After three successful live concerts, Creations Group NZ is coming back with its fourth edition of Rafi-Kishore-Mukesh night.
Creations Group NZ in association with Finance Matters will present Rafi-Mukesh-Kishore Night 4, a live-in-concert singing popular and some not-so-famous songs of the three yesteryears’ legends on Saturday, February 20 at Dorothy Winston Centre, in Auckland.
This event, like in the past has also been successful to raise funds, the beneficiary being St Johns.
Arif Zia, Director of Creation Group has been involved in similar shows for the last 10 years wherein the entertainment element is present along with the aim to garner some funds through the show to help support the community.
Arif Zia is also a renowned singer himself and is said to have the voice of legend Mohammed Rafi and his concerts draw audiences from all over Auckland.
In this concert, there would be two other male voices in the show, namely Viraj, presenting with the hits of Mukesh, while Joseph will be performing Kishore Kumar’s gems. Joseph is renowned for reliving the inimitable Kishore Kumar in his performances.
“There will be both solos as well as duets and therefore we have the female lead voices of Arpita, Rini, Guncha and Srishaa,” host of the show, Ariz Zia said.
The live musical event is supported by the talented musicians of Auckland who too have a history of delivering some really prominent local music shows.
Meet the musicians:
Hemant Thaker
Hemant is a well-known keyboard player involved in all kinds of musical shows in New Zealand and overseas. Over a period of 13 years in Auckland, he has performed for various Bollywood shows, events like garba and religious programmes. Beside live performances Hemant is actively involved in recordings, creating background music, making jingles and karaoke tracks.
Joseph Alexander (Alex)
Versatile drummer with varied rhythm. More than 20 years of overseas experience as an acoustic drum player in Mumbai’s popular western Band such as 7th Galaxy & Crimson Rage in the 80’s and 90’s. Has been playing electric drums and Octopod in Auckland since 2007.
Ravi
Ravi enjoys playing all genres of music including rock, pop, reggae and Bollywood. It's his belief that he didn't pick the guitar, the guitar picked him. Over the last 30 years, he has played with bands in Mumbai, Dubai and Auckland and enjoyed every moment of it.
Joscel Alexander
Drumming has always been one of Joscel’s biggest passion. He has been playing the drum for the last 7 years. Influenced by his father Alex, who is also part of his show. He has been playing for the last 7 years with various local talented artists also with some of the overseas artists like Abhash Joshi and Bankhim Pathak.
Vishnu
Passionate about music, love guitars especially bass guitar! originally from Kerala India, pretty new to the NZ music circle with the bass guitar but tried some singing before! works as a Plan manager for a British Flexibles company.
Darshan Lange
A mechanical engineer by profession, Darshan always felt a little more connected to music. Initially started singing but gradually developed an interest in playing the guitar for the same purpose and has since been playing guitar at concerts.
Navneel Prasad
Navneel Prasad, originally from Suva, Fiji has been playing the Tabla since childhood. Alongside Tabla, Navneel also plays the dholak and is very passionate about rhythm. Having performed at many Bollywood shows backing local and international artists, Navneel has been part of Creation Group's journey since the early stages from RKM1.
Sunil Das (Percussionist)
A very familiar face in Auckland music fraternity, it’s a comeback for Sunil since he had a break for a few years. Having a passion for music since childhood, he has performed shows in the Middle East and Auckland previously with various music groups. Loves Percussion, singing and sports.
Cloyd Dmello
Cloyd Dmello, originally from Mumbai, India moved to Auckland in 2013. In NZ, Cloyd has performed with well-known Indian bands like “Velocity”, "Nasha", “Spectrum” and “Next Generation”. He has been performing in the Indian music scene in NZ since 2017.
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