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IANS
16 August, 2016, 21:05
Update: 16 August, 2016, 21:05
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I want to become a better singer: AR Rahman

IANS
16 August, 2016, 21:05
Update: 16 August, 2016, 21:05
AR Rahman performs at the Indian Independence Day concert organised at the United Nations on 15 August 2016. Rahman performed 50 years after MS Subbulakshmi’s historic concert. Photo: IANS

New York: He has two Oscars, two Grammys and a host of other awards. But showing his characteristic humility, music maestro AR Rahman says he wants to become a better singer before he can cut an album of non-film music.

Asked at a news conference here on Monday if he had plans for such an album, he said: ‘I want to do that, but I want to become a better singer.’

What was the secret to his creativity, he was asked. Beyond everything, he said: ‘There is truth; you channelize that in your consciousness.’

He added: ‘Greatness comes from recognizing the divine.’

Rahman was in New York for an Indian Independence Day concert in honour of MS Subbalakshmi, who became in 1966 the first Indian to perform at the United Nations.

Part of the culture of growing up in Chennai was ‘looking at the aura’ of Subbalakshmi, he said.

About the musical influences, he said he was open to all music influences. ‘There was Carnatic and Tamil music all around and Hindustani.

‘As I grow older, I respect the cultural foundations, with MS (Subbalakshmi) as the foremost,’ he added.

Prakash Muthuswamy, who coordinated the UN concert, said Rahman created the Sunshine orchestra not with accomplished musicians, but by going to slums and other places in Chennai and looking for talented young people who have not had the experience of playing musical instruments.

He trained them at his own expense, taking care of their living expenses and education, even at the college level, Muthuswamy said.

The Sunshine Orchestra performed at the UN concert on Monday.

Syed Akbaruddin said Subbalakshmi’s 1966 performance was like no other at the UN.

She had sung the ‘Maaithreem Bhajatha’ 50 years ago when there was no talk of Sustainable Development Goals or of leaving no one behind, he said. These ideas now dominate global thinking, he added.

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