Nevada
(ANI):
Oscar
winner
musician
A.R.
Rahman
will
headline
the
world
famous
“Sydney
Festival
2010" in
Australia
on
January
16.
Rahman"s
two-and-a-half
hour
free
and
exclusive
music-dance
performance
will
also
see
over
40
Bollywood
dancers,
singers,
and
musicians
at
outdoor
Parramatta
Park
near
Sydney,
starting
7-30
pm.
Festival
website
says
about
Rahman:
“Sydney
Festival
is
proud
to
celebrate
this
inspiring
and
multidimensional
artist".
New
South
Wales
Premier
and
Festival
President
Nathan
Rees
reportedly
described
Rahman
as
“without
doubt
one
of
the
world"s
great
talents".
Acclaimed
Indo-American
statesman
Rajan
Zed
has
applauded
Rahman
for
creating
a
bridge
between
the
music
of
east
and
west
and
for
strengthening
the
worldwide
market
and
stature
of
Indian
music.
Forty-three
Rajasthani
musicians
from
India
will
also
stage
during
this
Festival
“The
Manganiyar
Seduction" concert
in
a
whimsical
custom-built
'magic
box".
Directed
by
Roysten
Abel,
the
repertoire
ranges
from
ballads
about
kings
to
mystics
written
Sufi
songs
and
songs
marking
marriage-birth-feasts-rains;
and
the
ensemble
spans
three
generations.
Showing
multi-cultural
Australia,
Festival
First
Night
will
include
music-dance
performances
by
“Bobby
Singh
&
Friends",
including
Australia"s
leading
table
player
Bobby
Singh,
Sarangan
Sriranganathan,
The
Bollywood
Sensations,
Rasa
Duende,
etc.