Sangeet Millennium Presents Global Divas: Evocative Sounds, Rhythms, and Beats of India October 21, 2011

Austin, TEXAS — October 20, 2011 - Sangeet Millennium, an Austin Top Ten World Music Band, proudly presents Global Divas – an exotic concert of world music. The concert will showcase award winning
Kiran Ahluwalia and her Ensemble. Sangeet Millennium Ensemble will open the concert with their genre-bending Indo-jazz fusion. The concert will be held at St. David’s St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bethel Hall on Saturday, November 12th at 9:30 pm.
Sangeet Millennium, a musical initiative founded and directed by sitarist Amie Maciszewski, is known for its collaborations with world class performers of South Asian music. The two “global divas” have never performed together. They met in Canada five years ago, and Maciszewski has been trying to get Ahluwailia to Austin ever since. “I met a lot of obstacles in the process, and I almost gave up, “ recalls Maciszewski. “Then Kiran contacted me out of the blue about month ago saying she had one date to fill on her CD release tour and wanted to get into the Austin market. This collaboration is particularly exciting because it showcases two women, with differing stories of migration. Both of us are latching on to traditional forms of
Hindustani music, making them our own, and in the process, transforming them into a whole new genre.”
Born in India, raised in Canada, and residing today in New York City, Ahluwalia’s international background is evident in her entire approach to music making. The concert is part of an international tour for Ahluwalia’s new CD, Aam Zameen (Common Ground). International touring artist and composer, Ahulwalia is most known for her success in bringing traditional and contemporary forms of ghazals (Persian lyrical poems) to life and adapting them into entertaining, accessible forms for Western audiences to enjoy. The album’s influences span four continents and results in a sound that successfully merges contemporary Indian song with Saharan desert blues.
World-renowned sitarist and ethnomusicologist, Amie Maciszewski, created Sangeet Millennium in 2006. The three person Ensemble composes and performs traditional, and modern, music from the Indian subcontinent. Maciszewski’s enchanting performances in North America, India, Europe, and Japan over two decades have received critical acclaim, as have her teaching and research into the field. Her performances continue to mesmerize audiences and provide rare insight into the vast complexity and mastery of the art of Hindustani music on sitar. The Ensemble will be performing various selections from their 2010 CD, Sangeet Safar as well as never before heard selections from their soon to be released album.
Tickets are already on sale for this one-of-a kind musical celebration and will sell out quickly.
To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.nowplayingaustin.com. This program is supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Contracts through the Cultural Arts Division.

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