About the show:

Celebrating Indian music Maestro Ilaiyaraaja’s 80th birthday year, Prasanna presents a series of special concerts: “80 songs of Ilaiyaraaja” on guitar. With adventurous arrangements, Prasanna mirrors Ilaiyaraaja’s diverse musical styles, blending South Indian folk, Carnatic Classical, and Western influences from Baroque to modern genres like Funk, Jazz, and Pop. Ilaiyaraaja’s compositions, often written for guitar, include unforgettable hits like “Ilaya Nila Pozhigirathe” and “Enn Iniya PonNilave”. Prasanna captures the essence of these melodies, harmonies, and rhythms, transcending musical boundaries while maintaining their Indianness.

For Ilaiyaraaja fans, it’s a nostalgic journey across Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam songs. For Prasanna enthusiasts unfamiliar with Ilaiyaraaja, it’s an eye-opening experience to his prolific repertoire. Through 80 songs, Prasanna’s guitar arrangements promise a rich, diverse, and rewarding musical journey, showcasing the genius of one of the world’s most prolific composers.

About the artist:

Prasanna, known to many as Guitar Prasanna, is one of the most globally renowned Indian artists. He is a pioneer in Carnatic music on the guitar and is world renowned for that innovation along with being an acclaimed Jazz, Rock and Blues guitarist. A graduate of two prestigious institutions IIT Madras and Berklee College of Music, Prasanna has been voted among the “Top 50 Creative Indians” by Open Magazine alongside icons like Sachin Tendulkar, Aamir Khan and others. Prasanna was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Carnatic music by H.H. Jayendra Saraswathi in 2003.

Along with Pandit Ravishankar and A.R.Rahman, Prasanna is the only other Indian film composer who has scored the music for an Oscar winning film (“Smile Pinki”). He has scored the music for the Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning Tamil film “Vazhakku Enn 18/9”. As an educator, he’s done lectures at prestigious institutions including Harvard University, MIT, New York University and founded Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in India. He has collaborated with A.R. Rahman on numerous films like Puthiya Mugam, Jeans, Lovebirds, Muthu, Lagaan, Kochadaiyan, Swades, Million Dollar Arm and many more. Prasanna has also recorded with Maestro Ilaiyaraaja on several songs in movies such as Kizhakkum Merkkum, Ramana, Mumbai Express and others.

Language: Music

Duration: 90 - 120 mins

Age Restriction: 4+ (Anyone above 4 years would need a ticket)

Tickets are Non-Refundable

Important Info: Show will start bang on time