Category
Music
Artists
Vishnu Ramprasad
Vivek Santosh
Muthu Kumar
Date
January 14th, 2023
Strings Beyond Borders is a unique, multi-genre musical fiesta, bringing to audiences an immersive and irresistible blend of high energy, soulful Indian, Jazz and Spanish music. Get ready to witness a power-packed performance combining technical brilliance, mellifluous melodies, out-of-the-box improvisation and ultimately a wholesome experience of Music at its best!’
About Vishnu.
Vishnu R is an award-winning virtuoso Carnatic – Jazz Fusion performer, best known as the inventor of the new, unique 9-string instrument NAVTAR (patented). A Fellow of the USA Govt. Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs and a Grade 8 Western Classical graduate from the Trinity College of London, Vishnu has led and mentored British Council programs in India & UK. Vishnu is the recipient of prestigious awards such as ‘Best Performer & Composition Award’ Beyond Music International Project (Switzerland), Karnataka Rajyothsava Yuva Prashisthti and has collaborated with the top musicians in the world, including multiple GRAMMY award-winning musicians. With successful, critically acclaimed concert tours across India, Europe and USA, Vishnu brings to audiences an original, immersive & irresistible blend of high-energy Indian Classical, Jazz and Spanish music.
About Vivek.
Vivek is a classically trained pianist with an LTCL (Licentiate of Trinity College London) Diploma Certificate, in it. He was very much fascinated by the progressive and improvised musical forms and started exploring these later on. He is also a Carnatic musician with a Masters Degree.
About Muthu.
With over 20 years in the music industry, Muthu Kumar has made a niche for himself as a tabla player/ percussionist par excellence. Having studied under legends Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, Muthu has traveled around the globe many times and performed on many prestigious stages and festivals. He has accompanied the likes of Anup Jalota, Alice Coltrane, Maynard Ferguson, John Barnes, Bill Laswell, Dana Gillespie, Bombay Jayashree, Grammy winner Ricky Kej, and Lucky Ali to name a few. He is the founder of Rhythm Shala – a school for Indian percussions. Muthu is one of the pioneers in the field of Online Tabla learning with more than 50 students around the globe. Muthu has collaborated with musicians around the world, across genres. He has recorded on numerous albums. He is the founder of popular Indo – Jazz band – Mystik Vibes..
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