Oscar winning music maestro A.R. Rahman's Creating world-class orchestra in India

Oscar winning music maestro A.R. Rahman's Chennai-based KM Music Conservatory (located in Kodambakkam), is the first of its kind in India to meet international standards of music education. With a mission to provide students with a strong artistic, intellectual, and technical foundation, KM Music Conservatory trains students to become highly proficient musicians in both Indian and Western music, besides music technology. Under affiliation of Middlesex University, United Kingdom (UK), it offers Preparatory Programme (2-5 years), Foundation Programme (1-2 years), and Degree Programme (3 years) and is planning Masters Programme and a Diploma in Indian Music and Music Technology. Many faculty members have degrees from USA and UK and A.R. Rahman is the principal. Currently, Indian composers must go abroad to find orchestras to record. The vision of KM Music Conservatory is to eliminate this obstacle and provide an exemplary orchestra here in India, said Rahman for whom music is a way to connect to spirituality and embrace it and for creating harmony in troubled times.