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LIVE MUSIC: Srinivas Reddy
March 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$10
Acclaimed scholar, translator, and musician Srinivas Reddy performs at Charter Books on March 30 at 6pm. Srinivas is a concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals around the world. Now living in Rhode Island, he teaches at the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown University.
All ages welcome. $10 cover (cash only) at the door. Additional donations and contributions welcome!
Srinivas Reddy is a scholar, translator and musician. He began his musical training as a guitarist and composer. In 1998 he graduated from Brown University with a BA in South Asian Studies and moved to San Francisco where he met his guru Pandit Partha Chatterjee, a direct disciple of the late sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Srinivas dedicated himself to Indian classical music and trained with his teacher in the traditional master-disciple style for twelve years. He is a professional concert sitarist and has given numerous recitals in the US, India and Europe. He also completed his PhD in South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and has published numerous articles and books on India literature, music, and history. Srinivas currently teaches at Brown University and IIT Gandhinagar. www.sankalpana.org