[Gbrooks-promo] Tonight in Berkeley - Elements- George Brooks, Kala Ramnath, Gwyneth Wentink

[George Brooks]

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*Elements *

*Gwyneth Wentink** - harp*

*George Brooks - saxophone*

*Kala Ramnath - violin and vocals*



*Thursday June 20th 8pm*



*The Freight and Salvage*

*2020 Addison Street  *

*Berkeley, CA 94704*

*(510) 644-2020*

*Tickets are 24.50 advance and 26.50 at the door*



*Event Link: **http://www.freightandsalvage.org/elements*

*Ticket Link: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/267177*





* Elements* represents a new standard in global chamber music, combining
the unique talents of American saxophonist and composer George Brooks,
north Indian violinist and vocalist Kala Ramnath and Dutch harp virtuoso
Gwyneth Wentink. This distinctive trio performs George and Kala's original
compositions and contemporary settings of traditional Indian ragas,
unifying the aesthetics of the European classical, Indian classical and
American jazz traditions.



 Descended from an illustrious musical lineage of seven generations, *Kala
Ramnath* is considered the leading Hindustani violinist of our time. An
outstanding classical soloist, Kala has performed in major concert halls
throughout the world including Carnegie Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Sydney
Opera House, Theater de la Ville, Tropen Theater and the Palais des Beaux
Arts. In addition to her traditional work, Kala has made significant
contributions as a world music innovator, collaborating with Zakir Hussain,
Ray Manzarek (Doors) and performing as a soloist with African ensembles,
flamenco groups, and numerous symphony orchestras including the London
Symphony and London Philharmonic. She is the founder of the group Raga
Afrika, which is the first collaboration of Indian music and Afro-jazz.
Kala’s recordings have garnered multiple Songlines’ “Top of the World”
awards (2004, 2006, 2008) and she was recognized by Songlines Magazine,
along with Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and Ali Akbar Khan, as one of the
top fifty “world music” musicians. Kala’s artistic achievements have been
recognized with numerous awards from the Indian government including the
President’s Award and the *Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Sanman*. She is a
disciple of vocal guru Pt. Jasraj and in addition to her violin work she is
a gifted and soul stirring vocalist.

  Still shy of her 30th birthday, harpist *Gwyneth Wentink,* is already
acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost classical harpists. Gwyneth’s
prodigious talents were recognized early on by her Dutch and Hungarian
musician parents. She began her harp studies at the age of five, performed
for Dutch Queen Beatrix at the tender age of ten and won the coveted Israel
International Harp Contest at seventeen, one of many awards including the
International Nippon Harp Competition, the Gulbenkian Prize, the VCSD
Classical Musicprize ‘New Generation’ and first prize at the Young Concert
Artists auditions in New York (the first harpist in their history).

Gwyneth has performed as a soloist with the Boston Philharmonic, the
Orchestra Sinfonica Gran Mariscal in Caracas, Venezuela, the Israel
Philharmonic, the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, The Philharmonich Orkestra
of Bergen, Norway, and many more. She is the winner of the illustrious
Dutch music prize and is in great demand as a chamber artist and solo
performer. Since 2005 Gwyneth has been performing with flutist Pt.
Hariprasad Chaurasia and George Brooks in concert halls world wide
including the Lille Opera House (France), The Queen Elizabeth Hall
(London), the Nehru Center (Mumbai) and the Music Academy (Chennai).

*George Brooks* is a prolific and diverse saxophonist and composer,
acclaimed for successfully bridging the worlds of jazz and Indian classical
music. He is the founder of several important Indian fusion groups
including *Summit *with Zakir Hussain, Fareed Haque and Kai Eckhardt, *Bombay
Jazz* with Larry Coryell and Ronu Majumdar and the *Raga Bop Trio* with
Steve Smith and south Indian guitarist Prasanna. Of particular importance
are his collaborations with American composer Terry Riley, a fellow student
of Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath, who has inspired George’s approach to
composition and improvisation. Brooks has performed throughout Europe, Asia
and North America with India’s most respected concert artists including
Hariprasad Chaurasia, U Srinivas, Trilok Gurtu, Shujaat Khan and Shankar
Mahadevan, as well as jazz, blues and pop luminaries John McLaughlin, Jaki
Byard, Etta James, Talvin Singh, Ray Manzarek (Doors), the Temptations, and
many others.



In addition to his acclaimed recordings of original compositions George has
composed and arranged for Zakir Hussain, Yo-Yo Ma, the Liverpool
Philharmonic, the Mark Morris Dance Company and Merchant Ivory Productions.
In 2007 he received the American Composers Forum Continental Harmony Prize
commissioning him to write the music for the opera *“Mirrors of Mumbai – a
Tale of Modern India”*. In 2008 he received ACF’s Northern California
Commissioning grant for “*Double Moiré”* an evening length work featuring
original beat poet Michael McClure and jazz trio. In 2010 the SFMOMA
commissioned *“Alphorn for Hans” *as an “artist response” to the museum’s
new rooftop sculpture garden. I 2012 his composition “*The Alchemy of
Happiness”* was premiered by Gwyneth Wentink at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in
Utrecht.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=P04ymCdXxe8

-- 
George Brooks
www.georgebrooks.com
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