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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 30 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.
Most recently, Arun Ghosh was Musical Director/Composer for "The London Eye Mystery" at The Unicorn Theatre, London.
Forthcoming commissions include "A South Asian Suite", an IndoJazz chamber
work commissioned by Manchester Mega Mela due to premiere in Summer 2010.
Other theatre compositions include "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 is due to
be revived for a tour this April.
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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