MUMBAI: Saregama India launched a new age / world music album by young maestro Rahul Sharma and Richard Clayderman's second collabration titled 'Confluence 2' on 12 May.

The album is a fusion of traditional Indian classical music with a lot of guitar sounds and an innovative use of piano and the percussion instrument of santoor .

The evening started with the unveiling of the album by the Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and the guest list included some noted personalities like RPG chairman Harsh Goenka, singer Adnan Sami, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, filmmaker Yash Chopra and many other music lovers and performers. Amidst great fanfare, Sharma performed a few tracks from his album, delighting the audience by the magical sound of his santoor which created an extraordinary musical vision combining Clayderman's elegance on the piano notes, who could not be a part of the evening.

After the success of Confluence, the duo have collabrated again for Confluence
2. The album transcends musical and cultural boundraries on to a new dimension.During their musical journey,audience were shown a mystical video on the track titled "The Chase" which was entirely shot in france and directed by Rajat Nagpal.The album features nine pulsating tracks mostly composed by Sharma and the album also has a remixed track of Sharma along with DJ Suketu.

Despite his young age Rahul, son of the renowned santoor maestro, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, is already an established name in his own right.He is the youngest Indian musician to have performed at the WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) festival in UK.Rahul Sharma is undoubtedly the new face of tradition and his numerous awards include The Indo- American Society Award (1998), the Bollywood Music Award for Most Promising New Music Director, New York (2002), and the First MTV (IMMIES) Music Award for Best Classical / Fusion Album (2003).