Twelve thousand candles gentle up the Museum Theatre. A magical golden glow engulfs the area whereas mushy music fills the air. With Margazhi and Christmas not far away, that is maybe the right time for Candlelight Live performance to debut in Chennai.
The primary live performance on November 15, titled Finest Film Soundtracks, can have tunes from Tamil and Hindi movies. This contains hits like ‘Vaseegara’, ‘Srivalli’, ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Lag Ja Gale’, ‘Uyire’ and can function home-grown abilities Lalit Talluri on flute, Bharath Dhamodaran on keyboard, and Sarath Dhamodaran on percussion.
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“We’ve got a curation workforce that decides the music, artists and the venue. We don’t imagine in flying folks from right here to there, we take a look at native expertise,” says Deepa Bajaj, nation head — Dwell Your Metropolis, India. “As for the venue, we find yourself working with fairly a number of of them. We search for a singular flavour or for a standing establishment in that metropolis,” she provides.
Royal Opera Home, Mumbai. Photograph: Particular Association
First began in Spain in 2019, Candlelight Live performance’s recognition has seen it develop to 40-plus nations and over 300 cities. Produced by Dwell Your Metropolis (a model owned by Fever Labs Inc) in India, the primary live performance happened in Mumbai in June this yr. The sequence of live shows have musicians enjoying basic and up to date music. There isn’t a microphone to amplify the sound. All is calm aside from the appreciation claps on the finish of every set. The repertoire is numerous and ranges from tributes to Bach, Chopin and Ed Sheeran to a string quartet enjoying hip hop beats or Punjabi music.
“It’s about bringing classical music to up to date viewers. We need to present a platform for artists who’re expert,” says Deepa. The live performance is now in 21 cities within the nation, together with Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad… Typically, on a specific date there are two to a few classes going down one after the opposite. “The entire level is to make candlelight live performance a daily a part of the town,” she provides.
Victoria Gall, Geneva. Photograph: Particular Association
Initially beginning out with classical music, the live performance now additionally incorporates up to date music from movies and pop music by bands and singers. Currently, even tunes from Bridgerton discover themselves being performed to cater to a wider viewers. “For the Coldplay tribute we noticed millennials, and for Taylor Swift we noticed mother and father bringing their youngsters or a gaggle of children,” says Deepa, including that one in all her favorite exhibits to this point was an Indian classical trio (sarangi, tabla, and harmonium) doing a tribute to Coldplay.
Exhibits begin from November 15. Tickets are priced from ₹899. For dates and tickets, go surfing to on liveyourcity.com.
Printed – November 13, 2024 09:12 pm IST
