The music of India

Nationality

India
When

3/22(Sat.) 19:30
Where

National Concert Hall
Ticket Price

500 700 900 1200 1500

Journeying across India through Music

Grammy Nominees, Winner of Amazon.com’s “The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time” list

It’s a concert featuring the sitar, a most beloved Eastern instrument in the West. Its fans include the Rolling Stones, the legendary rock band from the U.K. and George Harrison, a late member of the Beatles. It is the accompanying instrument for the hit song “Norwegian Wood”.

Beatles. It is the accompanying instrument for the hit song “Norwegian Wood”. A master of the Indian sitar and Grammy nominee, Shujaat Khan, joined by the tabla artist Abhiman Kaushal, completely stunned many patrons who heard Northern Indian music for the first time at the “Ways to Listen to the World-India” series held by the NTCH in 2012. Shujaat Khan, a master at imitating the subtleties of the human voice with the sitar , his trademark playing style, is one of the greatest North Indian classical musicians of his generation. In collaboration with Abhiman Kaushal, the tabla artist of North Indian music, Shashank Subramanyam, the Bamboo flute performer of South Indian music, and Parupalli Phalgun, the mridangam drum artist of South Indian music for live improvisation, Shujaat Khan will unfold the panorama of the north and South Indian music.

PROGRAM

Flute recital of Carnatic (South Indian) music
Sitar recital of Hindustani (North Indian) music
A duet performance of both North and South Indian music

Artists

Shujaat Khan’s musical pedigree came from seven generations which built up the Imdad Khan School. One of the greatest North Indian classical musicians of his generation, Shujaat Khani is highly acclaimed for his style of playing sitar, known as the gayaki ang, an imitative of the subtleties of the human voice.

Shashank Subramanyam, a legendary maestro of South Indian music well-known in India, also leads successful careers in jazz and pop music. Abhiman Kaushal is deemed an envoy of the tabla. Parupalli Phalgunm, the mridangam drum artist, is regarded as a rising star in South Indian music.