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arun ghosh
Arun Ghosh is also an established musical director and composer for theatre, dance, performance and
radio.
His first work was Storm by Lemn Sissay (Contact Theatre, 2002) and he has since worked on over 40 major productions.
In March 2010, Arun Ghosh wrote a new score for Lotte Reiniger's 1926 feature-length silhouette animation "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" with its premiere performance taking place at the Albany, London.
This year, this unique Cine-Concert has been presented at the Purcell Room, Southbank and at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.
Ghosh was commissioned by Manchester Mega Mela to write an original IndoJazz chamber work"A South Asian Suite", which received its premiere in July 2010.
The London premiere performance of this piece took place at the Southbank in April 2011.
Other theatre compositions include "The London Eye Mystery" (Unicorn Theatre, London), "Tell Tales" (Purcell Room, Southbank),
"Antigone", "The Tempest" and "Volpone" (Royal Exchange, Manchester),
"Indian Ink" (Salisbury Playhouse) and "And Did Those Feet..." (Bolton Octagon).
He has also worked extensively with Cardboard Citizens and also Oily Cart,
co-composing music with Max Reinhardt for "Something in the Air" which
premiered at the Manchester International Festival in 2009 and revived for a tour in April 2010.
Radio work includes "Bora Bistrah" (Radio 3) and "The Healing Pool" (Radio
4). Television/short film work includes "Rappin' at the Royal" (Channel
4), "Dream Factory" (BBC) and "One More Bridge (ACTV).
Arun has performed and composed for classical Indian dancers (with Kadam
and Chaturangan dance companies) including "Sacred Move", "The Art of
Travel" and "Fading Contact". For these works, he used a fusion of
classical dance traditions with jazz and R'n'B sounds.
Other significant compositions include "Saptarishi", a multimedia dance
and animation piece for Liverpool Planetarium and "Life, Light and Colour"
- music to accompany a South Asian art exhibition.
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