Percussionist

The 2025-26 season opens with one of the world’s leading tabla virtuosos, Grammy Award-winning musician Sandeep Das, a 21-year member of the Silk Road Ensemble and collaborator with Paquito D’Rivera, Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma amongst others. VSO also welcomes guest sitarist Rajib Karmakar to start the concert with the first movement of pioneering composer Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. Das follows with Sri Lankan/Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s brilliant Tabla Concerto, a three movement exploration of baroque, electronica, folk, and romantic styles. The concert completes its East/West connection with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, a hugely popular, sweeping work masterfully orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The piece gives a distinct musical voice to visual art and shows the full colors and virtuosity of the orchestra.

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East Meets West – Rutland

Paramount Theatre, VT

The 2025-26 season opens with one of the world’s leading tabla virtuosos, Grammy Award-winning musician Sandeep Das, a 21-year member of the Silk Road Ensemble and collaborator with Paquito D’Rivera, Bobby McFerrin, and Yo-Yo Ma amongst others. VSO also welcomes guest sitarist Rajib Karmakar to start the concert with the first movement of pioneering composer Ravi Shankar’s Symphony. Das follows with Sri Lankan/Canadian composer Dinuk Wijeratne’s brilliant Tabla Concerto, a three movement exploration of baroque, electronica, folk, and romantic styles. The concert completes its East/West connection with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, a hugely popular, sweeping work masterfully orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. The piece gives a distinct musical voice to visual art and shows the full colors and virtuosity of the orchestra.

VSO at the Flynn: East Meets West

The Flynn

VSO: East Meets West

A celebration of the mystic minimalist's 90th birthday, featuring performances of his iconic pieces: the elemental Keyboard Study No. 2, In C (called "musical democracy at its highest level" by the Library of Congress) and A Rainbow in Curved Air, the latter in a new transcription by Terry's son and frequent performance partner Gyan Riley. Along with Gyan, Bang on a Can All-Stars and a host of special guests will conjure some of the greatest music of the 20th century under a full moon—aligning with Terry's cosmic outlook in the most auspicious way.

Terry Riley 90th Birthday Celebration

The John Anson Ford Theatre

An eclectic and exuberant celebration of music and dance highlighting India’s film music history! Choreographed, performed and directed by MTV India’s ‘ubbharta sitara’ (rising star) Bageshree Vaze, Global Bollywood brings Bollywood’s best to life, with a stellar, multicultural cast of artists including Vineet Vyas (tabla), Rajib Karmakar (sitar), and dancers Atri Nundy, Adam Martino and Tyrell Black.

Percussionist

Rajib Karmakar

Events

Past events

Sep 27, 2025

East Meets West – Rutland · Vermont Symphony Orchestra

Sep 26, 2025

VSO at the Flynn: East Meets West · Vermont Symphony Orchestra

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