“A music arranger is someone who realises the vision of a music composer regarding the treatment of a piece,” says Stephen.

 23-year-old "village boy" from Palakkad came to Chennai with a keyboard, a handful of money and a dream --to perform the music he has composed. Getting ready to travel with singer Hariharan, accompanying him on his European tour with his keyboard, Stephen Devassy who is flying high with all the "Wows and Wah Wahs" for "arranging music on the keyboard," speaks to Swahilya about his passion for music.  

The Chennai-based Muzik Lounge School of Audio Technology (MLSAT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Continuing Education Kerala for conducting courses in Audio Engineering and Music technology.
With the realization that the Indian music scene is growing in leaps and bounds, industry experts have forecast that the music business in India alone will be worth US$165 million by the year 2012. The digital music, in the meantime, is expected to account for 88 per cent of the music sales by 2011.

A nokha 2011, the annual tech fest of the Amrita School of Engineering drew to a close, after a plethora of technical events. There was one event left, the one which everybody looked forward to – Eventide 2011, which was to feature Drums Sivamani, sitar exponent Ravi Chary and keyboard maestro Stephen Devassy.
 

Stephen along with his brother, Sam Devassy, himself a sound engineer, musician and event manager, has opened a school of audio technology called the Muzik Lounge in Chennai.

"I was never academically inclined. Since I was always into music, I thought, why not make a career of it," says this 24-year-old from Ottappalam, Palakkad who is gaining recognition in the music industry.

Stephen Devassy believes presenting old classics in a vibrant way will make youngsters fall in love with them. City Times chats with the young pianist, who was in town for a stage performance at Dubai Wonderland. An interview.

Composer, arranger, performer, educator... Stephen Devassy juggles several hats in his quest to entertain the audience, writes PRINCE FREDERICK.

Maybe they could not pick the clue,” feels Stephen Devassy, whose magic on the keyboard certainly enhances the show.

When Ustad Amjad Ali Khan explains how Swar hi Ishwar hai (Sound is God), you know that he's the living embodiment of someone who, through the hauntingly beautiful strains of his sarod, has realised God.