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Lecture-Demonstration: Kartik Seshadri, Sitar

Fri, 10/18/2013 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm

World-renowned sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri, who will perform in a live concert the same evening at 7:30 p.m. in Beall Hall, will meet with students and with members of the public in the JSMA's Pape Reception Hall to demonstrate his instrument and playing style. Seshadri heads one of the largest programs of Indian classical music at the University of California, San Diego. A multifarious confluence of musical influences inform Seshadri’s training. He has collaborated with many noted artists, including Philip Glass, and has performed extensively in his homeland and around the world in venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Lincoln Center.