Shashank & Chennai Connection
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Shashank, flutes
Jan Kuiper, guitar
Phalgun Parupalli, drum
Khanjira, tambourine
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Available period:
March - May 2009
On request:
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
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Shashank South Indian Bambus flute virtuoso...
Acclaimed by critics world over as a child prodigy, 24 years old Shashank is a celebrity flautist from South India. Beginning his career in Adelaide, Australia, at the age of eleven, Shashank has been a star performer in India and abroad featured often with veteran musicians from South and North India.
Shashank, was barely nine months old when he was initiated to south Indian classical music, even before he started speaking his mother tongue. As advised by Flute Maestro T.R. Mahalingam, he learnt only vocal music from veteran musicians including Palghat K.V. Narayana Swamy. At his six Shashank picked his father's flute and stunned onlookers by playing, spontaneously, to signal his entry into the flute world. His maiden flute concert was at Adelaide, Australia in September 1990 when he was eleven years old.
He became the youngest musician of the century to have been invited to play the prestigious "SADAS" concert on Jan. 1, 1991 at The Music Academy, Madras. Since then, has been a celebrity flautist world over and performs in the company of top ranking artistes in India and abroad.
Shashank’s introduction of multi flute transposed fingering technique to merge flutes of different frequencies / lengths to the tonic note (the adhara shadja) – producing deep bass to the shrill sounds gave flute an enviable position in Indian music and has been acclaimed world over by music lovers as his significant/ contribution.
Shashank's performances feature an extraordinary range of musical expression - from the deepest meditations to youthful fun and astonishing virtuosity. Audiences respond enthusiastically to his flair and unpretentious style. His percussionists add pizzazz to the performances with rhythmic texture that ranges from colorful, sparse punctuation to driving motives that swell to exhilarating levels during solo passages.
Chennai Connection the new ensemble featuring World Renowned Flute and Guitar Maestros Shashank and Jan Kuiper assisted by Indian and or African percussionists featuring traditional / creative compositions and improvisations blending the best of Indian, Jazz and Classical forms of music and percussion.
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