TAKING THE LEAD

Nitin Sawhney shortlisted for London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Have your say on who you would choose.

Artists Taking the Lead is one of the major projects of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and is being developed by Arts Council England in partnership with London 2012 and the arts councils of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Twelve commissions of up to £500,000 will be awarded to create 12 new works of art across the country. The project was launched in March 2009 with a call to artists to submit their ideas. Over 2,000 artists applied. The submissions were judged by panels of artists and producers in each of the nations and regions. Nitin has been shortlisted with his project Global Bedroom Orchestra.

Go to Artists Taking The Lead to have your say on which project you would choose to go forward if you were on the panel. http://www.artiststakingthelead.org....

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NITIN TO HEADLINE THE MUSICPORT FESTIVAL

On October 23, Nitin will be headlining the opening night of "UK's largest indoor world music Festival". The Musicport Festival is celebrating it's 10th anniversary at The Spa Bridlington, East Yorkshire. Full evening tickets £27.50. Other acts include Abdullah Chhadeh & Syriana, The Ukrainians & Carmen Souza.

For tickets and further details please go to http://www.musicportfestival.com

Nitin will be taking part in Norway's Mai:Jazz later this spring. On May 8, Nitin will be performing at Folken in Stavanger. Mai:Jazz is the city's longest-running music festival, and features a wide array of artists throughout the city.

Tickets for the show cost 180 to 230 NOK, and are available right now through Ticketmaster Norway. For more details visit the Live Appearances page.

http://www.nitinsawhney.com/appearan...

They lost their sight, not their vision.

Voted by The Times as one of ‘The 100 Best Films of 2008’, award-winning documentary Blindsight, featuring music by Nitin Sawhney, is released on DVD on March 30th 2009. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Led by inspirational blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer.

Available from all good retailers, including Amazon UK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blindsight-D...