Maestro Ali Akbar Khan's 3rd Annual Birthday Tribute April 21, 2012

Saturday, April 21st, 7-10:30pm (Free show 2-5pm)

It is an incredibly special time of year for us, as we are preparing our annual tribute to celebrate Khansahib's birthday. This event is such an honor to organize, and we are very excited to be able to hold it once again at the new Freight & Salvage location. We are delighted to present this year's lineup of talented artists to the public, and are hoping to surpass the wonderful turnout we had last year.

The day's events will begin with a series of free performances from 2-5pm. The first will be a group of young, extremely talented vocal students of Anuradha Sridhar, from her Trinity Center for Music. Following this will be the AACM Instrumental Ensemble, who gave a memorable performance at last year's Tribute. With Arjun Verma and Ben Araki on sitar, Mallar Bhattacharya and Manik Khan on sarode, and Jim Santi Owen on tabla, the Ensemble has a tremendous, lively sound. The final performance for the afternoon portion of the day will be with the versatile and accomplished sitarist, Anupama Bhagwat, accompanied by Indranil Mallick on tabla.

In the evening, we will have the pleasure of showcasing Aruna Narayan, one of Indian classical music's only performing female sarangi players, and daughter of the great Ram Narayan. Satish Tare will be accompanying her on tabla. The evening will close with Khansahib's son, Alam Khan, performing a solo on sarode with our Director of Percussion, and world renowned tabla master, Swapan Chaudhuri.

We are so grateful and happy to have all of these amazing artists come together in commemorating Khansahib's life, and we look forward to having you join us in our celebration!

Free Afternoon Concert 2-5pm, Evening Concert 7-10:30pm

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