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Kerala nod for Amjad's proposed international school of music
Saturday April 27, 2013 03:31:00 PM,
IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government did not have to think twice after ace music
maestro and Sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan expressed his desire
to start an international school of music in the state.
Culture Minister K.C. Joseph told reporters Saturday that it was
yesterday evening that the great musician expressed his desire to
start a music school, if the state government provides land.
"We took this up with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who readily
agreed and he has asked for around three acres of land. We offered
him land at Kozhikode and here and he opted for the latter," said
Joseph.
"I am grateful to the Kerala government for agreeing to my humble
request. In my life I want to keep serving the people who have a
desire to learn Indian classical music. In my music school, there
will be students from all over the world and it would function in
the lines of a gurukul model," said the great musician who added
that he will also be teaching to play the Sarod.
"The academy will have a concert hall besides hostel facilities
and I will seek the support of corporate houses to fund the
building of the academy. In my family both my sons and me are into
music and one of us will be in the school all the time. I will
seek the support of the musicians from the state also to help me,"
said Khan who now teaches music at the Stanford University.
Veteran music personality Soorya Krishnamoorthy, who is the
chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy, said that the music
school campus will be designed by a Kerala architect.
"We will now await a complete proposal from the Ustad and once
that comes we will give him the land," Joseph added.
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