“Shankar is firmly established as the 21st century’s most innovative sitar player.”—Pitchfork
Anoushka Shankar is a sitar player who has blossomed beyond being a prodigy from a famous family. Her father, Ravi Shankar, was the best-known sitarist in the world, and she performed and recorded with him as a teenager. Thirty years and 11 Grammy nominations later, her career is thriving. Thursday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m., she returns to Hodgson Concert Hall for the first time in nearly 25 years.
Shankar is marking the culmination of her recent trilogy of mini-albums — Chapter I: Forever, For Now, Chapter II: How Dark it Is Before Dawn, and Chapter III: We Return to Light — with a visionary new live show. Written and released back-to-back during two years of an experimental, creatively-charged global tour of an ever-evolving program, the performance of each chapter infused the composition of the next.
After first exploring the transient, bittersweet joy of a summer afternoon on Chapter I and an immersion into a healing, womblike night on Chapter II, Chapter III completes the cycle, leading audiences through each movement and into the golden heat of morning — a time of strength, wisdom and change.
With 13 solo albums and an honorary degree in music from Oxford University under her belt, Shankar has spent her career redefining the conventions of the sitar. Alongside an ensemble celebrated for their endless virtuosity, sensitivity and ear for improvisation, this show sees Anoushka expand the vocabulary of her sitar, looping and bending sound to create a bold new Indo-futurist vision for her music.
PERSONNEL
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Arun Ghosh, clarinet and keyboards
Tom Farmer, upright bass
Sarathy Korwar, drums and percussion
James Campbell and John Ducket, sound design
Eric Collignon, lighting design
SUPPORTED BY
Charlie and Teresa Friedlander
Sandy Strother Hudson and Cecil C. Hudson
Greg and Pamela Mitsoff
BUYING TICKETS IS EASY
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- Purchase tickets online 24/7 here.
- Call the Performing Arts Center Box Office at (706) 542-4400, Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Visit the UGA Performing Arts Center Box Office, Mon.-Fri., 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (5 minute parking is available in the drop off circle at the Performing Arts Center for purchasing or picking up tickets.)
You may also create your own series of three or more performances (10% off). UGA Presents single tickets start at just $25 with promo code PAC25 and UGA student tickets are $10.
(Photo: Carly Hildebrant)