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Sunday, March 25, 2001, Chandigarh, India |
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French musical
group enthrals Chandigarh, March 24 The group that originally comprised Richard playing esraj and
sarod, Pierre on sitar and Kapi playing techno music including
drums and bass , added a new dimension today by inviting an local
classical guitar player Subhash Ghosh for this particular concert.
Nataraj XT, who played a few tracts from their latest CD
Tandava, swayed the audience with light dance music. “Our music
contains elements of Indian traditional music and not classical in
essence,” said Richard. Richard, who learnt sarod in the Ali Akbar Khan
Institute of Music in San Fransisco, said the powerful tonal variations
was what attracted him to take up this instrument.
Pierre was influenced by Pt. Ravi Shankar way back in 1960s and when he
came to India ,he grabbed the opportunity to learn sitar under Prof Debu
Choudhuri of Delhi University. Playing sitar gives me a sense of peace, he
said.
The group was originally christened as
Nataraj, a pure Indian traditional musical group, with Richard on
sarod, Pierre on sitar and another person playing tabla. After the
tabla player quit about a year back, the group incorporated a new
member Kapi, who entirely changed the concept of the music the original
group used to play. Natraj XT is the extension of the original group.
There is one more addition going to be made soon, said group manager
Benoit du Sartel. “One vocalist who has specialised in Indian
vocal music is soon going to join the group,” he added. |
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