Krintan & Friends of Music present "Strings of the World" A Unique Music Festival at Club Patio, Block E, South City 1, Gurgaon > 7pm onwards on 16th & 17th November 2012

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Time : 7:00 pm onwards

Entry : Ticket price: Rs 600(including dinner)
Tickets will be available at:
• Full circle, Khan Market and GK-1
• Club South Patio, Block D, South City 2, Gurgaon, 0124-4590100
• Club Nirvana Patio, Block K, Nirvana Country, South City 2, Gurgaon,
0124-4745100
• Tarini store at Galleria, DLF Phase IV, Gurgaon
• Happily Unmarried Store at Select City Walk, Saket, New Delhi
• Online at www.kyazoonga.com

Place : Pool lawns, Club Patio, Block E, South City 1, Gurgaon
Venue Info : www.unitechpatio.com | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Huda City Centre(Yellow Line)'

Event Details : Krintan & Friends of Music presents “Strings of the World” A Unique Music Festival.

Music is a universal language that tugs at our heartstrings.
…And the experience of music is so much more enhanced when the music itself is
birthed from strings.
Imagine all the strings of the world coming together in a harmonious whole.
From the ravanhattha to the cello; the koto to the veena; the violin to the sarod…
Website : www.stringsoftheworld.com

Highlights of the festival:
A world-music festival dedicated to string instruments.
Representation of major musical genres: from Western and Hindustani classical
to folk, jazz and more.
Showcase of rare and dying string instruments and musicians.

The Musicians : 
The musicians are drawn from many genres, cultures and continents to create a unique
musical and cultural experience.
Some of the best string musicians in the world are part of the festival.
Part of the international line-up is presented below:

Trondheim Soloists
One of the most exciting young ensembles performing on the international stage, the
Trondheim Soloists is already established as the most innovative chamber ensemble in
Norway. Formed in 1988, the Trondheim Soloists was for many years the main forum for
professional concert training in Trondheim.
This youthfulness and dynamism is a feature of the orchestra that continues through to
today with the average age of the musicians being under 30.
The Trondheim Soloists most recent recording, “In Folk Style”, is nominated
for two GRAMMY awards and won the Spellemannpris for Best Classical
recording in 2010.The Orchestra’s remarkable versatility enables them to perform a
broad range of musical genres and styles from baroque to tango, jazz, pop and rock.

Tim Kliphius
Dutchman Tim Kliphuis is one of the world’s top improvisers on the violin. He combines
jaw-dropping virtuosity with fluid jazz lines, in a fresh, personal style that has roots in
classical, gypsy jazz and folk music.

Gjermund Larsen
Gjermund Larsen enjoys a position as one of the most respected and active performers
and composers on the contemporary Norwegian folk music scene. The Norwegian State
Academy educated fiddler and composer is a member of ensembles like Gjermund
Larsen trio, Majorstuen, and Christian Wallumrød Ensemble.
He has received several awards for his music, and in 2002 he became the youngest
fiddler ever to win the Norwegian Championship in traditional folk-fiddling. He has an
exceptionally wide range of musical expressions. Deeply rooted in the traditional music,
he’s flirting with other styles through playful and convincing improvisation.
Larsen plays both the violin and the traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddle.

Sushmit Sen
Sushmit Sen has had an illustrious career spanning more than 20 years. He is one of the
very few Guitarists who play a specially crafted, home grown guitar named after him
The man with the magical fingers has also mentored several young talent, collaborated
with a wide array of celebrated musicians, performed solo concerts in India & the
world over, addressed seminars & conducted workshops for corporate honchos as
well as school kids…is an equally passionate cook, foodie, wild life photographer and
ornithology enthusiast…
Susmit Sen has also scored the music for several award winning documentaries and
feature films – both in a solo capacity and along with his band INDIAN OCEAN. With
Depths of the Ocean – his debut solo album – he explores unchartered waters.

Utsav Lal
This 19-year-old classical and Jazz pianist has learnt the instrument under the tutelage
of masters of string instruments, classical Hindustani and Western music as well as
Dhrupad and Jazz. The challenges of a string-percussion instrument like the piano have
been transformed into a unique style by Lal. Currently based in Scotland, this prodigy
has an impressive portfolio having taken to stage as a cultural ambassador with over 100
solo concerts at international forums.
He features in the Indian Limca Book of Records and was the youngest award winner of
Ireland’s Metro Éireann Media & Multicultural MAMA Awards 2008 for championing
Multiculturalism through music.

LIU GUANGYU
Liu Guangyu is a famous erhu-musician in contemporary China.
As an outstanding erhu musician, he uses two strings and one bow to express his
attitudes of the world. His performance can be described as “passionate as fountains
and smooth as streams” and is highly appreciated and respected by the audience.

He has hold nearly 100 lecture concerts and solo concerts in places like Beijing,
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, Philippines, Russia, Italy and Egypt. In 2001, he held a
solo concert in Beijing Concert Hall with great success.

