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Karaikudi S. Subramanian / Classical Music
Dr. Subramanian is the eighth generation of his family to play the veena. The adoptive son of his great-uncle, the legendary virtuoso, Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, he has frequently toured Asia, Europe and the United States and is featured in numerous CDs and phonograph recordings. Recipient of a Ph.D. from Wesleyan University's World Music Program, he has served on the faculty of the University of Madras, and is a leading scholar and educator in India. Currently he is founder/director of Brhaddhvani: Research and Training Centre for Music of the World, in Chennai.
Dr. Subramanian's style, the Karaikudi Tradition, is known for its special repertoire of rare compositions, its unique instrumental technique of fingering and plucking which replicates vocal music, and its interpretation of a form of rhythmic improvisation known as Tanam. Featured in the performance Monday will be Ghana Raga Malika Tanam, an improvised suite of rhythmic/melodic sections in a garland of five different Ragas, or melodic modes.
David Nelson, currently Artist-in-Residence at Wesleyan University, has been teaching and performing South Indian drumming since 1975. From his principal guru, the renowned T. Ranganathan, he learned to accompany a wide range of styles, including the south Indian classical dance, Bharata Natyam. A Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan, he has accompanied well-known artists in tours of the United States, Europe, India, and China. He has written extensively on South Indian drumming, most recently in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia.
Date: 03/01/2004
Location: Earle Recital Hall in Sage Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Time: 8:00 pm
Cost: Free
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