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A S S I N G O N T H E T R A D I T I O N An electrifying concert by India’s master sarode player Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. As if defying his seventy-four years, his concerts are an undeniably exciting event. The Ustad has spent his life Passing On The Tradion he learned from his father/guru, Achharya Baba Allauddin Khan, who was one of India’s foremost musicians of this century. Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri’s rich and textured tabla accompaniment helps to set the mood for a performance one will not soon forget! PARIVAR PARAMPARA Parivar Parampara, a rare 4 hour series featuring compositions and ragas created by Pt. C.R. Vyas, on the occasion of his 75th birth anniversary. Music Today acknowledges and pays tribute to the role of family tradition in keeping alive classical Hindustani music. So it was that there came to be specific families of music-makers where a musician handed down as legacy, the skills of his forefathers to sons and other family members in a Parivar Parampara. Father Pt. C.R.Vyas, and sons Satish and Suhas are musicians and performers of outstanding ability and talent. Rendered by Panditji himself, the music acquires greater significance due to the tabla accompaniment provided by the inimitable goliath, Pt.Kishen Maharaj. Featuring ragas Dhankoni Kalyan,Sudharanjani and Shiv Abhogi, all created by the Pandit himself, the album also features compositions in traditional ragas such as Desh, Bhimpalasi and Basanti-Kedar. M O M E N T S Moments, a celebration of the fusion of Indian and western musical climates and instruments.The originality of the album lies in an instrumental dialogue in two parts and two different accoustic climates which is organised as an improvised joust.The artists Dominique Barthassat (Piano and Synthesizer), Amaan Ali Bangash ( Sarod) and Ayaan Ali Bangash (Sarod), present the musical dialogue in this album. The first part inspired by the oriental mode, develops through short motifs, an improvised dialogue in the reminiscences theme. The second part, in four sequences, of Indian- Afghan inspiration, alternates Oriental and Occidental (East - West) climates as question and answer.The album features Raga Malkauns and Raga Bhairav.The meeting of these two musical cultures opens up new horizons for our listening pleasure. The Sarod gives an emtional register quite near to the Piano. The Tabla is the soul of the rhythm. The percussion is the rhythmic link which facilitates this musical fusion. FOOTSTEPS Poised on the horizon at the dawn of the new millennium stand a number of musicians. The radiance of their talent and promise sets the skies afire.Some among them are walking a path long-familiar to their fathers and fore-fathers, for the concept of gharanedar musicians where the music is a legacy handed down from parent to child,is an old and accepted one.Hailing from families intrinsically a part of the history of Indian music, these young musicians are well set to create history in the coming millennium.Featuring debut albums by 4 young musicians , heirs to a magnificent musical lineage in the true tradition of Indian classical music, these young talents are
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