Evoking sounds of South Asia
Unfamiliar to western ears, the natural, trembling tone of the bamboo flute evokes pastoral scenes of India’s distant past. But bamboo flutist Shashank Subramanyam will sing through the instrument at the Yale Center for British Art tonight to give Yalies a taste of India today.
Subramanyam, who was invited by the Yale Raga Society, an undergraduate organization whose mission is to foster Indian classical arts on campus, will be seen and heard as part of Yale’s India Initiative, launched in November. A collaboration between the South Asian Studies Council, the Music Department and...
Thank you to the Yale Raga Society for sponsoring such a fantastic concert last night! It was a great pleasure, and I hope there are many more to come.