Kiran Ahluwalia Ensemble: Music Beyond Borders
Date and Time
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
Thursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Location
Bowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
Fees/Admission
$25, $15; Five College Students and Youth 17 and Under: $10
Website
https://fac.umass.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loa
Contact Information
FAC Box Office
voice: 545-2511
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Description
Kiran Ahluwalia’s seductive voice draws on her Indian-Punjabi heritage, fusing the hypnotic grooves of her homeland with passionate Saharan desert blues and innovative western jazz. Her original compositions and arrangements embody the essence of ghazal, an ancient form of poetry influenced by Sufi mysticism, about illicit, unattainable love. Accompanied by her band, including New York jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi and Nitin Mitta on tabla, Ahluwalia invites us to explore the human condition and lose ourselves in love.
