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07/22/2005
AID Boston, MIT Chapter
Jointly Present
A Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert
By
Ustad Rashid Khan
Accompanied
by
Jyoti Goho on the Harmonium
Anand Gopal Bandopadhyay on the Tabla
On Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 4:00 p.m.
In Wong Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Ustad Rashid Khan
Rashid Huasain Khan, born in 1966, is perhaps the most convincing
proof of what miracles the revived Gurukul system can achieve.
Under the tutelage of Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan, the Sahaswan
Gharana maestro, in Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta; Rashid
has metamorphosed from a gawky, groaning child to an artiste of
unbelievable maturity, vocal prowess and artistry.
Music connoisseurs have been wonderstruck by the fine balance between
his technical virtuosity and his aesthetic creativity, as also by his
sense of symmetry and logic in musical effects. His alap is
imaginative, his rhythmic play pulsating and the cascades of his
powerful, lightening, swift taans unimaginable until actually
heard. His internalization of raga-bhav is uncanny. A notable
achievement of Ustad Rashid Khan is the infusion of an emotional
content into his melodic elaboration.
"There is now at least
one person in sight who is an assurance for the future of Indian vocal
music", said Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, voicing a few years ago, the concern
of connoisseurs of Hindustani vocal music whether its tradition of
excellence would continue. It indeed has... with Ustad Rashid
Khan, the young maestro, one of the leading torch-bearers. "Today's
greatest, a successor to the Bade Ghulam Ali and Amir Khan Khan
generation" was how The Economic Times has eulogized Rashid. The
Statesman has described him as " immensely gifted...affects first-time
listeners with a jolt" after the magic of his voice began taking
audiences by storm wherever he sang.
Admission
Sponsor - $100
General Admission - $50, $30, $20 ($10 for MIT students with Id., available at the gate)
Tickets are available on line at www.Sulekha.com
Contacts
Bhanu Jayaraman - 617-332-7737
Rajesh Godbole - 781-788-8718
Chaitanya Ullal - 908-642-5139
Pradeep Sarin - 617-324-0554
Nasim Rizvi - 603-437-7133
events@learnquest.org
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