Sitar & Tabla Recital with Srinivas Reddy & Sameer Gupta

"Expect all the stunning musicality of instrumental Indian classical music as you've seen it before, as well as a depth that is a little more rare."
- Gautam Tejas Ganeshan, Founder & Artistic Director of the Sangati Center

Saturday, May 24, 2008, 7pm - 9pm
Fee: $10

SRINIVAS REDDY is an Indian-American sitarist, guitarist and composer. In 1998 he came under the tutelage of Pt. Partha Chatterjee, a direct disciple of Pt Nikhil Banerjee. Since then Srinivas has rigorously trained with his teacher in the traditional guru-shishya style. Srinivas is a professional concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals in the US and India. He is also an experienced teacher and educator, he holds a BA from Brown University and an MA from UC Berkeley, both in South Asian Studies. (www.srinivasreddy.org)

SAMEER GUPTA is founder of the critically acclaimed SF based improvisational ensemble The Supplicants. He is an original musical voice in jazz, world, and fusion music. He has studied percussion for most of his life, beginning in Tokyo, Japan in 1985. Since then Sameer has performed at Lincoln Center, Asagiri Jam in Japan and various music festivals across the nation and abroad. Sameer began his study of North Indian classical tabla in 2002 and is currently studying with tabla master Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. (www.sameergupta.com)

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