocalsSahana Simha: vocalsPankhuri Singhal: vocalsChantal Tribble: vocalsMcKain Webb-Lakey: vocalsYazhi Guo: flute, suona, diziLayth Al Rubaye: violinHarini Srinivasa Raghavan: violinSashank Navaladi: sarodFares Btoush: oudJacy Anderson: guitarAleif Hamdan: guitarShubh Saran: guitarDavid Milazzo: alto saxophoneEdmar Colon: tenor saxophoneSamuel Morrison: baritone saxophoneJosh Shpak: trumpetMichael Wang: tromboneAnnette Philip: pianoCheng Lu: keyboardAchal Murthy: bassDaniel Gonzalez: electronic drum soundKaushlesh Purohit: tabla, percussionRanajoy Das: drumsJoe Galeota Jr.: percussionPatrick Simard: drums, percussionM.T. Aditya Srinivasan: tabla, kanjiraVignesh Venkataraman: mridangamBerklee World Strings EnsembleEugene Friesen: conductorNa Young Baik: first violinSarah Hubbard: first violinSumaia Martins: first violinStefano Melillo Melendez: first violinKathleen Parks: first violinTim Reynolds: first violinCarlos Silva: first violinYeji Yoon: first violinLudovica Burtone: second violinElise Boeur: second violinAdrianna Ciccone: second violinSadie E. Currey: second violinCarolyn Kendrick: second violinRosy Timms: second violinTsung-Yuan Lee: second violinChoeun Kim: violaBrendan Klippel: violaGerson Eguiguren Martinez: violaDan Lay: violaJohn Smith: violaMax Wolpert: violaSteph Dye: celloMarta Roma: celloKeizo Yoshioka: celloAdrian Zemor: celloNathaniel Sabat: bassMatthew Witler: mandolinMairi Chaimbeul: harpAllegra Cramer: harpGanavya Doraiswamy: dancerSpecial appearance by Boston University student dancers of BU Bhangra ArrangementsMatthew Nicholl, string arrangements, and orchestral parts preparation Recorded live at Boston’s Symphony HallRob Rose: executive producerTom Riley: executive producerAnnette Philip: artistic director/producerClint Valladares: artist relations/co producerMirek Vana: co producerDave Wentling: production managerSteve Colby: sound engineerKaushlesh Purohit: audio mixingJonathan Wyner: audio masteringReggie Lofton: video producerThistle Communications: video productionNicole Egidio: editor For more information on Berklee India Exchange, please visit berklee.edu/india #berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic