Sep 20 2024 to Sep 20 2024 2:30 p.m.

Price: Rs 1000 Book/Buy

Where

Indian Music Experience Museum

Brigade Millenium Rd, opp. Wood Rose Club, JP Nagar 7th Phase, Bengaluru 560078

Event Description

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE/ DETAILS: 2:30 to 4:30 PM - 20 Sep 2024 9:30 to 11:30 AM - 21 and 22 Sep 2024

One of the foremost northern Indian percussion instruments, the tabla has been an integral part of Hindustani music ensembles. It has been featured as an accompanying instrument to vocal and instrumental music and to Kathak dance. In addition, the instrument has been included in several intercultural musical projects due to its rich language and tonal palette. Not surprisingly, the tabla has also had a long legacy as a solo instrument.

Its sophisticated vocabulary has led to the creation of various compositional forms and a multitude of compositions that have been explored by six major styles of tabla playing.

The 3-day workshop conducted by Aneesh Pradhan for Jackfruit 2024 will focus on the aesthetics and interpretation of some of this tabla solo repertoire. Aspects such as tonal variation and dynamics that are vital for tabla players to develop an expressive quality in their performance, will be discussed in this workshop.

This workshop is open to - *Participants above 12 years of age *With at least 5 years of tabla training/ education

PLEASE NOTE: *Participants are required to carry a tabla pair with the tabla tuned to G# or C#, a book, and a pen *Participants will not be allowed to record/ photograph during the sessions. *This is a three-day workshop (two hours per day) and one ticket allows access to all three days; participants are expected to attend all three sessions.

About the Maestro

Hailed as one of India’s leading tabla players, Dr. Aneesh Pradhan is a disciple of tabla maestro Nikhil Ghosh, with mastery over a repertoire spanning the Delhi, Lucknow, Ajrada, Punjab, and Farrukhabad gharanas. For his work as both a soloist and accompanist, he has received several awards such as the Saath Sangat Kalakar Award, the Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award, the Natyadarpan Award for ‘Best Background Score’, and the Vasantotsav Award.

Aneesh is also known for his frequent cross-cultural musical collaborations, both as composer and performer. These collaborations have resulted in stellar projects such as ‘Stories in a Song’ with Sunil Shanbag and Shubha Mudgal, ‘The Disciple’ with Chaitanya Tamhane, ‘Bridge of Dreams’ with Sandy Evans and Shubha Mudgal, and performances with Japan-based Asian Fantasy Orchestra and Frankfurt-based Ensemble Modern. In addition to authoring several books and directing and producing the short film ‘Pratidhvani: Reverberations of the Nanasaheb Panse Pakhawaj Tradition’, Aneesh is the Director of Underscore Records and co-curates the international music festival, ‘Baajaa Gaajaa: Music from 21st Century India’, with Shubha Mudgal. Bengaluru Brigade Millenium Road, JP Nagar 7th Phase, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078, India