Indian classical music goes digital with HCL Music
The world’s first free music app, HCL Music, dedicated to Indian classical music was launched on the occasion of World Music Day by leading global conglomerate, HCL.
The app houses a collection of Indian classical music across genres including Hindustani, Carnatic and fusion music. HCL Music will feature recordings of live performances from legendary artists, high quality studio recordings featuring maestros, forgotten collections of legends and an assortment of crowd sourced music by young and aspiring artists. The app is available on both the Apple appstore and the Google play store.
“HCL has been supporting classical Indian performing arts for over 20 years now by organising specially curated concerts across some of the major cities in the country. Our goal is to cater to all classical music lovers and also inculcate an appreciation for the genre in a younger audience. One of the important aspects of accomplishing this goal is to provide access to good music anywhere and anytime, at the touch of a button. HCL Music is a step in this direction and will offer everybody a chance to experience the magic of Indian classical music at their convenience,” shared Sundar Mahalingam, Chief Strategy Officer, HCL Corporation on the launch of the app.
The newly launched HCL Music app aims to be the largest ever repository of classical content and also give upcoming artists a platform to showcase their talent. The app will stream uninterrupted music as it is offered without any subscription fee or ads.
To celebrate the launch of HCL Music and to underline the importance of this unique initiative of taking classical music digital, HCL will host the world’s first ever classical music virtual concert which will be streamed live on HCL Concerts Facebook and YouTube channels and will feature one of the most prominent vocalists of India – Kaushiki Chakraborty and Sitar maestro – Purbayan Chatterjee. The artistes will be accompanied by Ojas Adhiya on the Tabla, Ajay Joglekar on Harmonium, and Meghodeepa Gangopadhyayand Megha Rawoot on the Tanpura.
