Indian music icons Kishori Amonkar, AR Rahman featured in UK school curriculum
Prasun Sonwalkar/London
AFP
British-Palestinian musician Reem Kelani s Sprinting Gazelle is part of curriculum s diverse musical genres.
School children in Britain will soon be able to listen and learn about music from the work of Indian legends like the late Kishori Amonkar and A R Rahman, besides Western exponents such as Mozart, The Beatles, Whitney Houston and historically-important composers such as Vivaldi, as part of a new Model Music Curriculum.
The diversity of music genres to be taught includes those identified with the Middle East, such as Reem Kelani’s