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Sangeet Mishra, Taro Terahara & Shen Flindell
Indian Classical Sarangi, Bansuri & Tabla
A truly international performance bringing together the mystical sound of sarangi by Sangeet Mishra (Mumbai/Varanasi) with leading classical artists from Japan and Australia, Taro Terahara (bansuri) and Shen Flindell (tabla)
Australia Autumn 2009 Tour Schedule
Thu 16 April 7pm - Gold Coast
31 Cayman Drive, Clear Island Waters
Fri 17 April 7pm - Byron
Temple of Melodious Sound, 6 Goolara Court, Ocean Shores
Sat 18 April 7.30pm - Brisbane
Sai Baba Temple, 1614 Sandgate Rd, Virginia
Sun 19 April 5pm - Brisbane
17 Napier St, St Lucia
April 20 - drive to Victoria
Thu 23 April 7.30pm - Wangaratta Exhibition Gallery
Fri 24 April 8pm - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Sat 25 April 7pm - Melbourne with Glen Kniebeiss (tabla)
Prana House, Level 1, 885 High St. Thornbury
Sun 26 April 7pm - Melbourne - Double Bansuri/Tabla Concert
with Vinod Prasanna (bansuri) and Glen Kniebeiss (tabla)
Magpie House, Main St, Upwey
April 27-28 - Sangeet accompanying Sam Evans' tabla classes
Wed 29 April 1pm - lecture/demo at Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne
Thu 30 April - AVAILABLE
Fri 1 May 7pm - Canberra
Belconnen Theatre, 26 Chandler St, Belconnen
Sat 2 May 7pm - Sydney
Ragas at Sharmas (Hornsby) - contact sydhwaney@gmail.com for details
Sun 3 May - Terrigal (North of Sydney)
Yogaways Terrigal Studio, 1st Floor, No 7 Hudson Lane, Terrigal
IN BRIEF
Both Sangeet and Taro have had successful Australian tours in recent years, but this will be a very special opportunity to hear these two master musicians perform together on these very special instruments, sarangi and bansuri.
Indian classical music is a diamond of global culture, a timeless spiritual vibration with unmatched opportunities for improvisation and expression, tranporting listeners into realms of sound. This tour brings together musicians from India, Japan and Australia to evoke the peaceful sounds of Planet Earth.
Sarangi is an Indian bowed instrument with about 50 strings. Its sound is considered to match the human voice most closely, and its name literally means "hundred colours", reflecting the wide range of tones and moods it can evoke. An extremely difficult instrument, the art of sarangi is slowly dying. The sound is that of ancient spiritual India. Sangeet Mishra comes from a long lineage of sarangi players from India's holiest city, Varanasi, and has performed with leading artists all around India and the world.
Check out Sangeet on Youtube here.
Bansuri is the Indian classical bamboo flute, bringing the sound of air, the mountains, the uplifting devotional mood of Krishna. Master bansuri player Taro Terahara is a leading musician in the thriving Indian classical music community of Japan, well-known from Woodford Folk Festival appearances including New Year's Dawn 2006 and New Year's Midnight 2006/07.
Check out Taro on Youtube here.
No Indian classical performance would be complete without the dynamic drums Tabla, played on this tour by leading Australian tabla player Shen Flindell. Having studied under Varanasi's old master Pt Ashutosh Bhattacharya, Shen comes from the old school of Indian classical music - devoted to the spirit of music and evoking moods of Shiva, Ganesh and Goddess Saraswati.
Check out Shen on Youtube here.
Artist bios and photos are on the Profiles page.
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