[Gbrooks-promo] CONCERT THIS MONDAY!! Herbst Theater-- Zakir Hussain and Antonia Minnecola

[George Brooks]

Hello All- Here is a bit of news and a concert announcement for those  
of you in the Bay Area.

First the news...
I have just returned from India and Europe.
We had a great time in Chennai, performing at the Music Academy,
  along with young Indian violin virtuoso, Kala Ramnath
and the ever funky Kai Eckhardt.
You can check out concert reviews at:
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/18/stories/2006111801350500.htm
http://sify.com/carnaticmusic/fullstory.php?id=14335136

After the concert I spent a day in Chennai recording with Selva  
Ganesh and U. Srinivas,
the two extraordinary Carnatic musicians who represent half of  
"Remember Shakti".
It was a pleasure to spend time with these great human beings and the  
venerable T.H "Vikku" Vinayakram (Shakti's original ghatam player and  
Selva's father).

 From India I headed up to England for a very special concert at the  
Queen Elisabeth Hall in London with the extraordinary Pt. Hariprasad  
Chaurasia on bansuri, along with Vijay Ghate on tabla and Dutch  
harpist Gwynneth Wentink. We repeated our program in Lille, France,  
at the jewel-like Opera House for their "Grand Nuit des Ragas".
Lille is a picture-book town near the Belgian border (well worth the  
easy train trip from London or Paris) and has transformed itself for  
a three month celebration of Indian culture. The main boulevard is  
currently lined with 30ft tall, bejeweled elephants and the train  
station is covered with a facade of lights transforming it into a  
shimmering Bollywood palace.
It was truly an honor to participate in this festival of Indian music  
and culture.

Now I am back home and very excited about this Monday's concert at  
the Herbst Theater

The first half of the evening Zakir Hussain and Antonia Minnecola  
will be presenting a program of classical and original kathak,  
accompanied by Yusuf Mahmoud on vocals and harmonium and Jagan  
Ramamoorthy on violin.

The second half we will be performing "Rapt No Strings" an extended  
work of poetry, dance and music, composed by Zakir for an SF Jazz  
commission, first performed in 1998. In addition to Zakir and Toni,  
"Rapt" will feature myself, vocalist Molly Holm, Tommy Keseker on  
vibes, Dana Pandey, Michael Lewis and Emam on tabla and Vince Delgado  
on middle eastern percussion.
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> Read on the Web at http://www.ciis.edu/publicprograms/concerts/ 
> zakir_hussain_web.htm
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> Zakir Hussain and Antonia Minnecola
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A Door
> To Union
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With Vince Delgado, George Brooks,
> Molly Holm, Tommy Kesecker, Dana Pandey,
> Emam and Michael Lewis, and special guests
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> Tickets: $45/$35/$25
> Available at City Box Office
> http://www.cityboxoffice.com • 415.392.4400
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> For more information call 415.575.6175
> or visit www.ciis.edu/publicprograms
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> Made possible with support from the Haridas Chaudhuri Endowment for  
> South Asian Philosophy and Culture at CIIS
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