Shreya also sang some numbers from the south such as Sundari Pennae and Mannipaya. She jammed effortlessly with the two musicians who created magic on stage. She followed it with Kalvare, Mohe Rang Do Lal, O Rangrez and settled down to the Lata Mangeshkar and Madan Mohan classic ‘Aapkenazron ne samjha….’ The large musical ensemble was replaced by just Vasilis on the Laouto and the redheaded Layth on the violin. The students were improvising with many new arrangements that gave a completely new twist to the familiar songs. These were students who had attended musical workshops with Shreya for the past week and were thrilled to share the stage with her on an amazing musical journey.Īs Shreya entered the stage wearing a beautiful lemon yellow and cream embroidered sharara suit and started singing Ghoomar, the crowd was enthralled. Among the instrumentalists were students from perhaps every corner of the globe including Vasilis Kostas playing the Laouto from Greece and Layth Sidiq on the violin from Jordan. Among the vocalists were Paola Munda from Italy, Martin Guas from Argentina, Lydia Renold from Switzerland Shai Portugaly from Israel and Vasundhara Gupta from Kolkata.
The Berklee India Exchange hosted playback singer Shreya in a weeklong workshop culminating in a sold-out Signature Series performance on December 7, 2017.Īs the audience filled up every available seat at the Berklee Performance Center, it was heartwarming to see music students at Berklee College take to stage to provide vocal and instrumental support to the Artist in Residence.
Today, it is a diverse student body representing over 40 countries. Phillips started the Berklee Indian Ensemble with just 18 students in 2011. This time it was the Bengali girl Shreya Ghoshal. Rahman in 2014 and vocalist and composer Shankar Mahadevan in 2016. Previous artists in residence included Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer A.
It is a platform for conversations about Indian music through artist residencies, workshops and performances. This was part of an initiative named Berklee India Exchange, co-founded by its Director, Annette Philip in 2013. It was a cold crisp December night in Boston and Shreya Ghoshal was the Artist in Residence at the Berklee College of Music.
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