A. R. Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist, known for redefining contemporary Indian film music, and putting Indian music on the global map, in a way that no other Indian composer/performer has achieved. <br /> <br />On October 24, 2014, Berklee College of Music conferred A. R. Rahman with an honorary doctor of music degree. Berklee faculty and students paid tribute to the living legend, who joined them on select pieces in a concert celebrating his music and life at Boston's Symphony Hall. <br /> <br />Mr. Rahman's visit was a signature event under Berklee India Exchange, a new initiative co-founded by two Indian Berklee alums, Annette Philip (artistic director), and Clint Valladares (artist relations and strategy), as a platform for cultural conversation, through the composition, collaboration, and performance of original Indian music. Proceeds from the concert went towards a scholarship fund in Mr. Rahman's name for students from India to attend Berklee. <br /> <br /> <br />Berklee Indian Ensemble and Berklee World Strings <br />with special guest, A.R. Rahman <br /> <br />"Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera" (A.R. Rahman) <br />From the film Swades <br /> <br /> <br />Annette Philip: Arranger/Producer, Director - Berklee Indian Ensemble <br />Eugene Friesen: Conductor, Director - Berklee World Strings <br />Matthew Nicholl: String arrangements, Chair - Contemporary Writing and Production <br /> <br /> <br />Vocal Soloists <br />Shilpa Ananth, Kerala, India <br />Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India <br />Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, San Jose, CA <br />Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Chennai, India <br /> <br /> <br />Berklee Indian Ensemble Choir <br />Shilpa Ananth, Kerala, India <br />Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, New Delhi, India <br />Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India <br />Vasundhara Gupta, Kolkata, India <br />Rohith Santosh Jayaraman, San Jose, CA <br />Harshitha Krishnan, Chennai, India <br />Nalini Krishnan, Seattle, Washington <br />Joakim Molander, Sørum, Norway <br />Armeen Musa, Dhaka, Bangladesh <br />Kanika Patawari, Antwerp, Belgium <br />Annette Philip, Kerala, India <br />Purvaa Sampath, Bangalore, India <br />Ishita Sinha: Patna, India <br />Harini Srinivasa Raghavan, Chennai, India <br />Aseem Suri, New Delhi, India <br />Adriel Tjokrosaputro, Surakarta, Indonesia <br />Sanchitha Wickremesooriya, Colombo, Sri Lanka <br /> <br /> <br />Berklee Indian Ensemble Instrumentalists <br />Annette Philip: piano, Kerala, India <br />Cheng Lu: keyboard, Beijing, China <br />Yazhi Guo: suona, Hong Kong, China <br />Sashank Navaladi: sarod, New Delhi, India <br />Fares Btoush: oud, Amman, Jordan <br />Aleif Hamdan: electric guitar, Jakarta, Indonesia <br />Shubh Saran: electric guitar, New Delhi, India <br />Achal Murthy: bass, Strassen, Luxembourg <br />Kaushlesh Purohit: udu drum, tabla, Jodhpur, India <br />Ranajoy Das: drumset, New Delhi, India <br />Negah Santos: percussion, Sao Paolo, Brazil <br />Patrick Simard: octopad, percussion, Ottowa, Canada <br />Daniel Gonzalez: electronic drum sound design, Mexico City, Mexico <br /> <br /> <br />Berklee World Strings <br />Eugene Friesen, conductor, Los Angeles, CA <br />Na Young Baik, Violin I, Seoul, South Korea <br />Carlos Felipa Silva, Violin I, Caracas, Venezuela <br />Sumaia Martins, Violin I, Santa Cruz, CA <br />Yeji Yoon, Violin I, Seoul, South Korea <br />Stefano Melillo Melendez, Violin I, Caracas, Venezuela <br />Sarah Hubbard, Violin I, Wedtfield, MA <br /> <br />Elise Boeur, Violin II, Vancouver, Canada <br />Adrianna Ciccone, Violin II, Timmins, Canada <br />Sadie E. Currey, Violin II, Columbia, MO <br />Carolyn Kendrick, Violin II, Stockton, CA <br />Rosy Timms, Violin II, Adelaide, Australia <br />Tsung-Yuan Lee, Violin II, Taipei, Taiwan <br /> <br />Max Wolpert, Viola, Crookston, MN <br />John Smith, Viola, Augusta, GA <br />Brendan Klippel, Viola, Queensbury, NY <br />Gerson Eguiguren Martinez, Viola, Quito, Ecuador <br /> <br />Marta Roma, Cello, Cantonigros, Spain <br />Adrian Zemor, Cello, New York City, NY <br />Keizo Yoshioka, Cello, Hopedale, MA <br />Steph Dye, Cello, St. Louis, MO <br /> <br />Nathaniel Sabat, Double bass, New York, NY <br />Victor Manuel Gonzalez Quezada: Double bass, Rancagua, Chile <br /> <br />Allegra Cramer, Harp, Gold Coast, Australia <br /> <br /> <br />Recorded live at Berklee College of Music Studios: Shames Family Scoring Stage (Studio 1) and The Ark (Studio 2) <br />Alejandro Rodriguez: recording engineer <br />Simon Katz: assistant recording engineer, mixing engineer <br />Matthew Larson: assistant engineer <br />Taylor Marvin: assistant engineer <br />McKain Webb-Lakey: assistant <br /> <br />Teo Karakolev: videographer, editor <br />Kevin Greene: videographer <br />Sam Harchik: videographer <br />Jonathan Williams: additional footage <br /> <br />Mastered by M Works Studios <br />Jonathan Wyner: engineer <br /> <br />Berklee India Exchange Co Founders <br />Clint Valladares and Annette Philip
