Khatija Rahman, daughter of the famous composer AR Rahman, has delivered a breathtaking performance of one of her father's songs at Expo 2020 Dubai. AR Rahman, the two-time Academy Award and double Grammy Award winner, has been in Dubai since July preparing the Firdaus Orchestra, an ensemble made up of <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/ar-rahman-to-form-all-female-orchestra-and-open-music-studio-at-expo-2020-dubai-1.985848">50 female musicians</a> from the Middle East. Firdaus Orchestra's shows at the world's fair have been <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/expo-2020/2021/10/23/expo-2020-dubai-ar-rahmans-firdaus-orchestra-makes-stellar-debut/" target="_blank">hugely popular</a>, with crowds queuing early to hear them play Rahman classics like <i>Vande Mantaram</i>. Their most recent performance was for World Children's Day and featured Disney classics such as <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> and <i>Little Mermaid, </i>with the musicians including 16-year-old pianist Lydian Nadhaswaram. In her first live performance, Khatija, 24, wowed the audience with her performance of <i>Farishton</i>, a song composed by AR Rahman.
