Kalapriya Presents Timeless Traditions

Timeless Traditions, a performance of classical Indian music and dance resonating with the rhythms and intricate melodies created by bansuri (keyless bamboo flute), sitar and tabla, and the fascinating footwork of the Kalapriya dancers. Musicians Lyon Leifer on bansuri, Rahul Neuman playing sitar, accompanied by tabla player Subhasis Mukherjee, will perform classical Hindustani music of northern India and a rarely heard jugalbandi (duet) between bansuri and sitar. Kalapriya will perform exquisitely crafted Bharata Natyam works including Ardnariisvar, a dance honoring the androgynous form of the deity Shiva. A Juilliard graduate and former member of the St Louis Symphony, Lyon Leifer began study of the bansuri in 1965 as a Fulbright scholar under the tutelage of a great master of that instrument, Devendra Murdeshwar. He performs Indian music in a wide range of venues. Rahul Neuman began studying sitar at age 12, and in 1992 began intensive training under his guru, Ustad Shujaat Khan. He has performed locally, nationally and internationally, and teaches at UCLA. Subhasis Mukherjee began playing tabla at the age of six, and was a disciple of Pt. Ashoke Maitra, the senior-most disciple of Pt. Swapan Chaudhury. He has played solo and has also accompanied various artists in live concerts across the United States and in India.

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