Charlie Mckerron
Charlie Mckerron started playing traditional Scottish fiddle at the age of 9 in
1969 and was influenced by his Father and Great uncle initially. He won many
traditional fiddle competitions as a youth and won the prestigious Daily Record
Golden Fiddle award in 1983. Charlie joined the Celtic Band Capercaillie in 1985
and has been a member now for 27 years ! The band is regarded as one of the top
Celtic bands in the world and have achieved over 1 million album sales .
Charlie has composed for film and television with contributions to Hollywood
blockbuster "Rob Roy" and the award winning sound track for BBC2 drama
series "Crowdie and Cream ".

Mckerron has also been involved with many collaborations over the years with
highlights being the opening concert of Glasgow based music festival Celtic
Connections where he worked with Zakir Hussain on a Celtic/Indian fusion
project featuring Hussain and fellow Indian musicians ; Kumaresh (violin),
Rakesh Chaurasia (bansuri) and Navin Sharma (dholak) . Mckerron has also
worked with Indian musicians Sharat Srivastava and Gyan Singh also at Celtic
Connections and with India Alba.

Sharat: Festival Director & Performer
Sharat Chandra Srivastava: A trained musician of the Senia gharana and a scion of one
its most prominent houses, Sharat has had a rigorous grounding in Hindustani classical
music over the past 35 years and excels in both fusion as well as Hindustani music.
Having shared the performance stage with the likes of Sting as well as the most
prestigious Hindustani classical musicians, Sharat also has his own fusion band, Mrigya;
loves collaborative work and has been at the forefront of the Indian music scene for over
a decade now, besides touring several countries prolifically.

The Festival is being presented by Krintan in association with Friends of Music and is produced by Teamwork Productions.

Details for Kriintan, Friends of Music and Teamwork Production:

KRINTAN
Literally, “tremor” krintan is a musical term used primarily for string instruments to
mark the deliberate shiver that evokes pure emotion.
Krintan, the company, aims to bring this tremor to heartstrings all over the world.
Conceived as an organisation which will produce and promote performance art rooted
in or connected with meaningful music, Krintan has been dedicated by Sharat Chandra
Srivastava, to the memory of his grandfather and guru, Pandit Joi Srivastava of the Senia
gharana.

Pandit Joi Srivastava
Born in Allahabad on January 1st, 1930, Pt. Srivastava had already made a name for
himself by the time he was 17, having performed a duet with his own guru, Ustad
Allauddin Khan at that age. Such was the magic of his violin that when he played, famous
poet and litterateur, Pandit Harivansh Rai Bachchan would wait outside his house,
sometimes for an hour, rather than enter and interrupt him.
Invited by Pandit Ravi Shankar to join the national orchestra at All India Radio, he came
to Delhi in 1957 and there blended Carnatic music with the Dhrupad genre he had been
trained in to develop a unique method of violin playing.
He chose to forgo fame in favour of passing on his knowledge, teaching for several years
at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Delhi but retained the respect of his contemporaries
like Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and others. His grandson, Sharat Chandra Srivastava,
perpetuates this legacy as his only student to continue teaching in the traditional guru-
shishya parampara (guru-disciple tradition).

FRIENDS OF MUSIC
Between the worlds of Classical music and filmi pop, there is a wide, wide spectrum of
music being performed in India - jazz, rock, pop, fusion, urban folk…both original music,
and cover versions.
Friends of Music was set up in 1995 by Mohit Satyanand, Kanika Satyanad and Val
Shipley who met on a monthly basis at an informal venue.From these humble origins,
the club has grown into an organised monthly event that provides a platform for
musicians across all disciplines to come together to perform.
Friends of Music (a Teamwork initiative) is a platform for musicians to come together
and explore and create new sounds. Through the years we have had some great
performances, soloists as well as groups, which have through our concerts found new
dimensions to their own music. Indian Ocean, Mrigya, Mohit Chauhan, Just Us,Bobby
Cash, Honey Drippers, Euphoria, Parikrama, Orange Street, etc. Some of these groups
have found television viewer ship and have gone on to cut albums and CD's.
The legendary club makes a return to the Delhi scene as a regular platform for
unconventional sounds and new bands beginning November with its latest initiative the
STRINGS OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL in association with Krintan.

TEAMWORK PRODUCTIONS- PRODUCER
Teamwork is a highly versatile entertainment company, with roots in the performing
arts, social action, and the corporate world. We currently produce 17 performing and
visual arts festivals in 21 cities across 11 countries including Australia, Germany, Hong
Kong, Italy, India, Israel, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK and USA.
Teamwork produces Asia's biggest literary gathering the annual DSC Jaipur Literature
Festival. The annual Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) Festival and the
Ishara International Puppet Festival in New Delhi is produced by Teamwork.
With more than 200 events across 18 cities in India and featuring over 250 artists,
designers researchers & entrepreneurs , the Bonjour India! festival, France's most
significant rendezvous with India in 2009/2010 was produced by Teamwork for the
Embassy of France - India.

Celebrating India in Israel, Indian Summer in Canada and Eye on India in
Chicago were the 3 new performing and visual arts festivals launched in 2011. 2012 will
see the launch of Kahani – Festival of Story Telling, and the production of the second
edition of the Bonjour India! festival for the Embassy of France in 2012 & 2013.
Celebrating the year of Australia in India, Teamwork will produce the cultural festival for
the High Commission of Australia across multiple cities of India in 2012 & 2013.

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