BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1471@poonamusic.com DTSTART:20181104T130000Z DTEND:20181104T130000Z DTSTAMP:20181104T102720Z URL:https://poonamusic.com/events/cosmos-beethoven-and-india/ SUMMARY:COSMOS project: Beethoven and India\, a spiritual relationship DESCRIPTION:COSMOS project: Beethoven and India\, a spiritual relationship between great musical cultures\n\nShani Diluka\, piano\nSahana Banerjee\, sitar\nEdouard Prabhu\, tabla\n\nIn a programme of Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight sonata and Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 5 7 ‘Appassionata’\; Moonlight Raga for sitar and tabla\; Piano and Raga improvisation\, based on a Beethoven leitmotiv\n\nThere is a genuine hist orical link between Beethoven and Indian culture: in search of the depth o f this culture and fascinated by the translation of mystical Indian texts (the Upanishads)\, which was released in 1816 in Germany\, Beethoven immer sed himself in these texts and even wrote a Brahmani Indian poem in his no tebooks to put it to music! This relationship has never been explored in c oncert or recording. That's why we want to pay tribute to Beethoven with t his "Cosmos" project.\n\nThe sound spectrum imagined by Beethoven with his five-pedal pianos at that time and his long resonances found in sonatas o r string quartets seem to call and shimmer the spectrum and resonance of t he Sitar.\n\nVery mystical in his search for the link between Man and Cosm os and curious about other cultures\, some researches\, notably by J.S. Sh edlock\, prove Beethoven's interest in Indian culture. Some extracts of do cuments written by Beethoven are thus reproduced in Beethoven 's Letters w ith explanatory notes by Dr. A.C. Kalischer (translation by J. S. Shedlock )\, 1926. Here is the English translation of Beethoven's notebooks by Shed lock. \; \;\n\nAs an “exceptional” performer (Figaro) blessed with a “winged virtuosity” (Classica)\, Shani Diluka establishes a bri dge between the East and the West. Born in Monaco of Sri Lankan parents\, she came to notice at the age of six thanks to a programme set up by Princ ess Grace of Monaco and was then chosen to take part in a specialised prog ramme at the Académie Prince Rainier III in the Principality. She later e ntered the CNSMD in Paris\, where she won a first prize\, with the unanimi ty of the jury\, after being advised by B. Rigutto\, G. Pludermacher\, M.- F. Bucquet and J. Chaminé. During this period\, her meeting with Leon Fle isher philosophically and definitively marked her career. So it was that d uring her post-grade course\, she met Maria Joao Pires\, Menahem Pressler and Murray Perahia\, all three of whom invited her to work with them. Othe r encounters were to follow in 2005\, when she joined the Fondation de Com e\, presided by Martha Argerich. \;\n\nIn summer 2018\, Shani Diluka r ecorded the Concerto Wq23 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris\, conducted by Ben Glassberg. This album project\, us ing historical and modern pianos\, in collaboration with the Fondation Roy aumont\, and devoted to the heritage connection between C.P.E. Bach and Mo zart will be released in January 2019 by Mirare.\n\n2018 also saw the publ ication of her first collection of poetry with Editions Art3\, which was i ncluded in the short list of Académie Française awards. Among her future projects\, Shani is preparing a “Cosmos” programme around the links b etween Beethoven and Indian music\, whose mysticism historically inspired the Viennese composer. This project will lead\, in 2020\, to one of the fi lms coproduced by the Philharmonie de Paris for the Beethoven Year\, a ser ies that will bring together H. Grimaud\, N. Freire\, F. Say...\n\nShe is also pursuing other commitments\, such as a residency with Charles Berling at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in the autumn of 2019\, and the organisation of a series of concerts in 2018-2019 around reflections between the arts at David Lynch’s Club Silencio.\n\nSahana Banerjee is one of the most ac complished and outstanding female sitar players of India belonging to the Rampur Senia Gharana. Sahana was born in a family of rich musical heritage and was readily recognised as a child prodigy at an early age of four. He r father Prof. Santhosh Banerjee\, a celebrated Sitar and Surbahar player of India and former Head of the Department of Instrumental Music of Rabind ra Bharati University\, in Calcutta. Prof. Banerjee was a disciple of famo us 'Veenkar' Ustad Md. Dabir Khan of Rampur Senia Gharana whose family lin eage traces back to MianTansen himself.\n\n \;\n\nSahana has also rece ived extensive training on vocal music from her illustrious mother Mrs. Ch habi Banerjee\, daughter of Sangeetacharya Kashinath Chattopadhyay of Saha swan Gharana. Sahana's unique presentation reflects the traditional Veenka r Dhrupad style of Rampur Senia Gharana maintaining the purity of Raga alo ng with her own aesthetical blends of Gayaki.\n\nPrabhu Edouard is an Indo -French percussionist and composer. A key figure of Indian percussions in France\, he is regarded as one of the most versatile tabla players of his generation\, he is a worthy disciple of renowned tabla maestro Pandit Shan kar Ghosh. \; Prabhu has played with Indian music and dance stalwarts like Hariprasad Chaurasia\, Laxmi Shankar\, V.G. Jog\, Ashish Khan\, Debas hish Bhattacharya\, T.V. Gopalakrishnan\, T. Vishwanathan\, Shashank\, Roh ini Bhate\, Rajendra Gangani\, Astad Deboo… \; His cosmopolitan natu re and love for experiments have led him to collaborate across the globe w ith artists like Jordi Savall\, Nguyen Lê\, Joachim Kühn\, Saïd Shraïb i\, Moriba Koita\, Jamchid Chemirani\, J.P. Drouet\, Jeff Mills…\n\nNot only a sought after performer\, Prabhu is also an experienced pedagogue sh aring his musical vision on various percussion masterclasses and internati onal music seminars.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://poonamusic.com/pms_wp/wp-content/uploads /2018/10/Shani-blue.jpg CATEGORIES:Ensembles LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India GEO:18.5198845;73.87824479999995 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Mazda Hall:geo:18.51 98845,73.87824479999995 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR