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Back to Press Release List > 03/19/2008 - Asha Bhosle, 4/17/08
ASHA BHOSLE, BOLLYWOOD’S LONG-REIGNING DIVA OF SONG,
CELEBRATES HER 75TH BIRTHDAY WITH A PERFORMANCE AT
CARNEGIE HALL ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17 AT 8:00 P.M.
Bollywood’s long-reigning diva of song, Asha Bhosle, celebrates her 75th birthday with a performance in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on Thursday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m. Renowned playback singer and actor Amit Kumar—son of Kishore Kumar and star of television’s “K for Kishore”—joins Ms. Bhosle for this performance, which includes songs from her forthcoming release 75 Years of Asha: A Musical Journey. Ms. Bhosle, who last appeared at Carnegie Hall in April 2005 with the Kronos Quartet on a program entitled India Calling: Songs from R.D. Burman’s Bollywood, says “music is like my breathing. The day it stops, my breath will stop too.”
Described as “the most recorded voice on the planet,” with more than 12,500 titles to her name, singer Asha Bhosle has carved a niche for herself as one of the most versatile singers in the business. Early in her career, Ms. Bhosle trained in classical singing but soon followed the footsteps of her elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar, and worked as a playback singer for the growing Indian film industry. Two partnerships—with O.P. Nayyar and R.D. Burman—assured her songs a permanent place in music history. Nayyar, the famed music director, is credited with breaking Ms. Bhosle’s career in the 1950s. Two decades later, Ms. Bhosle began working with R.D. Burman, whose diverse westernized influences can be heard in many of his compositions.
Ms. Bhosle has performed live concerts throughout the world, singing in 18 different languages. The winner of seven Filmfare Awards in India, she has also received the National Award twice for her ghazals in Umrao Jaan and Ijaazat. Earlier this year, the President of India bestowed upon her the Padma Vibhushan, which is the second highest civilian award in India. Over the past decade, Ms. Bhosle has reinvented herself in the mainstream pop music genre. In 1996, she released her first album, Rahul and I, which remixed her older, classic songs for a new dance audience and stayed on Britain’s “Top of the Pops” list for months. Her follow-up album, Janam Samjha Karo, won an MTV Award in 1997, and in 2001, Ms. Bhosle began to compose her own songs with her album Aap Ki Asha. Most recently, she recorded a solo album entitled Love Supreme as well as the Grammy Award-nominated album You’ve Stolen My Heart with the Kronos Quartet. Her new album, 75 Years of Asha: A Musical Journey, features new recordings of songs specially written for her by her long time musical collaborator, Nitin Shankar.
Program Information
Thursday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
ASHA BHOSLE
with Special Guest Amit Kumar
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
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Ticket Information
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