World renowned sarod maestro WAJAHAT KHAN performs at London’s Opera Festival
World renowned sarod maestro WAJAHAT KHAN performs at London’s Opera Festival.
Sunday 17 August at 11am:
Morning Ragas: Indian classical music
Wajahat Khan on sarod, with Shahbaz Hussain on tabla
Saturday 16 August at 7pm,
and Sunday 17 August at 5pm:
Five:15 Opera, The Queens of Govan (Wajahat Khan - sarod and vocal: composing and performing with Scottish Opera)
Morning Ragas
USTAD WAJAHAT KHAN (sarod) with Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST 2008 AT 11AM
TICKETS £5 @ Riverside Studios, London.
This morning concert (part of Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival, Riverside Studios, London) is a rare opportunity to hear morning ragas by India’s celebrated sarod maestro Wajahat Khan, accompanied on the tanpura (drone), and tabla (percussion) by one of the UK’s most outstanding tabla players Shahbaz Hussain.
Belonging to the 8th generation of one of the world’s first and most distinguished musical dynasties, Wajahat Khan has performed to great acclaim in over 30 countries world wide in venues from Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms, London) to the Lincoln Centre (New York). As a composer he has made celebrated collaborations with jazz, flamenco, rock and Western classical music, including three sarod concertos for symphony orchestras and an award winning quintet for string quartets. His distinctive style and virtuoso technique has won him an enthusiastic global following, with many acclaimed recordings to his credit: www.wajahatkhan.com.
For more of Wajahat Khan see him as a composer and performer with Scottish Opera, collaborating with writer Suhayl Saadi and co-composer Nigel Osborne, as part of Five:15 Operas Made in Scotland on Saturday 16th (7pm) and Sunday 17th (5pm) of August, Riverside Studios. Tickets £12.50. If you are new to Indian classical music or a seasoned connoisseur this really will be something quite special…
“An exhilarating experience…Wajahat’s virtuosity on the sarod can be taken for granted. Equally impressive is his mellow, lyrical playing and its teasing wit” THE INDEPENDENT
We are delighted to offer this concert at £5 reflecting Tête à Tête: The Opera Festival’s aim to make extraordinary work available to everyone.
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