Benefit Concert for Santoor Ashram

132 Tinker Street,Woodstock NY 12498

11 September, 2022

Description

Tarun Bhattacharya is one of India’s most exciting performers. His mastery of complex rhythms and playful “dialogues” make his concerts a true delight. Tarun was chosen by Ravi Shankar to perform on his “Chants of India” album produced by George Harrison. The concert will feature a Sitar prelude by Diana Waldron, a student of Roop Verma. It will end with a Sitar postlude featuring Shraman Sen with Ucchal Banerjee, tabla. Shraman is a student of Ustad Irshad Khan and studied with Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan as well. South Indian Mridangam performance and accompaniment by Ramesh Srinivasan and Satya Ramesh. The concert is a benefit for Santoor Ashram, Kolkata, a project to bring music to disadvantaged youth.