Fri, 01 Mar
|ICES Auditorium Colombo
Pradeep Ratnayake in Concert - 1st March
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Time & Location
01 Mar 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
ICES Auditorium Colombo, 2 Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8
About the Event
INVOCATION: An experimental sitar concert
Pradeepanjalee XVII
by Professor Pradeep Ratnayake
Accompanying Musicians
Dr. Ravibandhu Vidayapati – Ghatam/Pakwaj/Kohl/Getabera Professor Karunaratne Bandara – Ghatam/Udakki/Tammatama Peshala Manoj - Tabla
Programme
1. Invocation: Sitar and Pakhawaj
2. Home Soil: Sitar, Tabla, Kohl, Udakki
3. Roots: Sitar, Tabla, Tammatama, Gatabera, Ghatam
4. Raga: Panchamse Ghara: Sitar and Tabla
5. Wind: Sitar, Tabla, Ghatam, Pakwaj
Professor Pradeep Ratnayake is an internationally acclaimed sitarist and composer who has performed at Carnegie Hall, New York, Walt Disney Theatre, Los Angeles, and at the BOZAR, Brussels. His compositions have been played in many countries. His Kuveni Concerto for Sitar and Cello premiered in Germany in 2010. He founded the Department of Music and Creative Technology in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He was a Fulbrighter at Columbia University, New York from 2008 to 2010
Friday, 1st March 2024
7 pm
International Centre for Ethnic Studies
No 2 Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8
Limited seating. Prior registration is required