Music Maestro Alexander Joel Pereira, a music instrumentalist par excellence, is popular in the Konkani music world. Any Konkani musical Nite or extravaganza, any Konkani audio or video Album recording is incomplete without the instrumental accompaniment of Joel Pereira. “Music is Divine”, says Joel, and he is intent on experiencing that divine. He is not after fast filmy music to make a fast buck, but he is devotedly learning all the nuances of music, experimenting and experiencing the eternal sound and passing on that experience to the next generation. His fans and music world have titled him as ‘Sageet Guru’.
Joel Pereira, son of all-time great legend of Konkani Traditional Music Gumtam Joachim Pereira and Pauline Pereira was born on 30 January 1964 in the parish of Bejai, Mangalore, he still resides in Bejai parish with his wife Meena, son Kenny and daughter Kate.
“Joy” as Joel was called lovingly by his parents is really a gem and down to earth personality, always hiding from media and publicity. Music flows through his veins. He is proficient in playing Organ, Piano, Violin, Accordion, Sitar, Tabla, Gumtam etc. He was the director for “Maando Fest-2003” a record breaking musical extravaganza for the first time in the history of Konkani Music. He has also mastered a renowned form of singing, “A Capella” (this form of singing requires hard work, lots of practice, a great ear, and the ability to collaborate with others, with no backup instruments to help someone).
He has arranged music for over 400 albums in Konkani , Malayalam, English, Kannada and Tulu and also arranged voices for more than 1600 hymns and Songs. He has also composed music for religious plays like “Dhavid Ani Goliyath”, “Ankwar Moriyechi Katha” and so on. He has given music to bring out audio albums in hundreds of singers. He is teaching the Mangalore Philharmonic Choir group.
Along with singing, he developed a passion for literature and became a popular writer of six plays on bible story, four social plays. Mr Joel Pereira has written a novel named ‘Sarnetam Maatalyachin’. He has written more than thirty short stories, more than ten Konkani Comedy Plays.
Joel Pereira is a recipient numerous awards for his contribution to Konkani Music including the Sandesha Konkani Music Award conferred in 2016. He has won the best music composer award for the year 2013 at the Global Konkani Music Awards.
He has been one of the most sought after jury members at the major music competitions like “Soad” and Gulf Voice of Mangalore.
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