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Kronos Quartet & Asha BhosleIndia Calling: Songs from R.D. Burman's BollywoodFeaturing special guests Wu Man, pipa and Debopriyo Sarkar, tabla
From the fantastical land of India’s “Bollywood,” the world’s largest film industry, comes this vibrant homage to one of classic Indian cinema’s most prolific and popular composers, R.D. Burman, featuring the legendary Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle, the late composer’s wife and the most recorded artist in the world. In more than 300 film scores, Burman entranced audiences with melodies steeped in intrigue, festooned with jewels, and stained with tears and henna – an eclecticism mirrored in eversurprising combinations of Indian classical and folk music, swing jazz, psychedelic rock, circus music, and more. Inspired by the chameleonic spirits of Burman and Bhosle, Kronos ventures into novel instrumental territory, augmenting the group with the sounds of keyboards, percussion and more in a musical masala of eras and cultures. The evening will also feature the Los Angeles premiere of Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic. Click here to purchase a series or create your own series Media Sponsor: KPCC 89.3FM |
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