8:45 - 10:30 pm
Gaurav Mazumdar
Seattle Center House - McCaw Hall
321 Mercer Street
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Gaurav Mazumdar is one of the most sought-after and versatile musicians of the present generation. His early musical training began with vocal music, followed by violin. He was taught by his uncle J. D. Mazumdar, cousins Kamala Bose and Jayashree Roy, father Dulal Mazumdar and Pandit Nandkishore Vishwakarma. Subsequently, Gaurav went on to study under Pandit Ravi Shankar who encouraged him to learn the sitar. Under this legend's tutelage and guidance, Gaurav has become an accomplished sitar player. His has given widely acclaimed performances at various prestigious musical venues in India and several countries in Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and America. He has also performed on occasions with his guru Pandit Ravi Shankar. He is renowned for his solo recitals with reputed tabla players such as Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Kumar Bose, Anindo Chatterjee, and Jayanto Bose. He has also performed jugalbandis with Jayanthi Kumaresh, Ravi Kiran, Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan and Shashank. Gaurav's versatility and genius is reflected through his collaborations with western musicians such as Daniel Hope, Philip Glass and Kenny Werner. He has composed and performed with the English Chamber Orchestra and composed music for the ballet "Siddhartha" based on Nobel laureate Herman Hesse's novel. With his score titled 'Akanksha' to celebrate the new millennium, he was the first Indian sitar player to perform at the Vatican. He has several albums to his credit featuring his classical, collaborative and compositional works. Gaurav, as a performer, composer and teacher, has today secured an important position in the field of music as one of the foremost musicians of his generation. Being a product of the traditional guru-shishya parampara (teacher-student learning tradition) he devotes a substantial amount of his time to teaching his disciples all over the world.
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