Robert Browning Associates, Lotus Music & Dance, and Roulette present
Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm                      
L. SHANKAR with ABHIJIT BANERJEE & ROHAN KRISHNAMURTHY
Indian Masters

Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue
​Downtown Brooklyn  | tel. 917-267-0363
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Master violinist/vocalist/composer 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 and become a major soloist.  In the 1970s, with John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram and Ramnad Raghavan, he co-founded the legendary Indo-jazz group Shakti. In the 1980s, he introduced a 10-string double violin capable of covering the whole range of the orchestra’s string section from violin to double bass. To date he has continued to expand the international audience for Indian music, often combining North Indian (Hindustani) and South Indian (Carnatic) styles. He will be accompanied by Abhijit Banerjee, one of the top-ranking tabla (tuned hand drums) players of his generation and a pioneering disciple of the late Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Additional accompaniment will be provided by Rohan Krishnamurthy on mrdangam (barrel drum) & kanjira (small frame-drum). A leading voice in Indian classical and cross-genre music, he received training from the esteemed  Sri. Guruvayur Dorai.  


Please note: Due to visa difficulties brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh and Swaminathan Selvaganesh will not be able to appear at this event.  We hope to have them perform at an upcoming RBA concert. 

“dazzling virtuosity”- London Times

“fire and imagination” – New York Times
 
Tickets:  $30 at door
Advance tickets $25
Students, seniors at door $20

L. Shankar photo credit: Mike Anthony

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Artist feature on L. Shankar in the April edition, page 7, 
of The New York City Jazz Record