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The ancient cities of Delhi (India) and Kabul (Afghanistan) have long been a crossroads of culture and tradition, cultivating a brotherhood for thousands of years, oftentimes as part of the same empire. Delhi to Kabul is a celebration of that historical bond and a response to recent events– a kaleidoscopic journey of music, dance, and storytelling that unveils the traditional music of both countries and then journeys beyond them in a new cross-genre collaboration.

Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble: Delhi to Kabul

Rochester Institute of Technology

As part of the Sandeep Das and The HUM Ensemble Residency. Join Grammy-winning Tabla maestro Sandeep Das along with Dr. Joel Hunt, Dr. Jay Allen Jackson, Dr. Seshavadhani Kumar and Dr. Erica Haskell for an interdisciplinary discussion on tradition, innovation, communication, and collaboration moderated by Dr. Steven Galbraith. Using his musical journey and his various collaborations as a lens for exploration, the practical application of collaborative skills will be discussed as they relate to professional work across cultures, diverse viewpoints, academic disciplines, and more. The event is applicable to a wide range of disciplines and participants will be invited throughout the event to join the discussion and share their thoughts.

Tradition, Innovation, Communication and Collaboration Panel Discussion

The Sklarsky Glass Box Theater

Three acclaimed musicians and longtime Neighborhood Arts favorites -- violinist and erhu player Shaw Pong Liu, cello innovator Mike Block, and tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das -- come together as the Soul Yatra Trio to showcase folk music from around the world, revealing new beauty in traditional melodies. The Trio will share folk tunes from China, India, and the United States, as well as new and original works.

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Stringfest, featuring Soul Yatra Trio

Salvation Army Kroc Center

Sandeep Das, a virtuoso on the Indian tabla drums, leads a prolific international musical career characterized by tradition, innovation, and a passion for spreading love and joy. He joins leading conductor James Ross for an evening of propulsive rhythm.

Masterworks 7: Along the Silk Road

Martin Woldson Theater

Sandeep Das, a virtuoso on the Indian tabla drums, leads a prolific international musical career characterized by tradition, innovation, and a passion for spreading love and joy. He joins leading conductor James Ross for an evening of propulsive rhythm

Three masters and old friends join together in a new collaboration. Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh), Wu Man (pipa), and Sandeep Das (tabla) are established soloists in their individual traditions. Their new trio highlights the ancient traditions of Iran, China, and India through a 21st-century lens.

DoosTrio

Stanford University

Three masters and old friends join together in a new collaboration. Kayhan Kalhor, Wu Man, and Sandeep Das are established soloists in their individual traditions. Their new trio highlights the ancient traditions of Iran, China and India in a 21st century program. Three-time GRAMMY nominee Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh, who through his many musical collaborations has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West. Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man has carved out a career as a soloist, educator, and composer giving her lute-like instrument a new role in both traditional and contemporary music. A Guggenheim Fellow and GRAMMY-winning musician, Sandeep Das is one of the leading tabla virtuosos in the world today. Since his debut concert at the age of 17 with legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, Das has built a prolific international reputation spanning over three decades. 

Great Artists Series '24: Doos Trio

560 Music Center

Under the leadership of 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner, the dynamic multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy-winning, genre-defying Silkroad Ensemble embarks on a new initiative that illuminates the impact of under-recognized voices in America’s expansion west. The project explores the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad through the contributions of African American, Chinese, Irish, Indigenous, and other communities, their cultures, and their music. Chinese traditional instruments like the guzheng, pipa, erhu, and qinqin are contrasted with the fiddle, bones, tambo, and banjo of Black musical traditions, and their Indigenous and Celtic counterparts. New compositions and commissions weave these disparate traditions together to tell a new version of the American story. As Giddens told the New York Times, “Silkroad has people from all over, and that’s what makes it such a great group to represent the American story, because that’s what the American story is. We are world music”.

American Railroad Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens

University of California, Berkeley

American Railroad highlights the cultural diffusion and collaboration that resulted as African American, Chinese, Irish, and Native American communities made vital contributions to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble recontextualizes the railroad through the sounds of the worlds that collided through its creation.

American Railroad

Silkroad’s newest initiative, American Railroad, illuminates the impact of African American, Chinese, Irish, and Native American communities on the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad and America’s Westward Expansion. Exploring the dissemination of cultures across the United States, the railroad was to North America what the Silk Road was to China, the Far East and Europe.

American Railroad: Silkroad Ensemble With Rhiannon Giddens

Soka Performing Arts Center

As a social-impact organization and home to a Grammy Award-winning musical ensemble, Silkroad works to inspire collaboration in innovative ways that add more equity and justice into the world through the power of the arts. Today, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens, Silkroad reaches new heights through a commitment to new music, a re-sparked mission towards cultural collaboration, and a reinvigorated focus to high-quality arts education that both reflects its mission and the times in which we live.

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens

Balboa Theatre

Grammy-winning Tabla maestro Sandeep Das brings the renowned HUM Ensemble to RIT for Delhi to Shiraz, a musical celebration of the shared heritage of India and Persia. Described as a “roadmap for irresistible aural adventures” by Downbeat Magazine, its breathtaking combination of brilliant artistry, innovative collaboration, and deep-rooted tradition makes for an unforgettable journey through these two megaliths of the ancient world.

Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble: Delhi to Shiraz

Listen as the Lima Symphony tells captivating tales from the near to far East through musical fantasy. Opening this incredible season are the subtle and varied sounds of the Indian Tabla, drums that composer Dinuk Wijeratne describes as being able to speak – almost as if they have a tongue. Performed by master tabla player Sandeep Das, the compelling complexity of North Indian classical music combines seamlessly with the orchestra in unexpected ways. Completing this musical voyage is Rimsky-Korsakov’s Romantic masterpiece “Scheherazade”, inspired by folklore from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

Folklore And Fusion

Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center

Conductor Paul Haas breaks new ground with Dinuk Wijeratne’s Concerto for Tabla, a piece that highlights the “king” of Indian percussion instruments—known for the richness of its timbre and rhythmically complex repertoire unique to the instrument itself. This concerto will be performed by Guggenheim Fellow, Silk Road Ensemble member and Grammy-winner, Sandeep Das! This driving concerto leads to the emotional finale of Tchaikovsky’s fate-filled Fourth Symphony.

Sandeep Das

Tabla Player

Events

Mar 29, 2024

Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble: Delhi to Kabul · Rochester Institute of Technology School of Performing Arts

Mar 28, 2024

Tradition, Innovation, Communication and Collaboration Panel Discussion · Rochester Institute of Technology School of Performing Arts

Mar 23, 2024

Stringfest, featuring Soul Yatra Trio · Celebrity Series of Boston

9 - 10 Mar, 2024

Masterworks 7: Along the Silk Road · Spokane Symphony

9 - 10 Mar, 2024

Masterworks 7: Along the Silk Road · Spokane Symphony

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