Hasu Patel: Sitar meets Symphonic Orchestra
Indian composer Hasu Patel is about to embark on a short, but intense tour, in which she will collaborate with orchestra musicians in a combination of Eastern and Western styles. Starting in February, Hasu Patel will perform in her current home of the USA and then move on to China, where she will also give Sitar workshops with the students of the Conservatory of Music at the University of Beijing. The encounter with Symphonic Orchestras fits in perfectly with Patel's open-minded philosophy, which never surrenders the purity of her unique „Gayaki Ang“ style of playing the Sitar and has still seen her engage in various collaborational projects with Western performers, exploring genres like Jazz. „One has to respect and honor each other's music“, Hasu Patel said about her approach to these intercutural encounters. This humble stance has kept her music fresh over the years and awarded her a slot at the Woodstock Reunion Festival, which she still likes thinking back to: „It was truly an honor and a great experience as a female performer. I still feel the vibrations of the place and music.“
The dates of the upcoming tour of Hasu Patel are as follows:
1: Friday, February 1st, 2008
Sitar concert by Hasu patel accompanied by Arup Chattopadhyay on Tabla
Heidelberg College, 310 E. Market Street Tiffin, Ohio 44883
1.800.HEIDELBERG 419.448.2000 www.heidelberg.edu
2: February 10th, 2008 - Sunday 5:00 pm
Conductor Libi Lebel presents 'East meets West' featuring Hasu Patel in Sitar concerto with
Doctors Orchestra of Houston and Arup Chattopadhyay on Tabla.
54 western musicians on 17 different western instruments along with
Sitar and Tabla will perform concerto composed by Hasu Patel on Indian Music Raga
Please see the attached flyer format. www.doctorsorchestrahouston.org
3: March 26th 2008 7:00 pm
Women Composers Festival
Hasu Patel in Sitar concert
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Heather Seaton
4: March 29th, 2008 7:00 pm
Plymouth Canton Symphony of Michigan, Canton, Michigan
Conductor Nan Washburn presents Hasu Patel in Sitar concerto
The orchestra musicians and Hasu Patel will play concerto composed by Hasu Patel on Indian Music Raga.
5: April 18-22nd, 2008
Conservatory of Music, University of Beijing, Beijing, China.
Workshops with music students and Sitar concerts
After these five concerts, however, Hasu Patel is not going to sit still, with performances at the 8th Annual Women Composers' Festival in Hartford and a program called „Inspirations from India“ coming up soon – the latter of which will be a meeting between the Plymouth Canton Symphony Society accompanying Hasu Patel and Arup Chattopadhyay chiming in with his skills on Tabla.
Homepage: Hasu Patel
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