A concert by well known vocalist Meeta Pandit in Delhi in the month of February 2012 . A new Album titled ‘The Luminance Project’ has been released by EMI Virgin.
An Indo Dutch Fusion Music Concert With German Participation- Indian Singer (Meeta Pandit) Dutch Tabla Player (Heiko Dijker) Dutch Guitarist (Wim Den Herder) And A German Saxophone And Flute Player (Ulrich Bernd Schroeder A.K.A Praful) World Famous For His No 1 Radio Hit-Sigh.
The Indo-Dutch Fusion Music concert will have Meeta Pandit the sixth herald of the unbroken lineage of the legendary Pandit family of the Gwalior Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music and Heiko Dijker an Amsterdam based Tabla Player who has recorded with Bollywoods Shankar Mahadevan and Hari Prasad Chaurasia. The two have teamed up with the charismatic German Saxophone & Flute player Ulrich Bernd Schroeder a.k.a. Praful, world famous for his number one radio hit ‘Sigh.’ Equally known in the pop, jazz and world music scene is the Dutch Guitarist Wim Den Herder who graduated from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and played with legends like Tommy Emmanuel.
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For the first time, Meeta Pandit, a prominent classical singer from the Gwalior Gharana of India teams together with Tabla playing Dutch artist Heiko Dijker, accompanied by Dutch Guitarist Wim Den Herder, Saxophone and Flute by Praful, a German national, to bring together the spirit of Jazz free floating music with the richness and melodies of Indian classical singing in different traditions. The singings hint at a mix of genres including pop, new age and dance music with the strong base of Indian classism to keep them together. This is yet another step in ICCR’s journey towards building a dialogue and collaboration between diverse performing traditions’ informed Dr Suresh K Goel, Director General, ICCR.
