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We are honored to welcome a group of classical Indian musicians visiting us from the Kalavant Center For Music and Dance in New York City. The Kalavant Center for Music and Dance, established in June 1997 and centered in New York City, is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to promoting and preserving traditional music and dance of south-east Asia, with a special emphasis on Indian Classical music. Please visit The Kalavant Center for Music and Dance website
This Classical Indian concert of devotional music will feature Pandit Raj Kumar (vocal), Ustad Kadar Khan (tabla), and Sri Gulam Mohammed (harmonium). Please join us for this wonderful musical experience in Yoga Vermont's Studio C.
Pandit Raj Kumar, the world-renowned ghazal singer/composer from Bombay, India represents one of the most profound vocal talents on the Indian cultural scene today. He has taken the music world by storm, setting new standards for the ghazal, India's most popular musical form.
Ustad Kadar Khan, founder and director of the Kalavant Center for Music and Dance, arrived in the U.S. in 1988, and brought with him a rich tradition of Indian classical music, and the desire to propagate this music internationally. In his efforts to build understanding and appreciation of Indian classical music in the West, Kadar Khan has expanded his teaching endeavors into the American educational setting. He has taught at Brown University, and has given numerous lecture/demonstrations in universities and other cultural institutions including: Columbia University, Wesleyan University, Manhattan School of Music and Harvard University. Ustad (literally “master”) Kadar Khan was born in Rajasthan, India into a family of professional musicians. His ancestors, for generations, served as royal court musicians for the rulers of India. Kadar Khan began his musical training at age seven under the strict tutelage of his father and guru, Ustad Reheman Khan. Kadar Khan is one of the most charismatic performers of Indian classical music today, who within his music creates complex rhythmic structures and improvisations with an energy and style rarely seen in a traditional musician. Notably, his artistry is rare in that he plays not only with singers and instrumentalists; he is also a masterful accompanist of Indian classical dance and an accomplished performer of solo tabla playing. Because of Ustad Kadar Khan's rich ancestral heritage, and notably the rich musical heritage of tabla he received from his father, Kadar Khan possesses an extraordinary wealth of knowledge on the history of traditional tabla, and the material, or compositions, that come out of this history. Kadar Khan wishes to share this knowledge with those people interested in going deep into traditional music.
All proceeds from the concert will go the Kavalant Center Musicians. Please join us for what is sure to be a memorable evening!
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