Lovers of Indian Classical Music will have a unique opportunity to experience the performance as well as Jugalbandi of two great artistes, Fazal Qureshi and Adrian McNeil. The concert is going to be held on Sunday, September 27, (which is incidentally the daylight saving begins) at 6.30 pm in the Avondale College auditorium. It is organised by the group Music 4 Dreamz formed by Prashant Tijore, Siddharth Sharma, Rohitesh Prasad and Rakesh Nanda.
Fazal Qureshi
Hailing from a background that reverberates with the taal of the tabla, music has been Fazal Qureshi's natural inheritance. Under the guidance of his Guru and father the late great tabla maestro, Ustad Alla Rakha, and with the inspiration drawn from his brother, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Fazal has developed a unique style that is distinguished for its fine sense of rhythm, versatility and eloquence.
He performs both as a soloist and as an accompanist. His deep rooted knowledge and dedication to Indian classical music helps him accompany North as well as South Indian instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers. The musicians he has performed with include Ustad Alla Rakha, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Sultan Khan, Dr. L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, Vikku Vinayakram, U. Srinivas, Ustad Shahid Parvez, and Sitara Devi.
Fazal has expanded his horizons by being involved with other styles of music of the world especially Jazz and Western classical music, and has performed with many well known Jazz musicians. For the last 16 years he has been associated with Mynta, his world music band based in Sweden. They have performed all over the world and have released six immensely popular albums.
Besides being a performer he has also composed music for Mynta and for various other events. He has now started composing music for Indian films and is currently working on an album of his own compositions, thus adding to his versatility as a musician.
Adrian McNeil
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Adrian was based in India for many years, mostly in Calcutta, Mumbai and Dehra Dun. He has undergone intensive training according to the guru-shishya parampara (traditional methods) for more than twenty five years under Pandit Ashok Roy, Professor Sachindranath Roy and Dr. Ashok Ranade. He regularly performs in major concerts in Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Bangalore and regional centres where his playing attracts critical acclaim. He often appears in the media in India and has performed for National Television and Radio along with leading cable television station Zee TV, and has been interviewed by major national daily newspapers.
He regularly performs in Australia, has made a number of recordings for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and has toured widely including France and Hong Kong.
Adrian now lives in Sydney, Australia, where he is a lecturer in improvisation studies, musicianship and world music in the Department of Contemporary Music Studies.
Adrian began his training in Hindustani music in 1980 when he became a disciple of Pt. Ashok Roy, the renowned sarodiya, himself a long-time disciple of the legendary Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Since this time Adrian has intensively studied the sarod and Hindustani classical music according to the guru-sishya parampara traditional training method which has also included a period of four years of staying with his guru both in India, but also Australia, where Ashok Roy now lives.
Over the last few years he has also became a disciple of the Mumbai-based, senior musician and sitariya, Prof. Sachindra Nath Roy (Ashok Roy’s uncle and a senior disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan and Ustad Enayat Khan - two of the most important figures in 20th century Hindustani music). He has also studied classical vocal music intensively in Mumbai with the well-known vocalist and musicologist Dr. Ashok Ranade.
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