VIJAY IYER's "Tirtha" with Prasanna, guitar and Nitin Mitta, tabla April 29, 2010

Vijay Iyer, piano
Prasanna, guitar
Nitin Mitta, tabla

Enter another musical world in the lush and expressive soundscapes created by these innovative South Asian virtuosos, performing on traditional and contemporary instruments. “A tour de force” (JazzTimes).

Listen and Learn! Free pre-concert event at 6PM: Sub-Continental Drift, a D.C.-based collective of South Asian American artists and organizers, presents open mic performers and visual art. Event sponsored by Jordan Kitt’s.

This tour engagement of Tirtha is funded through the American Masterpieces programs of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Maryland State Arts Council, in partnership with the National Endowments for the Arts American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, a major initiative to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural and artistic legacy.

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