A. R. Rahman live at Expo 2020 Dubai, at Jubilee Park, on 22 December 2021. The Indian composer, an Oscar winner for « Slumdog Millionaire », delivered his first major stage appearance in nearly two years, as part of the world fair’s year-end festivities. Backed by the Firdaus Orchestra and a host of guest singers — Hariharan, Javed Ali, Haricharan, Jonita Gandhi, Benny Dayal, Andrea Jeremiah, Shweta Mohan — along with music director Ranjit Barot, Rahman unfurls a full show drawing on his great hits in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. This filmed recording captures the orchestral, uniting dimension of a concert blending Indian film music, world fusion and symphonic pop, before an international crowd. A valuable live document for measuring the scope of the Chennai master’s repertoire on stage, between fervour, guest virtuosity and grand spectacle. An essential 2021 world concert for lovers of Indian music and live fusion. The concert also marked a symbolic return to the stage for the composer after the pandemic, before a crowd gathered from across the world at the Dubai world fair.
Personnel & credits
- A. R. Rahman — direction, claviers, chant
- Ranjit Barot — direction musicale, batterie
- Hariharan — chant (invité)
- Javed Ali — chant (invité)
- Jonita Gandhi — chant (invitée)
- Benny Dayal — chant (invité)
- Firdaus Orchestra — orchestre
