Events
Events:
An Evening with DHRUPAD Oct 06, 2017
SPICMACAY at IISER Pune is happy to present:
An Evening with DHRUPAD
with
Nancy Lesh (Cello)
accompanied by
Shri. Manik Munde (Pakhawaj)
About the Artists:
Nancy Lesh first came to India In I982, and had been playing Western cello for 13 years, having played in several symphony orchestras, including Principal Cellist of the Rome Festival Orchestra, and was currently Section Cellist with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale of Florence, Italy. Having stayed in India since she received talim from Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Pandit Ritwik Sanyal over a period of 25 years, Nancy Lesh has been able to imbibe the nuances of the Dagar bani style of dhrupad and incorporate them in her cello playing
You can read more about her journey here
Manik Munde is one of India's leading pakhawaj masters. Born in Maharashtra, he studied with Bhakta Ganesh Anna Chaudhari, Pandit Mahant Amarnath Mishra, and Govind Deshmukh. He has accompanied all of the major artists, both instrumental and vocal, in the ancient tradition of Dhrupad, both in India and on numerous European tours. He has appeared in a number of CD recordings on the Auvidis, Nimbus, and Makar labels. He first visited the U.S. with Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar during the Festival of India in 1985, and accompanied Uday Bhawalkar in a 1999 American tour; he completed his third tour of the U.S. in 2000 with Shubha Sankaran. He currently lives in Bombay.
Read more here
The concert is feee and open to all
