Sitar player Parvez gives Elis taste of raga music
Raga enthusiasts and curious students got their fill of the traditional Indian musical idiom during a Saturday performance by world-renowned sitar player Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan.
Parvez, accompanied by tabla player Aditya Kalyanpur, serenaded over 300 members of the Yale and New Haven community during a benefit concert in Battell Chapel. The Yale Raga Society, a newly formed student organization dedicated to classical Indian music, hosted the performance, designed to introduce Elis to Indian music and culture.
The society’s inaugural event featured two traditional Indian...
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