Farid Ayaz Qawwali Ensemble from Pakistan
February 12 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $15 general, $5 students
7:30 pm: The world-renowned ensemble performs Qawwali in its powerful traditional form. Pre-concert talk, 6:30 pm.
Sufi Rock with Salman Ahmad
February 13 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $15 general, $5 students
7:30 pm: Salman of South Asia's premier rock band Junoon turns traditional Sufi poetry into rock.
A Tribute to A.R. Rahman
February 14 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $20 general, $10 students
7:30 pm: A retrospective of Rahman's achievements in film music and an onstage interview with him, followed by a performance of of Rahman hits by Stanford students.
Hindustani Classical Music
February 16 / Campbell Recital Hall / FREE
7:30 pm: A lecture and demonstration of North Indian classical music featuring Sitar Maestro Kartik Seshadri.
Kartik Seshadri, sitar, and Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla
February 17 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $42/38 general, $21/19 S.U. students
8:00 pm: An evening of Indian classical music featuring Kartik Seshadri, the foremost disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar, and Swapan Chaudhuri on tabla.
Pre-concert talk 6:45 pm. In partnership with Stanford Lively Arts
Carnatic Morning Ragas
February 18 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $15 general, $5 students
9:00 am welcome and opening remarks; 9:30 music begins: A concert of South Indian Classical Music featuring award-winning vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
Followed by a reception with South Indian refreshments.
Songs of Five Rivers and La Mer, Stanford Symphony Orchestra
February 18 / Dinkelspiel Auditorium / Tickets: $10 general, $5 students
8:00 pm: Under conductor Jindong Cai, the SSO hosts Indian composer Naresh Sohal in the North American premier of Sohal's Songs of Five Rivers with coloratura soprano Nikki Einfeld. The program also includes Debussy's La Mer.
