Come, let us dream of a better tomorrow. Amidst the bleak chaos of our modern world, this project provides a space for artists to dream and create, and communicate a sense of hope through music. Bridge of Dreams is a pioneering musical collaboration between Australian and Indian musicians. Composed and recorded across two continents, and culminating in a fiery debut show at Sydney Festival in January 2019, this project is an exchange of ideas arising from the dialogue between Australian jazz and the rich Indian musical palette. The project is comprised of world-class collaborators, including, Shubha Mudgal (voice, composition), Aneesh Pradhan (tabla, composition), Sandy Evans (saxophones, composition, orchestration), Sirens Big Band, Bobby Singh (tabla) and Sudhir Nayak (harmonium).

Bridge of Dreams represents the diverse and nuanced possibilities that the musicians bring to the collaboration: Shubha and Sudhir’s emotive and soulful raga expositions are answered by Sirens’ warm and luscious horn section; Aneesh and Bobby’s sophisticated tabla solos weave around jazz rhythm section ostinatos; breathtaking improvisational exchanges between saxophone and harmonium.  Jazz and Indian music are diverse, complex, constantly evolving musical systems. The music in this collaboration draws on many aspects from both systems, and influences from the Indian sphere include Hindustani, Carnatic, sacred, folk, Bollywood, fusion and Indipop genres.