In the Footsteps of the Master
Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 8:00PM
Bowker Auditorium
Featuring Alam Khan, Sarode, Nitin Mitta, Tabla. Alam Khan, son of the legendary Sarode Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, continues the purity of his father's musical style while adding his own individual touch as a 21st century musician. Alam maintains the reverence given to playing classical ragas in his solo concerts around the world, but also jams occasionally with musicians in diverse genres. One of the most sought after tabla players in the world today, master percussionist Nitin Mitta boasts the rare ability to combine technical virtuosity, spontaneity, clarity of tone and sensitivity to melodic nuances.
Ticket Prices
General Admission: $25; Five College and 17 & Under: $10; Five College Faculty & Staff: Please call the Box Office
Special Outreach Event!
Friday, November 4 at 7 p.m., Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA FREE
Rhythms of India: A Percussion Workshop with tabla maestro Nitin Mitta
Percussionists of all ages and abilities are invited to a free workshop with Nitin Mitta and explore the exciting rhythmic intricacies of time cycles. All world music percussionists are invited to bring their instruments for a spontanious jam sesssion!
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DESCRIPTION: Alam Khan, son of the legendary Sarode Maestro Ali Akbar Khan continues the musical purity of his father's musical style while adding his own individual touch as a 21st century musician. Trained at a young age to live and learn in the traditional Guru-Disciple parampara (lineage), Alam maintains the reverence given to playing classical ragas in his solo concerts in prestigious music festivals in India and in the U.S. On occasion, he stretches his instrumentation to collaborate with a wide array of musicians in diverse genres- such as A.E.S Collective, Tedeschi Trucks band, Beats Antique among others. He teaches at the Ali Akbar Khan School of Music in California and travels widely for his music concerts. Accompanying him on the drums will be master percussionist Nitin Mitta, one of the most sought after table players in the music world today. He has the rare ability to combine technical virtuosity, spontaneity, clarity of tone and a sensitivity to melodic nuances. Audience members are invited to a pre-concert talk at 7p.m. in Bowker Auditorium
The Seeker of Truth: Yuval Ron Ensemble
Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m.Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Chamber Seating
The Seeker of Truth unites Middle Eastern and South Asian musical traditions, blending powerful and rich music with global traditions of spirituality, healing, culture and mysticism. Featuring four musicians and Dervish Aziz, the Yuval Ron Ensemble performs music that is exhilarating, hypnotic, ecstatic and even meditative. As an educator and peace activist, Yuval Ron is dedicated to bringing cultural harmony through music.
Othello in the Seraglio: The Tragedy of Sümbül the Black Eunuch
Friday, October 14 at 8 p.m.Bowker Auditorium
Othello in the Seraglio, a uniquely powerful "coffeehouse opera," tells an age-old story of passionate love and murderous jealousy, of a black eunuch at the 17th century Ottoman Court. The stunning score, by Boston composer and Grammy nominee Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, weaves together Italian Baroque and Turkish sources with his own newly-composed music into a tapestry of uncanny beauty. Othello in the Seraglio is performed on European period and traditional Turkish instruments by an ensemble of 12 instrumentalists, singers and a dramatic storyteller.
Mariza
Thursday, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
International sensation Mariza returns to the FAC with her bewitching renditions of fado – the haunting torch songs of old Portugal rooted in folk poetry, Arabic cadences, and African and Brazilian rhythms. With her majestic beauty, impassioned performances and dramatic stage presence, she is a reigning diva in world music, bringing a thrilling contemporary edge to fado's ancient sound.
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