Music composer Ricky Kej aims for his fourth Grammy win, having previously won all three nominations.
Music composer Ricky Kej, who has been nominated for his fourth Grammy award, says he hopes that it turns into a win and becomes “four of four”.
“I’m fortunate that I’ve been nominated three times in the past and all three times I’ve won. So, it is three of three. I’m hoping it becomes four of four,” Kej told PTI in an interview.
Kej has been nominated in the New Age Album category for “Break of Dawn”.
“This album has been on my mind since 2015. I was exposed to the philosophical quote that ‘the impurities of the environment is a direct reflection of the impurities of the mind’. This was actually said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a speech in this event known as ‘Samvad’. It was a Hindu Buddhist conference which happened in 2015,” the Bengaluru-based artist said.
Renowned sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar is also nominated in the same category for her album ‘Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn’.
Other nominees are “Warriors of Light” by Radhika Vekaria and “Triveni” by entrepreneur and musician Chandrika Tandon, created in collaboration with flautist Wouter Kellerman and cellist Eru Matsumoto.
Shankar also earned an additional nomination for her featured role on Jacob Collier’s song “A Rock Somewhere”, which also includes vocalist Varijashree Venugopal, who bagged her first nomination.
source/content: hindustantimes.com (headline edited)