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​Robert and Helene Browning celebrate 43+ years of presenting world music & dance.
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"Their work set into motion nothing less than a seismic shift in the cultural terrain of New York City and beyond.
"  - The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Support RBA by making a tax-deductible contribution to Roulette, our not-for-profit partner. Be sure to specify in the Special Notes box that your donation is to support RBA programming.  Or, you may send a check to:  Jim Staley, Director Roulette Intermedium, Inc., 228 West Broadway, FL 2   NY, NY 10013-2456
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IN MEMORIAM 

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Kadri Gopalnath  12/5/1949 – 10/11/2019
​Kadri Gopalnath was one of the great innovators of South Indian (Carnatic) music. Tutored by his father on the nadhaswarama large oboe-like instrument favored for temple ceremonies, he fell in love as a young man with the saxophone. Over a period of some 20 years he mastered the instrument (alto saxophone) and introduced it to the repertoire of classical South Indian Music. He first visited the US in 1987 and performed at Washington Sq. Church, NYC for the World Music Institute. The concert was reviewed by Robert Palmer for the New York Times. He performed again for WMI in 1995, this time at Merkin Concert Hall. Kadri Gopalnath continued to perform at concerts and festivals throughout the world often experimenting across genres as in his 2008 tour with jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Read more... 


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​Ramakant Gundecha   11/24/62- 11/8/2019
Ramakant Gundecha, one of the Gundecha brothers, the leading exponents of the ancient Indian art of Dhrupad, an austere vocal style of classical North Indian music that predates the more commonly performed Khayal.The Gundecha Brothers, Ramakant and Umakant, with their younger brother pakhawajplayer Akhilesh performed at Roulette as part of our World In Trance Festival in 2016 to great acclaim. The Gundecha’s studied under the tutelage of two members of the renowned Dagar family, vocalist Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and rudra vinamaster Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. Over the past thirty years they have traversed the world performing in festivals and major concert venues to rapturous audiences and have taught their art to students throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.


UP NEXT 


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Robert Browning Associates presents
​Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 8:00pm                 
GAMELAN KUSUMA LARAS with I.M. HARJITO
Guest Vocalist: HENI SAVITRI
Guest Dancer: ANANG TOTOK DWIANTORO
 

Music & Dance of Java
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn   | 917-267-0363

​Since its formation over 30 years ago, Gamelan Kusuma Laras has entranced American and Indonesian audiences with its mesmerizing renditions of traditional Javanese performances on instruments created for the Indonesian Pavilion at the 1964-5 World’s Fair... MORE INFO

WORLD VIEWS

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Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates presents
Friday, January 24, 2020 at 8:30pm                   
LE VENT DU NORD & DE TEMPS ANTAN
 QuebecFest!
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC | 212-247-7800

The two most popular groups from Quebec join together in an exuberant celebration of traditional and contemporary dance tunes and earthy, often hilarious, ballads of French-Canadian culture... MORE INFO


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Carnegie Hall in partnership with Robert Browning Associates presents
Friday, March 27, 2020 at 8:30pm             
GAMIN & NANGYE GUGAK
Court & Folk Music of Korea
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue, NYC | 212-247-7800

Gugak, the ancient court and folk music of Korea, is characterized by a huge range of sounds from piercing oboes and bombastic percussion to the dulcet tones of reed flutes, zithers, and fiddles. The Nangye Gugak orchestra takes its name from a legendary MORE INFO...


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Robert Browning Associates in partnership with Flamenco Festival presents
​Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 8:00pm                 
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
Flamenco Eñe:  RANCAPINO CHICO 

Cante Flamenco: “Por mi amor al arte”
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn   | 917-267-0363

One of the most remarkable singers of the new generation, Rancapino Chico is a torchbearer of flamenco puro and heir to the cantes of Cadiz. He is the son of the great singer Alonso Núñez "Rancapino," and was raised in Chiclana de la Frontera in a family with deep Gypsy flamenco roots. MORE INFO...


