“I believe music will play a powerful role in reuniting communities after the isolation and hardship of the past year, and I hope that our halls will be a beacon for that reconnection.”

The album beautifully captures a range of emotions from the artist’s view, reflecting on Britain emerging out of the Covid pandemic, which, looking back, becomes all the more relevant and essential with the Omicron threat looming large on us.

Rekesh Chauhan’s ‘Live at Symphony Hall’ is also about looking forward to celebrating an important year for Britain, with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and 2022 Commonwealth Games in sight.

Rekesh, an award-winning British pianist and composer, has presented concerts spanning the Royal Albert Hall to arenas over 60,000 people amongst his international tours. His collaborations range from Nobel Peace Prize performers to Mercury Prize Award winners. He is an iTunes World Charts Top 3 artist and a TEDx speaker. Rekesh appears as a guest artist for the University of Oxford on music research productions. In 2020, Chauhan was commended by the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for raising awareness of mental health through arts.

Talking about his cultural roots and diversity along with this latest album release, the British-Indian musician says: “Through combining different cultural styles, I have found myself studying the history of the music I play and how the evolution of culture has had a vital role in the music.”

The album reflects Chauhan’s identity with glittering embellishments of his Indian heritage portrayed uniquely on the piano. The nuances of the musical pieces focus on the ancient raga system of India, dating back to the 9th century.

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