Samyo in 2009
In 2009, Samyo pioneered a new style of music direction, as both Samyo and Tarang worked with Conductors Gaurav Mazumdar and Manorama Prasad. The Summer Retreat moved to Lake District Summer Music, in Windermere, and featured Patri Satish Kumar, Dr Jayanthi Kumaresh, Pt Tarun Bhattacharya, Anuradha Pal as well as Percussion Conductor Sanju Sahai. Guest Composers during the year were Praveen D Rao, Pete Moser and Girishh Gopalakrishnan, who joined in late 2009 as Assistant Conductor. The orchestra created a brand new theme for the year, “Tributes””, to be performed in March 2010, and with Tributes to Indian Dance, Bollywood, World Music, the English Lake District, World Peace and Percussion.
