Alam & Manik Khan | June 13

Join us for a special performance in the Hindustani (North Indian) classical tradition! An evening “raga”—or melodic concept that encompasses a specific set of musical rules, emotions, and characteristics that define a unique musical mood and atmosphere—will be specifically chosen for the audience and announced. The performance will then unfold with four main parts: Alap, Jor, Jhala and Gat. Though there are countless composed compositions within a vast system of rules and guidelines in North Indian Classical Music, this entire performance will be improvised navigating the landscapes of Raga and Tala. This can only be done at the highest level through the mastery developed over the course of a lifetime.

Alam Khan & Manik Khan, sarod; with Aarchik Banerjee, tabla

Alam Khan and Manik Khan are the sons of the late legendary maestro of Sarod, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, whose lives have been steeped in the ancient tradition of North Indian classical music since birth. Together they present a deeply powerful and virtuosic Indian classical jugalbandi (duet) in the style of Maihar Gharana Sarod.