East Indian Music to be Performed at UW-River Falls

Sept. 16, 2011—Join UWRF students for an evening of traditional and ancient Indian music performed by one of the most renowned Carnatic musicians in the world. "Sublime Journey" will perform at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Abbott Concert Hall in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building as part of the Wyman Series.

"Sublime Journey" is Nirmala Rajasekar's goal of exposing the masses to the traditional Indian instruments of the veena and the sitar. The band includes Pandit Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar) and Nirmala Rajasekar (veena), accompanied by Tanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam) and Vishal Nagar (tabla).  A music sample can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/nirmalarajasekar01/