Instrumental Maestros of Indian Classical Music

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society

2009

$21,500

Sruti, the India Music and Dance Society, presented Instrumental Maestros of Indian Classical Music, a three-part series that featured a Carnatic saxophone concert by Kadri Gopalnath; a Carnatic chitraveena concert by N. Ravikiran; and a jugalbandi (fusion) concert with Shashank Subramanyam playing the flute in the Carnatic style and Ustad Shahid Parvez playing the sitar in the Hindustani style, presented in collaboration with the Painted Bride Art Center.

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