Indian Classical Music for Special Occasions - Los Angeles, CA |
Musicians' Biographies |
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David Trasoff - sarode |
David Trasoff has studied sarode perfomance
and North Indian classical music under maestro
Ali Akbar Khan, India’s ‘Living National Treasure,’ since 1973. He holds a Ph.D. from the University
of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.F.A. in music
from California Institute of the Arts. David has
appeared in concert in arts centers, universities,
conservatories and festivals in the United States,
Europe, and Asia, and has made numerous per
forming tours in India. In 1997 he and David Philipson were selected to
perform for The Music Circle in Los Angeles; the
first western performers of North Indian music to be
so invited. In 2003, David provided the on-screen music for the popular and widely acclaimed film Leela, diected by Somnath Sen. “The evening’s performance left no doubt about his prowess...There was tremendous depth, feeling and soul in Trasoff’s performance.”
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David Philipson - bansuri |
David Philipson began studying Indian classical music
in 1978 at California Institute of the Arts with Amiya
Dasgupta and Taranath Rao, where he received his
BFA and MFA in music. In 1984 he was awarded a
Fulbright grant to study in India with the leading exponents of the late Pt. Pannalal Ghosh lineage of bansuri
performance; V.G. Karnad, Devendra Murdeshwar and Nityanand Haldipur. Philipson has also received guidance from Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Bellare and Rajeev Taranath. Philipson has performed extensively in the US, Europe and India. In 1997 he and David Trasoff were selected to perform for The Music Circle in Los Angeles; the first western performers of North Indian music to be so invited. In addition to many recordings, he can be also heard on the film scores of Xena:Warrior Princess, 'Man from Elysian Fields', 'Perfumed Garden', 'Leela' and 'Outsourced'. http://music.calarts.edu/~bansuri
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 Leonice Shinneman – tabla |
Leonice Shinneman is a musician, performer, drummer and inventor of instruments and technique. Leonice is recognized as the foremost American disciple of the legendary North Indian Tabla and Pakhawaj master Pandit Taranath Rao,of Farukkhabad style. Leonice has performed Indian classical music in concert with, L. Shankar, Ganasaraswathy, Dr.Vinkatraman, Rajeev Taranath, Zakir Hussain, and the late Amiya Dasgupta. His teachers include Pandit Ravi Bellare, Ustad Alla Rakha, Swapan Chaudhury, and T.R. Rajamani. Leonice has given Tabla and Pakhawaj solos in Europe, India and Mexico. He has recorded and played drum-set or Tabla with Sting, Gino Vannelli, Kiss, Kula Shaker, JLO, Howard Levy and Frank Zappa. Leonice is heard on prominent film scores including “The Hulk”, “Aliens - 3”,and “Xena”. He received his BFA and MFA from California Institute of the Arts and served on the faculty for three years.
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