India – Hindustani Classical Music – Rakesh Chaurasia and Satyagjit Talwalkar

tabla solo and instrumental ‘jawab-sawal’
raga Kirwani, tala Tintal

The video features an excerpt from the performance of a ‘gat’ (an instrumental composition followed by improvisation) in Raga Kirwani, set on the sixteen-beat tintal meter. The clip begins with a solo, in which the tabla player showcases his virtuosity. After this solo, the two musicians establish a sort of dialogue, called ‘jawab-sawal’ (call and response) that has become a regular feature in Indian instrumental classical music. In this exchange the ‘tabla’ echoes phrases played by the ‘bansuri’: it is a section that appeals to the audience for its virtuosic character, and for the lively interaction between the two musicians. The pace of the musical exchange becomes steadily faster with increasingly shorter phrases, while the tempo accelerates reaching its peak in the final ‘tihai’ (a threefold cadential formula) played in unison. It is believed that the ‘jawab-sawal’ was introduced by Allaudin Khan, teacher of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, who gave it the form which can be heard in this video clip.
Inviting Rakesh Chaurasia to give a concert on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies underscored the Institute’s sustained interest in the music and dance of India since its inception. Rakesh Chaurasia, originally form Allahabad, is a leading authority on Hindustani classical music and a virtuoso on the ‘bansuri’ (Indian bamboo flute). Nephew of the celebrated ‘bansuri’ virtuoso Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Rakesh is a leading representative of the second generation of classical ‘bansuri’ players, despite having developed his own, very distinctive style. In addition to continuing in the wake of the teachings of his uncle Hariprasad, Rakesh has developed a style with innovations and crossovers that have led him to collaborate with a great variety of musicians in India and elsewhere. In the concert of classical Indian music at Fondazione Cini, Rakesh Chaurasia was accompanied by Satyajit Talwalkar on tabla. This young but already well-known percussionist is also a leading member of the new generation of classical musicians of contemporary India.

Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 31 May 2019

More info on this event: https://www.cini.it/en/events/concert-of-indian-music-rakesh-chaurasia-and-satyajit-talwalkar
Video: Marco Lutzu; cameras: Marco Lutzu, Carlo Mezzalira, Costantino Vecchi

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