Six Emerging Indian Composers
chosen for the Inaugural Mumbai Composers Lab
~The 15th Mumbai Film Festival and The
Mumbai Composers Lab are proud to announce the List of Participants of the
inaugural Mumbai Composers Lab~
Mumbai, October 15, 2013: Our final list was made after carefully listening to tall the applicant’s
music and watching a variety of short films, trailers, ad films and other
musical compositions in order to gain an idea of the abilities of the
composers. We also assessed the reasoning as to why they wanted to take part in
the Lab and what they felt they could get from being part of it.
Lab Director Andrew T.
Mackay commented on the list saying: “We are
thrilled that our final list is made up of four male composers and two female.
It was a hard choice. There is obviously much talent around which made our
decision making even more difficult”
Shane
Mendoza,
Alonkanada
Dasgupta
Anchal
Telesara
Ujjwal
Agrawal,
Achint
Takkar
Anjo
John.
The Composers Lab is
being held over three days, with a two day composing workshop at Yash Raj Studios in Andheri (w) (21st
/22nd )followed by a Master class on Wednesday 23rdat
Metro Cinema, South Bombay at 1-3pm.
Special guest composer from the UK Ilan Eshkeri will lead a team of creative advisers who will include
Indian composers Amit Trivedi and Ranjit Barot. The Lab is presented by Bohemia
Junction Limited/Abbey Road Studios in association with PRS for Music, UK.
The Masterclass will include an interview and Q & A with Ilan Eshkeri
as well as a discussion with Abbey Road Studios’ Mastering and Mix Engineers, Jatanil
Banerjee from PRS for Music, UK, Achille Forler, MD of Universal Music India
and several other special guests.
For further information, please visit
About Mumbai
Film Festival: The 15th Mumbai Film Festival, a Reliance
Entertainment initiative and supported by the Dept. of Culture, Government of
Maharashtra is organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) - a Trust
comprised of Indian film industry stalwarts, which was founded in 1997 by late
filmmaker Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Noted filmmaker Shri Shyam Benegal heads
the body that consists of film directors including: Ramesh Sippy, Sudhir
Mishra, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, renowned actresses
Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan, actor-director Amol Palekar and Farhan Akhtar
lyricist, writer and director Amit Khanna.
About
Abbey Road Studios: Abbey
Road Studios, UK, is considered the most famous recording studio in the world.
It was opened in 1931 and is most famously associated with the Beatles, who
recorded almost all their albums and singles there. The iconic studio is also
home to some of the most famous film scores, including those of Aliens, Star
Wars, Prometheus, Harry Potter, Spiderman and Lord of the Rings.
About
PRS for Music: PRS for
Music, based in the UK, was formed in 1914 and represents the rights of 100,000
songwriters, composers and music publishers. They also represent over 2 million
music creators, through 150 global agreements.
About
Bohemia Junction Limited: Bohemia Junction Limited was
started by British composer and co-founder of Bombay Dub Orchestra Andrew T.
Mackay in London, UK in 2012 as a meeting place for creative in music, film
& the arts. Bohemia represents Abbey Road Studios in India and in
particular their online mastering services.
