Prambanan Jazz Festival 2024 Ready to be Held, Bringing Great Musicians Like AR Rahman and Mozart from Madras

Kapanlagi.com - Prambanan Jazz Festival will be held again on July 5-7, 2024. In this decade-long event, Prambanan Jazz presents special stars.

One of the recently announced is the presence of musician AR Rahman on the Special Show stage on the second day. Known as the Mozart of Madras by Time magazine in 2004, it turns out that Anies Alimi, Founder of Prambanan Jazz Festival and Rajawali Indonesia, is eager to bring AR Rahman to the Prambanan Jazz Festival.

"When the prestigious Time magazine in the first week of May 2004 or two decades ago called him the Mozart of Madras, I was very moved," said Anas Alimi, Founder of Prambanan Jazz Festival and Rajawali Indonesia.

"Not just that, the India that came into my life when I was a teenager was like the Bronx, full of news of violence, natural disasters, chaotic life governance, and poverty."

"Compare that with the first paragraph of Time that describes what AR Rahman is like. Like Gershwin or Lennon and McCartney, AR Rahman is an embodiment of harmony, quality, energy, humility; a personal and universal voice, devouring so many old forms and transforming them into something very new," Anas continued.

Those are powerful sentences. Those are optimistic sentences. Of course, they are praises. Not sentences full of dust, junk, grayness, and withered hopes.

"Rahman is indeed an India that I do not know. In Rahman's music score, it is stated that India is very different. The India that came to my country is completely different from Rahman's world," explained Anas.

1. Astonishing

Prambanan Jazz Festival 2024 Ready to be Held (Credit: Special)

Madras, which is called Time, is Chennai. A city that has been named several times as the safest and most comfortable city to live in. A city with the best library, thousands of cinema screens available.

Indeed, it takes the help of the title of his composition to realize what kind of work is in the layers of AR Rahman that amazes everyone.

Let's mention one. Chaiyya Chaiyya. Who doesn't know this work. A composition that shook the European and American Broadway world. A masterpiece brought to life in a popular Broadway-style film, Dil Se, starring, oh God, Shahrukh Khan.

Which Broadway shows an unexpected musical scene, attractively performed on a fast-moving train. This is Bollywood, my friend!

Chaiyya Chaiyya is a composition by Rahman that in the dreams of AR Rahman when he was very young, he will work "beyond language and culture". Language and culture may be Tamil, but it goes beyond the world that exists within that culture and language.

The composition of Chaiyya Chaiyya proves that. Those who do not understand Tamil language and culture can enjoy it. If you don't believe it, ask a police officer from Gorontalo named Norman Kamaru.

Allah Rakha Rahman, quoting Time once again, is the embodiment of Mozart's genius contributed by India. And, AR Rahman achieved everything a musician dreams of in the world of music. He won the Grammy Award for his monumental work Jai Ho. At the same time, Rahman raised the Academy Award for Best Original Song to new heights.

Yes, Jai Ho is the main soundtrack of the box office film Slumdog Millionaire that triumphed in America and England; a film based on the work of novelist Vikas Swarup.

2. Since Childhood

Jai Ho is a work that clearly shows Rahman's skill and genius that didn't come out of nowhere. The genius has been with him since childhood, which gave him the opportunity to study music at Oxford.

After returning from England, he poured out what he had. Being involved in the Indian film world meant being a lyricist, composer, creating scores, and all of that could be done equally well by Rahman.

"Bringing AR Rahman to the stage of Prambanan Jazz is a dream come true, not just a music performance, but an important cultural event," explained Anas Alimi.

It is the talent and genius that Prambanan Jazz Festival showcases this year. Bringing the bright light emanating from Asia to the stage against the backdrop of Indonesia's ancient masterpiece: Prambanan Temple.

Febrina Intan, CEO of PT TWC & Co Promotor Prambanan Jazz, said, "The presence of AR Rahman, with his unique musical characteristics, will certainly add to the richness of cultural diversity at Prambanan Temple," she said.

Prambanan Temple is known not only as a world cultural heritage destination, but also as a manifestation of cultural blending in Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta and its surroundings.

3. Unique Attraction

A blend of Hindu and Javanese cultural values, incorporating elements of conservation and education in the development of destinations that become a unique attraction for visiting tourists.

Traveloka has been honored to be appointed as the official ticketing partner for the Prambanan Jazz Festival. Tovic Raharja, CEO of Rajawali Indonesia, said,"Consumers can book tickets through the Traveloka application or website, where to watch AR Rahman in the special show stage there are 3 categories of classes including Gold, Diamond, and VIP with prices starting from Rp 900,000,- excluding the entrance ticket to Prambanan Temple, taxes, and admin fees, but already includes access to the super festival stage on that day," he explained.

Consumers can easily purchase tickets through the 'Event' product category on the Traveloka platform.

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