Feb 26 2023 to Feb 26 2023 5 p.m.

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Where

Shoonya - Centre for Art and Somatic Practices

4th Floor, Rear Wing, Brahmananda Court, 37, Lal Bagh Main Road 560027

Event Description

We will explore songwriting through performances of original compositions by Imon; the songs show a marked fascination for time and change. The author/composer shall also talk about his attempts at musically capturing fleeting moments of nostalgia and memory after each performance, anticipating a fruitful interaction about how we write/sing about situations in our lives. About the Artist Prabahan Shakya, who goes by the stage name ‘Imon’; is a Delhi-based songwriter and vocalist hailing from Guwahati, Assam. He has been performing his compositions in venues across Delhi and his home city for the last 7 years, a few notable spaces being the Piano Man Jazz Club, Depot 48, Matchbox Cafe, AntiSocial, and Akshara Theatre. In 2018, he performed in a session by House Concerts Delhi organized in Safdarjung alongside the Mumbai-based band 'My Kind of Blue'. In 2020, his cover of Yesterday was selected for a Vocal Improvisation Masterclass by Annette Philip, founder/artistic director of the Berklee Indian Ensemble. Imon resumed performing last year in Delhi after a brief hiatus due to his postgraduate studies. He was invited to speak at a TEDx event in May 2022 called "Reeti Rivaaz Renaissance” which featured a wide range of accomplished performers from different artistic habitats. On January 21, 2023, he won Songweavers 2023, the annual singer-songwriter competition organized by the Global Music Institute in Delhi, with his original composition 'Fools' Parade’. Imon’s compositions incline towards minimalist, ambient, indie-folk sounds. He writes in English, even though he has experimented with bilingual songs in his mother-tongue Assamese. Prabahan is currently 25 and is working actively as a performer and music producer.