When music meets architecture

In order to revitalise these forgotten monuments, a group of passionate architectures and musicians have come together with a unique initiative to explain to the general public, the extraordinary architecture of these structures with the help of dance and music.

During the TEDx talks at Indian International Center, the group showcased the presentation on their pilot site <g data-gr-id="23">Khirkhi</g> Majid, through which they shared exuberant amalgamation of elements of architecture. The presentation was hence backed with classical singing and dancing. The group then displayed <g data-gr-id="24">Chaturangana</g> which was an attempt to add a new dimension to the architectural heritage, <g data-gr-id="25">Mugal</g> Darbar.      

“The music from the darbar and the rag from the temples have now landed in the theater of black boxes. With our project <g data-gr-id="27">Chaturanagana</g> we attempt to bring together the bond of music, dance, architecture and literature on a common platform to try and explore component of space,” said <g data-gr-id="28">Shivjita</g> Roy, team dancer.

The group then presented their latest project on India International Centre (IIC) building with a music piece that highlighted the objective of the center which is to promote and facilitate exchange of knowledge and mutual appreciation of culture from different parts of the world. 

“We are architectures by day and musician and dancers all day long. We have come from the same background. During our architecture <g data-gr-id="35">course</g> we were exposed to the world of architecture and our training in Indian classical art form greatly mentored our understanding of space. We could understand that the whole picture is so much bigger than some of its parts. And when we collaborated architecture with music and dance, it was nothing but sheer magic,” said Vidhya Gopal, team vocalist. Their attempt to discover and unravel space with <g data-gr-id="32">amalgamation</g> of <g data-gr-id="34">music,</g>threaded a story in itself. The hope for this innovative idea is to flourish and to harbor change.