Chinmaya Dunster – Concerts for India’s Environment
Green Ragas Concert Flyer
Chinmaya Dunster is a very productive and proactive musician and filmmaker, who inspires environmental awareness with his lovely compositions and lively pictures. He will perform again as part of his row of ‘Concerts for India’s Environment’ with Sandeep Srivastav and the Celtic Ragas Band at British Council, New Delhi on 2nd Feb at 7pm. If you happen to be in Delhi on this date, you are invited to enjoy the concert.
The Celtic Ragas Band has gained some fame playing at Paul McCartney’s wedding in Ireland in 2002 (“I love the unique blend of Irish and Indian style music of Celtic Ragas. It has become one of my favourites.” Paul McCartney). His more recent concerts aim to raise awareness about the many difficulties facing the natural and human environment in India because of unrestrained ‘development’.
Chinmaya Dunster has turned into a filmmaker with the film ‘Concert for India’s Environment’, which he completed in 2007. “I spent many satisfying days deep in the Indian wilderness collecting wildlife footage for this, and travelled to some remote places for interviews and shots of the people who live around and depend on the wilderness”, says Chinmaya Dunster about his work.
Chinmaya Dunster has a collaboration with Dr Erach Bharucha (his guide and mentor to India’s environmental issues and presenter of the ‘Concert’ film), helping edit his books and spread the conservation message through film. He has produced many short Videos of wildlife scenes and people in their natural environment, all of them featuring his beautiful songs and conveying his message. To learn more about Chinmaya Dunster’s work and to enjoy his beautiful music Videos, please visit his website at: www.chinmaya-dunster.com
