9/16/08

Raja Ilaiyaraaja

When you think of Bach , you associate a certain style of music with him. So also with Beethoven or Mozart. If you learn its music , you'll be able to say: This is Ilaiyaraaja!

He has composed over 4,000 songs and provided film scores for more than 800 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years. Is Ilaiyaraaja a classical Estern or Western musician? Or is he a folk musician? Is he just a successful film music director? Or is he an experimenter in Carnatic music? Is he a proponent of popular culture against elitist culture? Or is he simply a cult figure? The honest answer to each of the above questions is a simultaneous yes and no. The Maestro defies characterization and refuses to be ghettoized in any single category.

He is a simply genius)

It is possible to speak long, but to hear is better. Generally speaking , a song based on any raga(s) has at least 5 notes . Here we can see a raaga of j u s t  t h r e e  n o t e s - SA RE GA .The master will create it at your presence:



Wah!)