Classical Indian Music Concert

UCSD music students of master sitarist Kartik Seshadri perform variety of Indian classical music. Kartik Seshadri is a world renowned sitar virtuoso, composer, educator and the foremost disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Critics and prominent musicians in India first hailed Seshadri as a child prodigy when he began performing full-length solo recitals at the age of six. As a soloist, Seshadri regularly performs in major venues internationally, from Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, Asia Society, Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the Morelia International Music Festival (Mexico), the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music (Bath, UK) to prestigious University series and some of the most notable festivals in India such as the Dover Lane Music Conference, The Music Academy, ITC Sammelan, and Saptak. Seshadri has also collaborated with artists as diverse as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass and the Brazilian group UAKTI in performances at Carnegie Hall, Cevrvantino Festival in Mexico, Ravinia Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and the Melbourne International Arts Festival in Australia, to name but a few. His performances are marked by their expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and extraordinary rhythmic intricacy.

Admission: Varies

Location:
Conrad Prebys Music Center at UCSD
Russell Lane at Gilman Drive
San Diego, CA 92037
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Monday, May 17 - 8 PM

For more information, please call: (858) 534-3229