Events
Events:
Jazz and Dance Performance Melody and Rhythm Mar 20, 2018
SPICMACAY at IISER Pune presents:
MELODY AND RHYTHM
by George Brooks & Rujuta SomanSee flyer
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm onwards
Venue: Sir CV Raman Auditorium, Lecture Hall Complex, IISER Pune
About: A special Jazz performance by one of the leading Jazz exponents of the world, Saxaphone Virtuoso: George Brooks. The concert will feature an exploration in the melody of Jazz with the rhythm of dance. George Brooks will be accompanied by Kathak exponent Rujuta Soman for this performance.
About the Artistes:
About the Artistes:
George Brooks is a prolific and diverse saxophonist and composer, acclaimed for successfully bridging the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. He is the founder of Indian fusion groups Summit with Zakir Hussain, Steve Smith, Kai Eckhardt and Fareed Haque; Bombay Jazz with Larry Coryell and Ronu Majumdar; the Raga Bop Trio with Steve Smith and Carnatic guitarist Prasanna and Elements with Indian violinist Kala Ramnath and Dutch harpist Gwyneth Wentink.
Brooks began his study of jazz with Count Basie saxophonist, Frank Foster and continued at the New England Conservatory of Music, with George Russell, Joe Allard and Jaki Byard. While attending the Conservatory, Brooks was introduced to Indian classical music and became entranced by its melodic beauty, rhythmic complexity and deep spiritual core. After graduating, Brooks traveled to India where he met master vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, the giant of north Indian music who deeply influenced pioneering composers LaMonte Young and Terry Riley. Brooks immersed himself in study with Pran Nath, cooking and caring for his “Guruji”, in exchange for knowledge. This is the traditional Indian style of learning known as “guru-shishya parampara”.
Returning from India, Brooks settled in California and began his long association with pianist Terry Riley. For the past thirty years they have performed throughout Europe, the US and Asia as a duo, in trio settings with sitarist Krishna Bhatt and with a variety of larger ensembles. While touring with Riley and developing his unique voice as an artist, Brooks also became a mainstay of the Bay Area blues scene, arranging and leading horn sections for Sonny Rhodes, Frankie Lee, Albert Collins and Johnny Taylor and touring internationally with R+B icon Etta James.
Rujuta Soman a leading international Kathak Dancer from India has been a disciple of Late Guru Dr.Rohini Bhate since 20 years. She has obtained Diploma from Nritya Bharati Kathak Dance Academy and holds Masters Degree in Kathak from Pune University, as well as "Nritya Alankaar" from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.
Lately she is also taking guidance from Taalyogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar and Guru Shama Bhate and exploring the senses of Taal and Laya. All these years she has won several awards in number of prestigious competitions. She has received the title "Singaar Mani" by Sur Singar Samsad.
Rujuta at "Rujuta Soman's Cultural Academy” gives training in pure classical Kathak - an attempt to carry forward the work of Guru Rohini Bhate. Through R.S.C.A. she aims to extend the boundaries of Indian traditional dance and create a new benchmark in the aesthetics of presentation by using state-of-the-art technology and innovative dance techniques.
Brooks began his study of jazz with Count Basie saxophonist, Frank Foster and continued at the New England Conservatory of Music, with George Russell, Joe Allard and Jaki Byard. While attending the Conservatory, Brooks was introduced to Indian classical music and became entranced by its melodic beauty, rhythmic complexity and deep spiritual core. After graduating, Brooks traveled to India where he met master vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, the giant of north Indian music who deeply influenced pioneering composers LaMonte Young and Terry Riley. Brooks immersed himself in study with Pran Nath, cooking and caring for his “Guruji”, in exchange for knowledge. This is the traditional Indian style of learning known as “guru-shishya parampara”.
Returning from India, Brooks settled in California and began his long association with pianist Terry Riley. For the past thirty years they have performed throughout Europe, the US and Asia as a duo, in trio settings with sitarist Krishna Bhatt and with a variety of larger ensembles. While touring with Riley and developing his unique voice as an artist, Brooks also became a mainstay of the Bay Area blues scene, arranging and leading horn sections for Sonny Rhodes, Frankie Lee, Albert Collins and Johnny Taylor and touring internationally with R+B icon Etta James.
Rujuta Soman a leading international Kathak Dancer from India has been a disciple of Late Guru Dr.Rohini Bhate since 20 years. She has obtained Diploma from Nritya Bharati Kathak Dance Academy and holds Masters Degree in Kathak from Pune University, as well as "Nritya Alankaar" from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.
Lately she is also taking guidance from Taalyogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar and Guru Shama Bhate and exploring the senses of Taal and Laya. All these years she has won several awards in number of prestigious competitions. She has received the title "Singaar Mani" by Sur Singar Samsad.
Rujuta at "Rujuta Soman's Cultural Academy” gives training in pure classical Kathak - an attempt to carry forward the work of Guru Rohini Bhate. Through R.S.C.A. she aims to extend the boundaries of Indian traditional dance and create a new benchmark in the aesthetics of presentation by using state-of-the-art technology and innovative dance techniques.
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