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Robert Browning Associates presents
​Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 8:00pm                 
ABDULRAHMAN AL-AKHFASH
with ZAFER TAWIL / AMAL WAQAR with TAREQ RANTISI

​A Night In Arabia: Music from Yemen & Oman
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn   | 917-267-0363 

The music of the Arabian peninsula is far less documented and more rarely heard than that of the Levant and of Egypt. On the southern edge of the peninsula lies Yemen, a country with an ancient history, remarkable architecture, and a rich musical culture that is steeped in the classic Arabic tradition of sung poetry.  Both Yemen and its neighbor Oman are
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​Robert Browning Associates presents
​Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 8:30pm                 
KAIVALYA KUMAR GURAV with SUBHEN CHATTERJEE
Songs of Dharwad - Vocal Music of North India
Peter Norton Symphony Space's ​Leonard Nimoy Thalia

Kaivalya Kumar Gurav, a leading vocalist of India making a rare NY appearance, hails from Dharwad, the region admired as a mecca for North Indian classical vocal music where such luminaries as Bhimsen Joshi and Mallikarjun Mansoor lived.  With his rich multigenerational lineage, he is a major exponent of the Kirana gharana (tradition): his grandfather, MORE INFO...


6th Annual A World in Trance Festival

A World in Trance, now in its sixth edition, has been host to some of the world’s most captivating music, bringing people together in search of enlightenment and spirituality.

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photo: Chikako Iwahori
Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 8:00pm   
ALI AKBAR MORADI
& PEJMAN HADADI
Sacred Trance Music of Kurdistan

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Friday, April 24, 2020 at 8:00pm 
DEBAPRIYA & SAMANWAYA 
with  SAMAR SAHA tabla
Music of North India: Vocal/Sitar Duet

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Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 8:00pm   
HASSAN HAKMOUN
​with special guest BRAHIM FRIBGANE

Gnawa Soul of Morocco

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Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn   | tel. 917-267-0363

MORE INFO + TICKET LINKS COMING SOON


RECENT PERFORMANCES

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Robert Browning Associates & Lotus Music & Dance in partnership with Brooklyn Maqam present
Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 8:00pm
WAJDE AYUB
Wasla - Soul Music of Syria
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn | 917-267-0363

Wajde Ayub, born in Aleppo, is a classically trained Syrian mutrib (principal vocalist) who has been acclaimed for his exquisite and commanding renderings of wasla, an Arab musical suite that incorporates composed and improvised forms.  His performances, which include ...  MORE INFO


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Robert Browning Associates presents
Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 8:00pm
NAMÂD TRIO: PEJMAN HADADI, SAEED KAMJOO & KOUROSH TAGHAVI
Ode to Hope: Persian Music 
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn  |  917-267-0363

The Namâd Trio brings together three brilliant musicians in the world of Persian music. The internationally-renowned Pejman Hadadi, considered to be one of the most innovative Iranian percussionists today, is known for his work with the Dastan Ensemble ...  MORE INFO


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Lotus Music & Dance in partnership with Robert Browning Associates presents
Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 4:00pm
WORLD DANCE FESTIVAL: Dancing Across Cultural Borders
Dancing Crane Georgian Dance Theater |Sonali Skandan & Jiva Dance (South Indian)
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (MMAC), 248 West 60th St., NYC  | 212-627-1076 

This exciting dance festival, now in its fourth year, features Georgian and South Indian dance accompanied by live music. Dancing Crane, noted for its thrilling feats of acrobatic dancing, presents traditional dance from Georgia. The dance forms from the Caucasus...  MORE INFO


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Robert Browning Associates  presents
Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 8:00pm                      
L. SHANKAR with NEEL AGRAWAL
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with special guest 
SWAMINATHAN SELVAGANESH
Indian Masters
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn  |  917-267-0363
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Master violinist and vocalist L. Shankar (aka Shenkar) is renowned for his deeply soulful performances of Indian classical music. Since playing his first solo concert at the age of seven, he has gone on to accompany many of South India’s leading vocalists... MORE INFO


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Robert Browning Associates & Lotus Music & Dance in partnership with Brooklyn Maqam  present
​Saturday, November 23, 2019 at 8:00pm                 
HAMID AL-SAADI with SAFAAFIR 
featuring AMIR ELSAFFAR, DENA EL SAFFAR & TIM MOORE​
Journey to the Heart of the Iraqi Maqam 
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn  |  917-267-0363

The Iraqi 
maqam (modal system), one of Iraq’s richest cultural offerings, features sophisticated melodies, infectious rhythms, and eloquent poetry. Hamid Al-Saadi, Iraq’s foremost exponent of this centuries-old tradition, is renowned for his powerful voice and MORE INFO...



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