Sitarist Rabindra Goswami and tablaist Ramu Pandit present an afternoon concert and lead an educational discussion of Indian Classical Music in the CMC L5P Salon. The duet is traveling throughout the US under sponsorship of an informal consortium of university theological and music departments, including Smith College, Emory University, Yale University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Amherst, Columbia University, and more. This is a rare opportunity to meet international, master performers of these ancient traditions in an intimate setting.  

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All ages welcome.  Tickets are free, but space is limited.  Register for paperless ticket entry.  Once we reach capacity, the registration will be closed.  Doors open at 4:00 on event day.  Check in at front entrance.  

Performer Bios

Sitarist Rabindra Goswami has been a professional musician for nearly 50 years and is recognized as a senior artist in his musically rich city of Banaras, India. Unlike many Indian classical musicians who have become well known in the West, Goswami plays pure, traditional raga music. Goswami is a disciple of the late Amiya Devi, and also studied the ancient Dhrupad style with Pandit Ramakant Mishra. Later in life, he studied the advanced intricacies of raga with Dr. Balchandra Patekar. Goswami has won a number of national awards in India, including first place in the Prayag Sangeet Samiti All-India Competition in 1967, and second place at Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy in 1972. He is an "A level" Artist of All India Radio and Television, and has performed throughout India (Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow, Indore, Patna, Allahabad, many others) and the world (Greece, Nepal, Switzerland, United States). He was a fellow at Yale University's Institute of Sacred Music in 2014.

Tablaist Ramu Pandit is a long-time professional performer of classical, semi-classical, folk, and popular music. A life-long disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai, he is a colorful performer and experienced educator who specializes in demonstrating and explaining Indian music to Western audiences. A Master of Music, he has also performed for All India Radio, and played percussion on film soundtracks in Bombay for the legendary composer S.D. Burman. He currently directs the Sarangi Institute of Banaras, an organization that he founded to preserve the sarangi, an instrument with a long pedigree in Indian Classical music but which now has few masters. He is also the former coordinator of the University of Wisconsin College Year in India Program, a position that he held for nearly 30 years.