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Volume 16 . Issue 72
The chemistry of destiny … the synchronicity of sur and soul.
This perhaps best describes Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod – the firebrand duo of the Indian music world.
Their chemistry touches every audience every time.
It has been their forte to sing different poets from Ghalib to Gulzaar with equal panache. Faces that are famous, voices that are favourites, yet the passion is new, the fervour newer and the creation younger than the creators.
They have about 25 odd albums to their credit like “Ishara”, “Vaada”, “Mitwa” and “Mannpasand” to name a few. The audience can expect anything from a classical Bandish to a modern Bollywood song from this duo.
Click here to listen to the Roop Kumar Rathod Pre NZ tour Interview
Sunali brings to her music her rigorous riyaz, the wondrous attributes of the classic Kirana gharana.
She has been lucky to have stalwarts like Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Ustad Fayyaz and Niyaz Ahmed Khan Saheb and more recently Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan teaching her the intricacies of gayaki.
Success seems to reach out and touch Roopkumar. “Sandese Aate Hain” shot Roopkumar Rathod to national acclaim in playback music adding the role of a playback artiste to his rich, and today Roopkumar Rathod has journeyed as a musician through percussion, ghazals, Sufi and film playback singing.
The very influences that have shaped him add the life lustre to his inimitable style. He was born the fourth and the most promising son to the late Pandit Chaturbhaj Rathod of Aditya gharana of Jamnagar.
The exponent of the rare Dhrupad gayaki.To date he has several chartbusting song like “Maula Mere Maula”, “Tere Liye” from Veer Zara and “Rab ne Bana di Jodi” – the list is endless.
So tighten your seat belts and get ready to take the musical flight of fantasy to Roop and Sunali Land.
When: February 3, 2012; Gates open 7pm for 7-30 concert
Where: Logan Campbell Centre, Greenlane, Auckland
The chemistry of destiny … the synchronicity of sur and soul.
This perhaps best describes Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod – the firebrand duo of the Indian music world.
Their chemistry touches every audience every time.
It has been their forte to sing different poets from Ghalib to Gulzaar with...
The chemistry of destiny … the synchronicity of sur and soul.
This perhaps best describes Roopkumar and Sunali Rathod – the firebrand duo of the Indian music world.
Their chemistry touches every audience every time.
It has been their forte to sing different poets from Ghalib to Gulzaar with equal panache. Faces that are famous, voices that are favourites, yet the passion is new, the fervour newer and the creation younger than the creators.
They have about 25 odd albums to their credit like “Ishara”, “Vaada”, “Mitwa” and “Mannpasand” to name a few. The audience can expect anything from a classical Bandish to a modern Bollywood song from this duo.
Click here to listen to the Roop Kumar Rathod Pre NZ tour Interview
Sunali brings to her music her rigorous riyaz, the wondrous attributes of the classic Kirana gharana.
She has been lucky to have stalwarts like Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Ustad Fayyaz and Niyaz Ahmed Khan Saheb and more recently Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan teaching her the intricacies of gayaki.
Success seems to reach out and touch Roopkumar. “Sandese Aate Hain” shot Roopkumar Rathod to national acclaim in playback music adding the role of a playback artiste to his rich, and today Roopkumar Rathod has journeyed as a musician through percussion, ghazals, Sufi and film playback singing.
The very influences that have shaped him add the life lustre to his inimitable style. He was born the fourth and the most promising son to the late Pandit Chaturbhaj Rathod of Aditya gharana of Jamnagar.
The exponent of the rare Dhrupad gayaki.To date he has several chartbusting song like “Maula Mere Maula”, “Tere Liye” from Veer Zara and “Rab ne Bana di Jodi” – the list is endless.
So tighten your seat belts and get ready to take the musical flight of fantasy to Roop and Sunali Land.
When: February 3, 2012; Gates open 7pm for 7-30 concert
Where: Logan Campbell Centre, Greenlane, Auckland
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