Gioconda Vessichelli and AR Rahman's flutist Naveen Kumar's new song 'Like a Prayer' on Sony label

Italian opera queen Gioconda Vessichelli's incredible rendition with AR Rahman's flutist Naveen Kumar on the Sony label shows her versatility. Gioconda's new song "Like A Prayer" which is fused by fusion specialist Gioconda Vessichelli in a new flavour along with the amazing flute playing of Naveen Kumar, adds another feather to the queen's crown. Gioconda Vessichelli, considered the queen of opera, has done fusion collaborations with legends Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sukhwinder Singh, Bollywood music queen Asha Bhosle, Anup Jalota, Pritam and Hollywood's Grammy award winning composer Ennio Morricone along with the world's biggest opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and many others on Italy State Television.

Gioconda Vessichelli to Star in Indian TV Show

Gioconda Vessichelli has sung in many Bollywood movies with her amazing voice range of 4 octave pitch, including film “Mary Kom” with Vishal Dadlani, starring Priyanka Chopra. Gioconda Vessichelli's exceptional talent and performance, who has been adept at singing since a very young age, will soon be seen in a big TV show in India, as we have heard from some inside sources. When we asked Gioconda's secretary (over the phone) for more details, we were told that ma'am Gioconda Vessichelli' has signed a non-disclosure agreement, so she cannot say anything more at the moment but she does not mind speaking on other subjects.

So I scheduled a conversation and started on the same topic by asking Gioconda, “Gioconda, you are a successful opera singer, winner of 7 International Opera Awards and you have sung for Hollywood’s Grammy Award winning composer Ennio Morricone, on Italian State Television and with Bollywood legends: Pritam, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sukhwinder Singh and many others, what will you say about your experience of recording the song “Ziddi Dil” with Vishal Dadlani for the highly acclaimed movie ‘Mary Kom’ released by Zee starring Priyanka Chopra?” To this question Gioconda Vessichelli said, “In Bollywood far west, there are different rules. My experience was not very good."

When I asked her why she was not given credit for the song she sang, Gioconda said, “I asked the same question and then Shashi Suman and his manager Ishita disappeared. My lawyer wrote several letters to them… This is my experience.

So dear singers, please keep your documents, contracts ready and saved properly before opening your mouth in front of the mic.
Don't just believe in a lip service "chalega style" like I did, or don't believe in any agreement made verbally ."

I told Gioconda that I didn't understand the part about Shashi Suman and his manager's disappearing, to which she said, "They forgot to give me credit for the song which I sang. They made an excuse that they forgot about Gioconda's singing in the song. Just like they forgot to put credits in the song scene..so instead of apologizing and correcting the mistake they just disappeared and didn't reply to the emails where we were asking to put credits."

This is the issue of giving you credit in the song 'Ziddi Dil' from the acclaimed movie Mary Kom released by Zee."

"Yes, even  I  sent a request to the composer from Zee Music who tried to help me and even tried sending an email for them, it was just a click away, all they needed to do was send an email with the update of the credits. The worst part is that they even pretended that they are not sure if it is my voice or not (so my lawyer sent them all the recordings and proofs in email..where it is clearly evident that it was my voice..

"You are the only real opera singer in Bollywood, and you are the creator and leader of Bollywood opera style (first ever fusion between opera and Bollywood, for which you rightly deserved the Indian Mahila Award, the first ever given to a non Indian woman. Before you it was given to another foreign woman, that was to Mother Teresa (many years ago). So you mean to say  your voice texture cannot be confused with anyone else's,

"You are right, I have always been passionate about building bridges between western and eastern music cultures, but I really hate such behavior of big musicians who try to copy each other's music (as if there is no creativity left in the world). You have a culture of sanskar in your back ground. India is the place where sanskar was born. Especially squeezing the talents of foreigners without paying them, not giving them credit, all this is disgusting. As per the law every artist who has contributed to a masterpiece should be given their rights. Is it fair to not give credit to someone for his or her art and hard work?? It's like a culture where there are no rules and regulations that govern the making of a song (in Europe, America artists are very much protected) and it's a pity that in India no one respects such rules and if an artist tries to get something in writing (which is a common thing all over the world) then they forget to mention your name in the credits..and when asked to update the credits..they also pretend to be clever. So now every artist should tell these clever cheaters on their face about artist's rights. Please my dear artists. You guys never be afraid. Let's make the Bollywood music environment a healthy beautiful honest environment and not a polluted and disgusting one. Fear will weaken art and music, and thieves of music and creativity will overpower the real artists. So we all need to be brave and not be afraid at all so that real music wins.

We got this news a few days ago. Meanwhile, now we can see that truth has won and Gioconda got her due credit in the Mary Kom movie..Thank you Gioconda for always inspiring the world with her brave and honest truthful enlightened mind.

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