Underlining
the
need
for
music
schools
for
youngsters,
Oscar-winning
composer
AR
Rahman
feels
children
across
India
should
have
access
to
proper
music
education.
Learning
music
is
"not
merely
a
side
thing
where
you
take
tuitions
in
a
house.
If
a
kid
wants
to
learn
music,
he
deserves
proper
education
in
it," Rahman
told
PTI
here.
The
Academy
Award
winning
composer,
singer
and
producer
was
in
New
Yorkto
visit
a
flagship
store
in
Manhattan
for
the
leading
global
audio
and
infotainment
group
Harman
International
Industries.
A
large
number
of
Indians
living
in
the
area
had
lined
up
at
the
store
to
meet
Rahman
and
take
photographs
with
the
music
legend.
Rahman
was
also
gifted
customized
gold-plated
JBL
headphones
by
Harman
International
CEO
Dinesh
Paliwal
during
his
visit
to
the
store.
Harman
had
named
Rahman
its
India
Brand
Ambassador
for
JBL
by
Harman's
multi-year
campaign.
Rahman,
who
founded
KM
Music
Conservatory,
a
higher
education
institution
focussed
on
music
in
2008,
said
his
efforts
in
setting
up
the
music
school
has
inspired
people
in
India
to
"understand
that
education
of
music
is
very
important".
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"If
a
kid
in
a
family
of
doctors
wants
to
study
music,
it
is
his
right
to
demand
that
and
come
to
a
school
like
the
K
M
Conservatory," he
said.
Rahman
added
that
he
had
been
offered
to
open
similar
music
schools
beyond
India's
borders
in
countries
like
Dubai
and
Malaysia
but
said
he
still
needs
to
"perfect"
the
concept
in
India.
On
whether
he
has
plans
to
set
up
a
music
school
in
the
US,
Rahman
said
he
might
look
at
the
possibility
in
future
when
he
has
more
free
time
in
hand.
"You
cannot
set
up
a
school
and
let
someone
else
manage
it.
You
have
to
be
passionate
and
be
involved
all
the
time,
get
constant
feedback.
That
is
my
intention.
For
me
a
music
school
is
like
family,
you
cannot
have
kids
and
then
say
that
they
will
grow
up
on
their
own.
You
need
to
take
care
of
them.The
same
applies
to
a
music
school," he
added.