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Top Indian musicians to perform at festival
By Jennifer Reynolds Kanaan staff writer
Combine the two different strands of Indian classical music with a touch of original Indian music and the result is the second annual Tansen Music Festival.
The festival, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Swarthbound Recital Hall in Murphy Hall, will feature three Indian classical music performers.
“These people are some of the top musicians in their field,” said Pop Sampath, India graduate student and member of the University of Kansas India Club. “Where there is a player, there are performers; these performers have played.”
Romi Singh, Ghazabad, India graduate student, said the artists were well-known in their fields.
"These are the Madonnas and the Michael Jacksons of Indian classical music," he said.
The musicians who will perform at the festival are L. Shankar, who plays the Double Violin; Zakir Hussain, who plays the Tabla; Vikku Vinayakram, who plays the Gatam; and Caroline, who plays the Tambura.
Shankar, a music teacher at Wesleyan University, Midtle汀. Conn., is the designer and inventor of the Ten String Stereophonic Double Violin. The double-bodied instrument is a combination of the viola and the violin and can cover the whole range of the orchestra. When the necks are played individually, the other neck creates harmonious effects.
The Tabla, two drums, one played by each hand, is common in Northern India with the Hindustani style of classical music. The Ghatam, a clay drum, is common in the Carnatic style of classical music played in Southern India.
"These instruments are from two different strains of classical music," said Vishy Subramaniam, president of the India club. "This concert is bringing the two together with the creative input of the Double Violin."
Subramanian came up with the idea for the music festival last year.
"We are the largest concentration of Indians in this area," he said. "There is a considerable lack of exposure to Indian culture. I felt the responsibility to change that was on our shoulders."
Subramanian said he chose a music format because music was common to all cultures.
"Music has no international bound-aries or barriers," he said.
Singh, who has seen the performers in India, said this year's festival would be better than last year's sold-out performance.
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