In March the maestro’s film tunes - that include Bollywood smash hits likeBombay, the Oscar-nominated Lagaan and Roja will soon be played at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra exclusively for two evenings only.


Rahman, who reveals that he was encouraged by his Birmingham-based film associate Taz Bashir to be a part of CBSO, will compose for two concerts in March and November this year.

‘‘Instrumental versions of pieces that have been chosen from films that I have composed for the past 12 years will be used in March,’’ says the music director.

For the second concert, Rahman will create music based on Sufi poet Farid ud-din Attar’s most famous piece of literature, The Conference of the Bird.

A. R. Rahman in Concert:Bollywood Classics – 5th & 6th March

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