BOMBAY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY TO HAVE CONCERT FOR FUNDRAISING

December 30, 2005

His master's voice

Jyothi Venkatesh

Thursday, December 29, 2005 17:30 IST

THE BSPCA has had a number of successful concerts over the years - the

Chicago Jazz Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra, Jagjit Singh, Zakir

Hussain, Marat Bisengaliev and his Kazakh Orchestra to name just a

few.

To celebrate the 131st year of service to animals, to create awareness

about the organisation and to raise funds to support their activities,

this year round BSPCA, is all set to hold a concert by percussion

maestro Trilok Gurtu. It will be in aid of the Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw

Petit Hospital for Animals and the BSPCA.

Gurtu who has successfully fused Eastern and Western music in his

numerous compositions is keen on being instrumental for the welfare of

animals.

" We make bridges, not barriers, " says Gurtu. Son of Shobha Gurtu, a

celebrated vocalist, Trilok whose grandfather was a sitar player,

began his career at the age of 6. Later, he collaborated with the

legendary trumpeter Don Cherry, and a band with Shankar, Jan Garbarek

and Zakir Hussain.

He has also performed with John McLaughlin (the fusion guitar

virtuoso) in albums and on world tours, and has people like Joe

Zawinul (Weather Report), Pat Metheny, Neneh Cherry and Angelique

Kidjo working with him.

Trilok will perform on January 3, at 7 pm at Jamshed Babha Hall, with

a team of Indian musicians Nihar Savla, Vivian Pocha, Devika Pandit,

Roopkumar Rathod and Sheldon Desilva. It is interesting to note that,

the BSPCA, which has always appreciated music as a form of fund

raising will allow free entry to the concert for music students as

well as senior citizens.

Regarding the choice of artiste, Sunil Mehta, member of the fund

raising committee of the BSPCA, justifies, " Trilok Gurtu is an

animal lover himself and last year too he had performed for the same

initiative. " With everyone applauding his large repertoire at the

previous function, the BSPCA committee unanimously decided to invite

him this year too.

Recommended Posts