Kadri Gopalnath live in concert – October!
It took Kadri Gopalnath (born: Kalaimamani Kadri Gopalnath) nearly twenty years to adapt the saxophone to the intricacies of Indian classical music, but, his acclaim has continued to grow. In a review of a concert by Gopalnath, the London Times wrote, “(Gopalnath’s) soft, legato, flurries meshed perfectly in an unusual grouping of violin, Jew’s harp and mridangam drum”.
The New Yorker once said “A western listener, trying to imagine this, might expect something like the sinuously bluesy playing of a few jazz saxophonists but Mr. Gopalnath’s approach is quite different. He originally played the nadaswaram, a large, throaty South Indian reed instrument, and has been able to transfer the bends, slurs and quavers of the traditional instrument to the western one with remarkable thoroughness. He is more or less reinventing the alto saxophone, using it to do things neither its western classical exponents nor the jazz players who have perfected have been able to do”
And So, without further adieu, Performance details below.
When: October 10th, 2009
Where: Hoover Middle School Auditorium – 3501 Country Club Drive, Lakewood, California, 90712
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When: October 11th, 2009
Where: Evergreen Valley High School – 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose, California, 95148
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When: October 23rd, 2009
Where: Nashua High school North Auditorium – 10 Chuck Druding Drive, Nashua, NH.03063
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When: October 25th, 2009
Where: Kaplan Theater – Jewish Community Center, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, Texas, 77096
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When: October 31st, 2009
Where: First Congregational Church – 1126 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 228-7219
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When: November 1st, 2009
Where: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center – Dekelboum Concert Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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When: November 7th, 2009
Where: Mitchell Auditorium, Drexel University, Philadelphia
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