Another concert, The Live Earth concert had been cancelled in the wake of the attacks.
“Some people might consider it disrespectful that we are having a concert but hopefully a majority will realize what this is about and what it says,” Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson said at a press conference.
The band, on a tour of New Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore, was scheduled to perform in Mumbai last week. The Nov. 29 event was postponed following the attacks.
Proceeds from the Mumbai concert would go to a charity set up for victims of the attacks.
For Anoushka Shankar, the concert is a sort of catharsis.
“As a musician, this is how I speak, how I express the anger within me,” she said.
“Our entire tour has been changed by these events and even though the structure of the concert may remain the same, emotionally perhaps we are saying a lot more,” she said.
Recognized as a consummate performer and composer of Indian classical music and forward thinking genres, Anoushka is a unique figure in world music. Taught by her father and musical guru, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka continues to blaze new creative trails, performing across the globe in settings ranging from jazz and traditional Indian ensembles, to symphony orchestras.
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