A R Rahman to perform in Chicago
OSCARwinning Indian musician A R Rahman will be performing at North America’s oldest music festival on Aug 20, as part of his North American 2022 tour.
Ravinia is an internationally renowned, not-for-profit music festival that presents outstanding performances by the world’s greatest artists.
Rahman, a maestro at creating music, has been known from Bollywood to Hollywood for his unique style and musings from Eastern classical music, electronic music sounds, global music genres, and traditional orchestral arrangements.
The festival has been presenting performances of a full range of classical music in its open-air pavilion and enclosed recital halls, by the world’s greatest composers and musicians, along with a variety of other kinds of light classical, jazz and popular music.
First opened on Aug 15, 1904, Ravinia remains the oldest and most programmatically diverse music festival in North America, attracting about 600,000 guests to over 120 events each year.