Transforming the music world
The Big News!
The musical band from Netherlands who believes music has no language, recently released “Invest In You” – announced the ‘Winner – Best Of Asia’ at the Intercontinental awards 2020. ‘Invest In You‘ was also the 2020’s First Raga of the Week broadcasted by BBC & Honored by GLOBAL MUSIC Awards. Since being formed in 2017, they have become one of the most recognized bands in the world.
The pan Indian band continue to produce hit after hit and break barriers with their music. When listening to their music, you close your eyes and for a few minutes you are transformed to another world, a world where there is no war, no COVID19, and no worries, a world which can only be described as heaven. We decided to sit down with Madras Chorus and learn what makes this band so special, and why they have transformed the music world forever.
When was Madras Chorus formed?
Madras Chorus had its official launch in January 2017.
(First Pic of Band)
From the right: Mithun Hariharan, Sreekanth Madhavan, Arun Veerakumar, Harikrishnan Kesavan, Supriya Sreeram
Who decided to put the band together?
The idea to officially form a band was decided by a group of local music enthusiasts . We have been performing as a group at various forums for different gatherings across India and hence came up with the idea to form a band which is PAN Indian and not defining a particular community or state or country and together to organize shows which caters to everyone.
The Management team consists of Myself(Mithun Hariharan), Ravish Pattabi & Priya Ravish. Local artists like Harikrishnan Kesavan (Singer), Sreekanth Madhavan (Percussion) , Arun Veerakumar (Singer), Supriya Sreeram (Singer), Sarath Sasidharan (Drummer), Sangeetha Jayaram ( Singer) were the first ones with whom we thought to form the band and later there were many who joined.
Music Has No Language Barrier
Asian Influence
Madras Chorus is from the Netherlands but you are an Asian band, has coming from the Netherlands influenced your music in anyway?
Yes , it has had a great influence in helping us bring the world together under one musical roof . We customized our compositions based on western music style ; at the same entertaining and making the Europeans aware of the rich Indian musical heritage both classical and bollywood styles. Clearly this has helped us in embracing the world music, combining them with our traditional Indian and bollywood styles.
To Win is Very Exciting
You were announced as the Winner as the Best Of Asia at the Intercontinental awards 2020, to be nominated is amazing, but to win is very exciting, how did it make you all feel?
Excited, totally out of the world feel it is!It gives us the confidence to contribute more passionately to the musical world with a belief that perseverance , patience and hard work always pays off. Believe in yourself and sky will be the limit.
You talk about music has no language, can you explain more about that?
Team Madras Chorus’ mantra is ‘Music has no language’ and we believe it’s the only language which can connect people and unite the world. Our shows have music of all genres , styles and languages and we have our audience spread across nationality . Our audience seem to just enjoy and most importantly enjoy the music together laughing and dancing all through .The word ‘ Madras’ is just an emotion to connect people across the globe musically .
THE SECRET IS – THIS IS NOT A ONE MAN SHOW
Local, National & International
(H.E Venu Rajamony – Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Appreciating Madras Chorus)
From the right side: Priya Ravish (cofounder), Vinayak Desai (Event Host – STP), H.E Venu Rajamony – Ambassador of India, Vinod Sehdev (Promoter of Madras Chorus), Mithun Hariharan (cofounder), Ravish Pattabi (cofounder), Prashanthi Subramaniam (Wife of Mithun), Surmeet Lamba (Event Host – STP)
You have gained worldwide success, so what is your secret?
Teamwork! We are not professional musicians but we are extremely passionate about music and start with a clear end in our mind for all our productions. We are musicians at night! I have to thank each and everyone – the Madras Chorus team, my Guru, various musicians who have executed their part so well, our media team and most importantly my family who has always been there to encourage and inspire me to get better!
Your music has also been played on the BBC, how did that happen?
We launched the Album “Spirit of Life” on 7th Dec 2019, and “Invest in you” was the first track to be released. We have been extremely fortunate that this beautiful track got noticed and was aired as the first raaga of the year 2020. It is always a joy when your hard work gets appreciated.
