March 1: Gorkha Brewery hopes to set a new trend in digital musical collaboration in Nepal by paving a path for upcoming artists with the initiation of the Dream Big Project under the Tuborg Open Sessions.

According to the beverage company, selected participants in this project are given a chance to collaborate and perform at Tuborg Open Sessions platform – a YouTube series featuring live studio-recorded performances by some of the prominent Nepali artists, established and emerging.

The sessions offer new rendition of Nepali songs, from old classics to current favorites, the company said in a statement.

“The digital platform offers its open approach of producing rich Nepali musical collaborations with each other by experiment and mixing various genres,” the statement added.

The Dream Big Project features some of the prominent names in the Nepali music fraternity including Manoj Kumar KC, Bidhan Shrestha, Deepak Bajracharya, Uday Sotang, Sheetal Moktan, Shreya Sotang, Rohit John Chhettri and Swoopna Suman to name a few.

The company said it had received 1000 entries ever since the launch of the project in September 2019. Any aspiring singer/brand could upload their songs on www.tuborgnepal.com to showcase their talent.

After careful screenings of all the videos received, a panel of experts recently selected five budding singers/musicians, according to the statement.

These selected contestants will now get a chance to collaborate with musicians from Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory and Arbitrary Records under the aegis of Tuborg Open Sessions. The collaborative videos will be uploaded on Channel Arbitrary and Tuborg Open Sessions Facebook page later on.

The selected participants are Suneeta Karki from Udaupur , Manish Niroula and Saurav Karki from Biratnagar, Rajesh Nepali, Saloni Dangol, Aarif Rauf from Kathmandu.