Grammy award winner Ricky Kej rocks at Modi concert in South Africa

Bengaluru: The Grammy award winning Indo-American composer, music producer and conservationist from Bengaluru, Ricky Kej was the star performer at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Johannesburg show in South Africa on Friday.

His song, 'Mahatma' from the Grammy award winning album Winds of Samsara rang out as he played alongside flautist, the South African, Wouter Kellerman.

Speaking to DC from Johannesburg, an excited Kej said, "It was an absolute honour to perform for our Prime Minister Narendra Modiji in Johannesburg. Wouter Kellerman and I played the opening song from Winds of Samsara. The song is about the ideals of peace and tolerance by Mahatma Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela. The name of the song is Mahatma and we also presented the music video on stage. The feedback was overwhelming. The audience loved it.”

“Meeting Modiji, even though it was for a brief moment was a huge honour,: he said. “The whole of Johannesburg seemed to be celebrating Modi's arrival. There were traffic jams leading to the venue. And of course the atmosphere in the stadium was hysterical. As soon as Modi came up on the stage it was like a rock concert where people crowded to the front to get a closer glimpse of him. There were over 15,000 people present."