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Madras Special - New Generation at Gothe-institut Auditorium
Courtesy of Ajit Diaz | Posted on October 9, 2015
Where
Gothe-institut Auditorium
4 Rutland Gate 5th Street
Chennai
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When
Sat, October 10, 2015
19:00
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Throughout today’s Europe, music is in motion, and the sounds emanating from Paris, Barcelona and London are a powerful motif for the continent’s growing cultural diversity. Add to that list Cologne, home to percussionist Ramesh Shotham, and his rhythm 'tour de force' Madras Special.
He’s a native of the bustling city of Madras and a lifelong disciple of carnatic music, revered for its rhythmic sophistication and its unique family of percussion instruments such as mridangam, tavil, ghatam, dolak and kanjira.
With Madras Special, he creates a living mandala of sound and rhythm, drawing on the vivid personalities of Zoltan Lantos, Sebastian Müller, Reza Askari and Johannes Lemke....