Tabla Player

Two-time JUNO (Canadian Grammy) winner Kiran Ahluwalia’s open-hearted vocals have established her as one of global music’s most compelling cross-pollinators. An acclaimed musician with roots in Indian classical, Sufi, Ghazal, and Punjabi folk music, her six-piece band is led by ace Pakistani guitarist Rez Abbasi whose accolades include the Guggenheim Fellowship and frequent appearances on the Top Ten Guitarists of Downbeat’s International Critics Poll. Kiran and Rez are a real-life couple, one born in India, the other in Pakistan. Having grown up in the Diaspora they crossed ethnic and religious lines between their two warring motherlands to forge a musical and life partnership. Together they craft songs that are equal parts reflective and groovy and bring together the disparate traditions of Indian music, West African Blues and Jazz. Three continents come together in these songs so organically that they sound like nothing else – ethereal, raw, urgent and elegant at the same time. Over the course of seven albums, Kiran’s work has featured collaborations with leading musicians from the Celtic and Fado worlds, as well as Malian super group Tinariwen. Her reworking of the classic Qawwali tune Mustt Mustt has amassed over 3 million views online and the inspiration that drove her to create it continues to inform her music today.

Kiran Ahluwalia in Concert

South Asia Institute

Chaar Prahar Music Festival presents the doyens of Indian Classical Music and the brightest stars of the current generation on one stage. Now in its fourth year, the featured artists of Chaar Prahar Festival 2022 are Ustad Nishat Khan – Sitar and Pandit Abhijit Banerjee - Tabla. The show begins with a Hindustani-Carnatic jugalbandi with Raman Kalyan – Carnatic Flute, Sriram Raman – Mridangam, Indradeep Ghosh – Violin and Nitin Mitta – Tabla.

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Chaar Prahar Indian Classical Music Festival

Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space

The Department of Ethnomusicology welcomes celebrated sitar player Shujaat Khan for a special concert. He will be joined by tabla players Gourisankar and Nitin Mitta for an evening of North Indian classical music.

Tabla Player

Nitin Mitta

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Past events

May 10, 2024

Kiran Ahluwalia in Concert · South Asia Institute

Dec 9, 2022

Chaar Prahar Indian Classical Music Festival · Symphony Space

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