On Saturday I took part in two separate concerts for the Indian community in Brisbane. First up I played in Toowong with sitar player Sudha Manian for an Indian Senior Citizens Day event. I know Sudha is a subscriber to this blog, so my apologies for not remembering to organise a photo, Sudha! But here's a photo of some girls doing a Bharat Natyam performance there:
After the concert in Toowong, my companion Tenzin and I zipped over to Sunnybank for a concert for Swara Mohini, an Indian classical music cultural association. We had a bit of trouble finding the Sunnybank Community Hall and stumbled onto another Indian Senior Citizens Day event in the nearby school hall. Wrong event, but we had a delicious free meal and I met a parent who may be able to organise weekly kids tabla lessons for me in Sunnybank. The Swara Mohini concert was called "Strings of India":
Rajyashree Josyer Shrikanth (Veena) with Arthavan Selvanathan on MridangamArthavan is about 15 years old and an excellent mridingam player!
Shrabani Choudhury and Rajyashree Josyer Shrikanth
3 comments:
Namaste Shen,
That's OK if you did not remember to take the photo.
I truly enjoyed playing with you and will aim at having more practice sessions with you.
Regards,
Sudha
Dear Shen,
Youth Tabla lessons sound great. Apology to you and Shrabani for not being able to make the concert. Trust it was a treat.
Sincerely,
Jay.
This is gorgeous!
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