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A music concert to promote public awareness on AIDS

Madhur Tankha

Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Singing to light: Artistes Unlimited at a press conference at Max Mueller Bhavan in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Using music as a tool to create awareness about HIV/AIDS, Artistes Unlimited, a charitable trust that promotes performing arts, announced on Tuesday that its much talked about concert, En Route Tour, would be held at Siri Fort Auditorium here on Friday.

The two-month-long ‘En Route Tour’ that began in June has been designed to address issues of stigma and closed mindsets that envelop today’s youth, especially with regard to HIV/AIDS.

Annette Philip, Director of Artistes Unlimited, who has been recording professionally as a vocalist and voice-over artiste for over nine years, explains the reason why her trust is more than just a platform to encourage budding musicians. “We want to use music as an instrument to spread the message of AIDS awareness. The En Route Tour not only marks the release of our debut album `En Route’ -- the country’s biggest youth music collaborative album featuring 46 musicians -- but also the beginning of first youth-led AIDS awareness series,” she says.

Stating that Artistes Unlimited’s primary objective is to build a platform for and bridge the gap between artistes from diverse musical backgrounds where music spells cooperation not competition, Annette says: “We want to introduce our members and audiences to myriad genres of music, covering Western, Indian and world music. And use our music to assist and support charitable institutions or purposes. Our forte is Jazz, Sufi, Latin Jazz, Broadway and Rap. Experimentation is key to our sound-vocal arrangements.”

Annette says nearly 50 musicians will present a mixed repertoire on the D-day. “From the age of 14 to 40 we have rigorous auditions. This is to assess voice texture and grasping power.” The concert was held at Mumbai’s NCPA Tata Theatre on June 30, and at Christ College, Bangalore on July 6 and 7.

Naz Foundation (India) Trust programme manager Anuradha Mukherjee says that Naz Care Home is a home for orphaned and vulnerable children and abandoned women living with HIV/AIDS . It is conducting peer education programmes for 40 Delhi University students.

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