Santor concert - Rishikesh March 2009

This guy (name not recorded) was a Nepali Santor master - very nice concert. TABLA often is the accompanying instrument and a RAGA often starts any program - where the string or main instrument starts slowly alone (fist movement) and then the tabla comes in (second movement) and dialogue evolves to a crescendo of improvisation within form.

Why I love India # 3- Indian Classical Music

March 23rd 2010
Classical Indian Music - experienced in India Not everyone knows or even claims to enjoy Indian Classical Music. But let me tell you that for me - there is nothing more sublime than getting to a live Classical Indian concert IN India - and I tend to be more talking about instrumental than vocal - and a few more than others (including the use of western instruments): sitar, mandolin, sarode, san ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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