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AR Rahman had announced the setup of his dream music conservatory on his 42nd birthday on Jan 6th. Going by the name KM Music Conservatory, the instititution is an attempt to recreate a world-class orchestra for the enjoyment of the people of India.
Now Rahman has aquired land near Chennai Airport for his upcoming Music Conservatory. This is his next step in creating the music conservatory for young talents who want to learn Western classical music. A R Rahman dreams of this being the best music school in the world.
The maestro has reportedly said that, “I feel young talented musicians in our country, especially those who want to learn Western classical music, have nowhere seriously creative to go. We need to cultivate a taste for Western symphonic music so that an average musically-inclined young musician would be as enthused about learning the violin as the sitar. We’ll soon be working round-the-clock.”
When quizzed about the next big thing in Tamil cinema, Shankar-Rajini-Rahman project Robot he says that he will be experimenting with new kind of music for the movie.