Ceylonese Funeral March

Innovative Music Meeting is a collaborative studio album released in 2000 under the Haus der Kulturen der Welt label. The recording features improvisational works by a trio of musicians from distinct cultural and classical traditions: sitarist Rajesh Mehta, cellist Rohan de Saram, and mridangam artist Trichy Sankaran. The album was issued on CD and documents a cross-genre exploration blending North Indian classical, Western contemporary, and Carnatic percussion elements.

The seventh track, Ceylonese Funeral March, runs for 4 minutes and 50 seconds. The composition reflects the artists’ interpretive approach to traditional and experimental forms, though specific thematic or structural details about the piece remain undocumented in available sources. The album as a whole emerged from a series of live and studio interactions, with Mehta contributing sitar, de Saram performing on cello, and Sankaran providing rhythmic foundation via mridangam. The release date for the CD was 2000, with distribution handled by the Berlin-based cultural institution.

Critical or commercial reception of Innovative Music Meeting is not widely recorded, and the context of its production—whether derived from a single session or compiled over multiple performances—lacks explicit clarification. The album stands as an example of late 20th-century fusion projects that sought to bridge Eastern and Western classical frameworks through improvisation. No subsequent reissues or alternate formats have been verified for this release.