Merlin D'Souza
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Merlin DSouza at BlueFrog Mumbai, March 2013
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Merlyn |
| Origin | Bombay, India |
| Genres | Western_classical, Jazz, Bollywood, World music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist, music director/ composer/ arranger |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | merlindsouza |
Merlin D'Souza (Merlyn) is an Indian composer and pianist from Bombay. She is a musician whose work includes composing for film, albums, theatre and advertising. She is based at Bandra, a Mumbai suburb. Formerly the Asian jazz ambassador for Hennessy X.O. – she has toured extensively, from Australia to China, from Europe to the United States (including a stint at the Blue Note, New York).
Merlin started learning the piano at age 6, became an All India Radio performing artiste at 9, started playing in the church at 12 and bunked college at 18 to score and perform for Noel Godin's musical production (Blood Brothers). She is trained in western classical (Trinity College Performer's Licentiate) and liberated by jazz.
Her journey in theatre as a music director has seen her score for Alyque Padamsee's Romeo and Juliet, Pearl Padamsee's Godspell, Naseeruddin Shah's Julius Caeser and Etienne Coutinho's Jazz., Raell Padamsee's: Sound of Music 2012, GREASE-2013
Her foray into films as composer, arranger and vocal director has hit the right notes in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Road, Bus Yun Hi, Rules: Pyaar Ka Superhit Formula, Prince of Egypt and more.
She has gigged with Shubha Mudgal, Trilok Gurtu, Talvin Singh, Taufiq Qureshi, Rakesh Chaurasia.
She has also sang the Indian national anthem in the Indian Super League. She has also worked with Ranbir Kapoor by directing him to sing the Indian national anthem in the Indian Super League.
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