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Premiere: Sarod Artist and Producer Alam Khan’s Wide-Eyed ‘Akash’ Music Video

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“From The Rolling Stone – India Magazine Website – Premiere: Sarod Artist and Producer Alam Khan’s Wide-Eyed ‘Akash’ Music Video”

The Indo-U.S. artist teams up with filmmaker Avani Rai for the cinematic song off his new album ‘Mantram’

San Francisco sarod player and composer-producer Alam Khan

The year 2022 marks the centennial of the birth of Indian classical legend and sarod pioneer Ali Akbar Khan. A hundred years on, the legacy and boundaries of the sarod are still being pushed forward by his own. The late maestro’s son — Bay Area-bred sarod player, composer and producer Alam Khan — has launched a cinematic new album Mantram this week and it’s accompanied by an engrossing music video for the opening track “Akash,” directed by photographer and filmmaker Avani Rai.

Interestingly, Rai and Khan’s connection goes one generation back, when the former’s father — photographer Raghu Rai — worked with Ali Akbar Khan at different times over the years. Alam Khan says he and Rai connected online to collaborate, leading to not just the music video for “Akash” but also a series of NFT videos which are being released via a platform called mysterious.xyz. “After making this series of videos set to select tracks off of Mantram, we decided to do one more longer video for ‘Akash.’ […] The music and visuals of Mantram are a whole vibe to be experienced.” he adds.

Released via Canada-headquartered South Asian music label Snakes x Ladders, “Akash” sets a captivating pace for Mantram and visually, Rai dives right into the child-like wonderment in her protagonist’s eyes. Set in Mumbai, Khan says about the video, “From his mundane day of riding in auto rickshaws to taking a train ride, everything is fresh, beautiful, and filled with possibility as we are all one people under the sky through a child’s eyes.”

Mantram was originally conceived in 2019, when Khan began composing for a contemporary Kathak dance production with the Chitresh Das Institute in San Francisco. Collaborators on the eight-track album include Carnatic vocalist Aditya Prakash, sarangi veteran Ustad Sultan Khan, drummer Sidecar Tommy aka Tommy Cappel, bansuri player Jay Gandhi and tabla artist Nilan Chaudhuri, among others. Khan — who has previously released hip-hop-informed music as part of the duo Grand Tapestry — adds about the album, “While some of the pieces are more closely based off of ragas, it is a departure from ……

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PARAMPARA (from Sanskrit word meaning continuation succession, tradition)is a world premiere of new works of high energy, innovative rhythm and dance of India by a upcoming generations of Canadians and Americans maintaining the tradition and legacy of Late Acharya Chitresh Das, kathak dance icon and of living legend of tabla, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.

Artistic director and producer for this event, Ritesh Das, has created a repertoire of sophisticated rhythmic style of North India and performed by Das’ Toronto Tabla Ensemble (TTE) in collaboration with the Chitresh Das Youth Company (CDYC), choreographed by CDC Artistic Director, Charlotte Moraga. This exciting collaboration will also feature virtuosic percussionist, Nilan Chaudhuri, son and disciple of Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri, who is adding a new dimension of East and West by playing tabla as well as translating tabla drum strokes onto Western kit drum.

The performance will feature *Sare Nau*, a composition in a 9 1/2 beat rhythmic cycle, *Bhumika *(meaning earth, birthplace or grounding) and other select pieces from Ritesh Das’ upcoming TTE CD, entitled *Bhumika*. TTE and Ritesh Das are also proud to present yet another generation of Canadian talent, the Toronto Tabla Youth Ensemble, who will perform Sailing, the piece featured in their upcoming music video, produced and directed by Melissa Das-Arp.

This performance highlights the legacy of great Indian classical artists who committed their life’s work to training the next generation. Those generations are now beginning to rise, grounded firmly in the profound traditions of Indian classical art.

Artistic Director Ritesh Das says about this collaboration “the essence of the evening are these young generations from both Canada and the U.S. maintaining the art form and the legacy of India at the highest standard. As artist who has given my life to teaching the next generations, I am excited to share with Toronto audiences in collaboration with TTE, the legacy of my illustrious, late elder brother, Chitresh Das and my Guru, Swapan Chaudhuri.”

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San Francisco International Arts Festival Has Published Schedule of Performances

#nohgaku #noh [BroadwayWorld]Bay Area Artists: Adrian Arias, Anita Felicelli, Art Critique Comedy Club, Bandelion, Bay Area Theatre Sports, Bons Tempos Theatre Company, Brian Copeland, Chitresh Das Institute, Chris Carlsson, …

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San Francisco International Arts Festival Has Published Schedule of Performances

#nohgaku #noh [BroadwayWorld]Bay Area Artists: Adrian Arias, Anita Felicelli, Art Critique Comedy Club, Bandelion, Bay Area Theatre Sports, Bons Tempos Theatre Company, Brian Copeland, Chitresh Das Institute, Chris Carlsson, ...

[torontotablaensemble]

PARAMPARA (from Sanskrit word meaning continuation succession, tradition)is a world premiere of new works of high energy, innovative rhythm and dance of India by a upcoming generations of Canadians and Americans maintaining the tradition and legacy of Late Acharya Chitresh Das, kathak dance icon and of living legend of tabla, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.

Artistic director and producer for this event, Ritesh Das, has created a repertoire of sophisticated rhythmic style of North India and performed by Das’ Toronto Tabla Ensemble (TTE) in collaboration with the Chitresh Das Youth Company (CDYC), choreographed by CDC Artistic Director, Charlotte Moraga. This exciting collaboration will also feature virtuosic percussionist, Nilan Chaudhuri, son and disciple of Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri, who is adding a new dimension of East and West by playing tabla as well as translating tabla drum strokes onto Western kit drum.

The performance will feature *Sare Nau*, a composition in a 9 1/2 beat rhythmic cycle, *Bhumika *(meaning earth, birthplace or grounding) and other select pieces from Ritesh Das’ upcoming TTE CD, entitled *Bhumika*. TTE and Ritesh Das are also proud to present yet another generation of Canadian talent, the Toronto Tabla Youth Ensemble, who will perform Sailing, the piece featured in their upcoming music video, produced and directed by Melissa Das-Arp.

This performance highlights the legacy of great Indian classical artists who committed their life’s work to training the next generation. Those generations are now beginning to rise, grounded firmly in the profound traditions of Indian classical art.

Artistic Director Ritesh Das says about this collaboration “the essence of the evening are these young generations from both Canada and the U.S. maintaining the art form and the legacy of India at the highest standard. As artist who has given my life to teaching the next generations, I am excited to share with Toronto audiences in collaboration with TTE, the legacy of my illustrious, late elder brother, Chitresh Das and my Guru, Swapan Chaudhuri.”

We all wish to see you at Harbourfront Centre on the 25th Nov 7 PM for this performance.

For more information contact: melissa(at)tablaensemble.com or call 1-888-958-2252