Recently After Seven Months Toured World Wide Jaipur Maharaja Brass Band in 2009. Appeared in Festivals Like Sziget Festival in Budhapest, Festival Jazz in Riad Marocco, Festival Intermundial Rome, World Music Festival Belgium, Festival Bar du Lac France, Festival Nordik Impact Caen, University of Paris, Germany and Different Cites of Swiss.
In Rajasthan alone there are over two thousand Brass Bands performing regularly. Brass band music is an essential part of every day Indian life, so much so that Rahis Bharti, general director
and tabla player often says "In India, No Brass Band - No Marriage"
Childhood musical tabla prodigy Amrat Hussain joined his family in the Dhoad Gyspies from Rajasthan Band playing hundreds of concerts everywhere from Asia to North America. His ability has brought him solo invitations to play with musicians in a diverse range of musical styles,Esma Redzepova Gypsy Queen of Macedonia, Sassa from Swiss, Flamenco en Route from Spain, Pop Star Jovanni Otti From Italy including joining l’Orchestra de Vitorrio featuring players from Tunisia, Senegal, Cuba, USA, Ecuador, Italy, Germany and Spain.
Originating from Jaïpur, the city of the maharajas, the Jaïpur Maharaja Brass Band consists of seven fine musicians, a beautiful female gypsy dancer and an amazing fakir juggler. They play a range of traditional brass instruments including trumpets, trombones, tubas, clarinets and saxophones and perform stunning dances and mind-boggling feats of strength and skill.
Tabla maestro Amrat Hussain has brought together a group of Rajasthan’s most talented musicians and performers. The band has already demonstrated their considerable talents at festivals, parades, carnivals and celebrations all over India, even performing on Indian television. It's fair to say that The Jaïpur Maharaja Brass Band is one of Rajasthan’s finest brass bands.
Indian Brass band music roots go deep into the sub-continents colonial past. Introduced in the middle of the 18th century by the British as a gift, today, fifty years after India’s independence, thousands of Brass Bands play at every carnival, national or religious festivity or local marriage celebration.
Seven musicians, one dancer and one fakir
Jaipur
Maharaja
Brass Band
is invited to play to DIAMOND JUBILEE of Queen Elizabeth II in the month 02 and 03 June 2012
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Jaipur
Maharaja
Brass Band
played recently for the President of India and chief minister of Rajasthan on 31 dec. 2011 in Jaipur
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