Experience an evening of Hindustani classical music, North India’s oldest and expressive musical tradition. Centered around the soulful sound of the bansuri flute, (the ancient Indian bamboo flute) the performance explores the beauty of ragas — melodic frameworks designed to evoke different moods, emotions, and times of day through improvisation and intricate musical dialogue. Accompanied by the rhythmic artistry of the tabla, the concert weaves together melody and percussion with high contrasts going from deeply meditative moods to uplifting rhythmical intensities.
About the musicians:
About Aura:
Aura Rascón is a Mexican / Dutch flutist and composer coming from a background in
traverse flute and music pedagogy in Western classical music (BA from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria). Being the first formal disciple from Latinoamerica of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, she learned formally from him at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (BA & MA), The Netherlands, and traditionally at his Vrindaban Gurukul ashrams in India. She has been privileged to accompany her Guru in concerts in Europe, USA, Latinoamerica and India. She has toured extensively as a soloist, as a guest artist and as well with her own projects at mayor venues and festivals in Asia, Europe and Latinoamerica and has been featured in National Radio and Television in Mexico, Argentina, France, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, including for official projects of the Embassy of India.
About Shabbir:
Shabbir Hussain is one of the youngest talented Tabla players of today. He is born in 1981 in the family of illustrious Tabla player Ustad Hidayat Khan Ustad Rehman Khan of Sikar. He is inheriting arts of his forefather and representing the 3rd generation of Tabla players from Sikar. It is worthwhile to note that Sikar is known after the name of Ustad Hidayat Khan sahab a maestro Tabla player. Shabbir Hussain started Tabla at the of seven and got the basic training under his father till he attained the adolescence. Later on to acquire the excellence, he went to learn from Ustad Hidayat Khan, who is incidentally his uncle and also the Guru of his father. As a result of his hard work and the proper guidance of his Ustad Hidayat Khan he got the ‘B High’ grade from A.I.R. in 2002. He won several prizes and awards like Surnoor in 1997, Omkar Nath in 1998 in junior and senior in 1999 and Taal Mani in 2000. He performed in many esteemed concerts like Sankalp Delhi-Puna in 1999, Haridas Sangeet Sammelan Mumbai in 2000, Sur Shringar Mumbai in 2000, South zone festival, Sangali in 2001 also with a Indo European Fusion Group in Banaras. Lukhnow, Jaipur, Jodhpur in 2003, Gujrat Sangeet Natak Academic in Ahmadabad in 2002. He is regular performing in SAPTAK festival Ahmadabad since 1996 till today. Shabbir Hussain has performed solo as well as accompanied with well known artist of vocal, instrument Kathak dance and Taal Kacheri. He has worked with several kathak-groups, dance-groups and fusion-groups. He has performed in various countries in abrode such as Holland, France, Belgium, Germany, Swiss, etc. Since the year 2002 until today, He is well known as a soloist. His style is exuberant and at the same time his touch is both delicate and sensitive. He is also promoting the music of Sikar Gharana, which is created by his uncle Guru Ustad Hidayat Khan Sahab.
