NYC: PIANO/SAROD IMPROV CONCERTS, OCT. 23 and 26

Friends of mine are in NYC for concerts.

Lisa Sangita plays electric sarod, an electric version of
the North Indian fretless lute, and Lawrence Ball plays
acoustic piano. See press release below.

Come and listen to this collaboration,
it's a rare chance to hear these master improvisors perform.

* David Beardsley
* http://biink.com
* http://mp3.com/davidbeardsley

PIANO/SAROD IMPROV CONCERTS OCT. 23 and 26

Wednesday Oct. 23, 2002 7:30pm
The Nicholas Roerich Museum
319 w107th Street
west from W107th and Broadway
take the 1-train to 103rd or 110th museum
(212) 864-7752
admission by optional donation

Saturday Oct. 26, 2002 7pm
FAUST-HARRISON PIANOS
205 West 58th Street (west of 7th Avenue)
www.faustharrisonpianos.com
LIMITED SEATING
For reservations, call (212) 489-3600
admission $13

Lawrence Ball and Lisa Sangita fuse their Western and Eastern
classical roots into a fluid, lyrical and ecstatic expression.
The music ebbs and flows between deeply reflective and
highly animated moods, and between straightforward and
intricately interwoven textures. These pieces begin from
the raga format, but evolve according to the in-the-moment
emotional pulse and interplay. Since the Oct.26th concert
coincides with the huge anti-war rally in Washington D.C.,
we would like to dedicate it and the Oct.23rd one as well
to the principle of working to create peace through non-violent
cooperation. We would agree with one wise soul who
has said that war is a failure of the imagination.

Both Lawrence and Lisa have been improvising and
composing for over 30 years. Lawrence has recorded
almost 2000 pieces of distinctive piano explorations, the
hallmark of his repertoire. He is also the director of the
Planet Tree Music Festival in London which has presented
new and exciting musical programs since 1996.

Lisa Sangita who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
specializes in playing her electric sarod (a one-of-a-kind
adaptation of the traditional classical Indian sarod)
in unusual contexts, but has found the greatest satisfaction
in the combination of sarod with chordal instruments.
She studied with maestro Ali Akbar Khan for more than
15 years. The timbres of sarod and piano are quite similar,
but they differ widely in the way they express themselves
(piano being a very harmonic instrument and sarod being
more strictly melodic). Together they create a whole
new musical language.

". contemplative... capable of transporting listeners into hypnotic reveries.
rife with ingenious improvisations and ever-mounting creative energy.
a sonic mix that promises enthralling melodies and rapturous rhythms."
Derk Richardson The East Bay Express
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