Music
maestro
AR
Rahman
on
Thursday
(May
19th)
presented
three
students
with
scholarships
named
after
him
to
study
at
the
popular
Berklee
College
of
Music.
"I
think
it's
a
new
beginning
for
many
things
to
follow.
I've
always
been
wondering
why
is
it
so
difficult
to
learn
Western
music
here.
So
by
this
initiative
many
doors
are
going
to
open,
many
musical
leaders
being
born
who
can
put
the
knowledge
of
Western
music
and
the
whole
infrastructure
could
even
spread
the
Indian
music
to
a
wider
extent.
I
hope
it
expands
amazingly
well," he
said
at
the
event.
The
Berklee
College
of
Music,
in
operation
for
70
years
now,
had
awarded
Rahman
a
honorary
doctorate
in
2014.
Rahman
had
even
performed
at
a
concert
for
the
institute
after
which
this
particular
scholarship
was
named
after
him.
Three
students
-
one
each
from
Assam,
Uttarakhand
and
New
Delhi
-
were
awarded
the
AR
Rahman
Scholarship.
About
the
scholarships,
Rahman
said:
"Knowledge
can
change
everything.
These
three
going
there
and
coming
back
with
so
much
knowledge,
not
only
in
music,
but
culture
and
your
minds
will
get
opened.
Hopefully
they'll
come
back
and
make
a
difference."
Asked
about
Indian
music
not
getting
popularized
in
western
countries,
he
said:
"It
is
the
duty
of
every
kind
of
artist
to
make
any
kind
of
music
beautiful.
If
you
take
Pandit
Ravi
Shankar,
Nusrat
Fateh
Ali
Khan,
Anoushka
Shankar
now..
all
of
them
bring
a
charm
to
music
that
is
so
important.
Any
kind
of
music
can
be
acceptable
if
the
artist
makes
it."
The
127
Hours
music
director,
who
won
the
Oscar
for
Slumdog
Millionaire,
has
recently
composed
music
for
Pele:
Birth
of
a
Legend.
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