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Melody of Love and Shadows-Edinburgh Fringe and other venues
Saudha, Society Of Poetry and Indian Music: 'one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country' (BBC Radio), offers this two-day appearance in Fringe Festival with a hypnotic and 'breath-taking' presentation ('Rhapsody of Soul' -Guardian|| 'Seraphic ecstacy of Indian Raaga Music'- Yorkshire Reporter) of Indian classical music by a UK based vocalist vocalist Chandra Chakraborty and critically acclaimed, prominent accompanying artists like Baluji Shrivastav OBE (Sitar) Kamalbir Nandra (violin), Chiranjit Mukherjee (tabla) and Showmi Das (Kathak). This is seamlessly mingled with French, medieval, romantic troubadour music and haunting verses of world poetry in English by actor and Schubert vocalist Erik Schelander, to interpret and intensify the profound mood of the transcendental music.
The event will be curated by T M Ahmed Kaysher.
Promo for the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07UHLafh2LU
The link for the preview in Asian Culture vulture:
Melody of Love and Shadows || Edinburgh Fringe
Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride's - 10 Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh, EH11 2DZ
20 August at 3pm and 21 August at 1.30pm
Ticket £10
For booking and more information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melody-of-love-and-shadows-edinburgh-fringe-tickets-25104959610
Melody of Love and Shadows || Wimbledon Perofrmaning Space
Wimbledon Library - Wimbledon Hill Road, London, SW19 7NB
27 August 2016 at 7pm
Ticket £12 and £10
For regestration and more information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melody-of-love-and-shadows-wimbledon-performing-space-tickets-25105333729
Melody of Love and Shadows || Nehru Centre
The Nehru Centre - 8 South Audley Street, London, W1K 1HF
7 October 2016 at 6.30pm
After having world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe this year and critically acclaimed by number of musicologists, prominent media, Saudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music: 'one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country' (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and 'breath-taking' presentation ('Rhapsody of Soul' -Guardian|| 'Seraphic ecstasy of Indian Raaga Music'- Yorkshire Reporter) of Indian classical music in this unique production.
Performance will be led by a UK based classical singer Chandra Chakraborty (www.ChandraChakraborty.info), and accompanied by critically acclaimed, prominent accompanying artists like Pandit Sanju Sahai (http://www.sanjusahai.com/ ) on Tabla, Rekesh Chouhan (http://www.rekeshchauhan.com/ ) on Harmonium and Jaymini Sahai(Kathak). The Indian classical music is then, seamlessly mingled with French, medieval, romantic troubadour music and haunting verses of world poetry in English by actor and Schubert vocalist Erik Schelander, to interpret and intensify the profound mood of the transcendental music.
The event will be curated by T M Ahmed Kaysher.
For regestration and more information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melody-of-love-and-shadows-nehru-centre-tickets-26265047464
Melody of Love and Shadows || City University Hall
City University London -Performance Space
College Building
St John Street
London
EC1V 4PB
United Kingdom
15 November 2016 at 7pm
After having world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe this year and critically acclaimed by number of musicologists, prominent media, Saudha, Society of Poetry and Indian Music: 'one of the prominent Indian classical music promoters in the country' (BBC Radio), offers a hypnotic and 'breath-taking' presentation ('Rhapsody of Soul' -Guardian|| 'Seraphic ecstasy of Indian Raaga Music'- Yorkshire Reporter) of Indian classical music in this unique production.
Performance will be led bya UK based vocalist Chandra Chakraborty (www.ChandraChakraborty.info), and accompanied by critically acclaimed, prominent accompanying artists like Pandit Sanju Sahai (http://www.sanjusahai.com/ ) on Tabla, Rekesh Chouhan (http://www.rekeshchauhan.com/ ) on Harmonium and Jaymini Sahai(Kathak). The Indian classical music is then, seamlessly mingled with French, medieval, romantic troubadour music and haunting verses of world poetry in English by actor and Schubert vocalist Erik Schelander, to interpret and intensify the profound mood of the transcendental music.
The event will be curated by T M Ahmed Kaysher.
For regestration and more information:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melody-of-love-and-shadows-london-city-university-hall-tickets-26264883975
Venue: From Aug 20, 2016 to Feb 2, 2017 in Edinburgh and different venues in London
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