MUSIC FROM AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, the MIDDLE EAST & the AMERICAS
ONLINE CONCERT SERIES
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we had to postpone all of our Spring 2020 concerts. We presented some of these postponed events online as listed below.
Robert Browning Associates presents
PANCHAKSHARA: VIKKU VINAYAKRAM & 3 GENERATIONS
Masters of South Indian Percussion
Three generations of virtuosic musicians come together to provide rhythmic fireworks in this celebration of South Indian percussion. The group is led by the legendary Vikku Vinayakram, who has popularized the ghatam (clay pot) over his long career, was a founding member of the acclaimed Shakti ensemble with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain, and received India’s most prestigious titles and honors. MORE INFO...
Robert Browning Associates, Sneh Arts and Lotus Music & Dance present
DEBAPRIYA & SAMANWAYA with TANMOY BOSE tabla
Music of North India: Vocal/Sitar Jugalbandi (duet)
This jugalbandi with virtuosos Debapriya Adhikary and Samanwaya Sarkar, two of India’s foremost young artists, is unusual in that it is a duet with vocal and sitar (lute) instead of the more common duets with two instrumentalists or two vocalists. MORE INFO...
DEBAPRIYA & SAMANWAYA with TANMOY BOSE tabla
Music of North India: Vocal/Sitar Jugalbandi (duet)
This jugalbandi with virtuosos Debapriya Adhikary and Samanwaya Sarkar, two of India’s foremost young artists, is unusual in that it is a duet with vocal and sitar (lute) instead of the more common duets with two instrumentalists or two vocalists. MORE INFO...
photo: Chikako Iwahori
Robert Browning Associates presents
HASSAN HAKMOUN
Gnawa Soul of Morocco
Born in Marrakech, Hassan Hakmoun is the premier exponent of Moroccan Gnawa trance music in America and a commanding figure in world music circles. While punching out a groove on the sintir,a bass lute, his ecstatic vocals invoke the spirits of healing through chants of praise to the Prophet Mohammad... MORE INFO...