When veteran composer Merlin D’Souza and her son, popular saxophonist Rhys Sebastian conducted a workshop at NCPA six months ago, they revisited the classics, giving them a new groove. This led to the idea of the concert Rhyme and Rhythm, featuring performances by Shalmali Kholgade, Gino Banks, and D’Souza, Vivienne Pocha and Sebastian scheduled this weekend. "When NCPA approached us for a concert, we felt it was a great idea. We wanted to take the audience off the beaten path by reinventing classics and spinning them with genres that promise to excite. There will be everything from Hoagy Carmichael and The Beatles to AR Rahman," shares Sebastian, who has arranged the tracks.

Rhys Sebastian