Prosad concert
Fresh from Prana Festival – Canadian musician: Prosad plays his fusion of dub/trance and classical sitar for one night only in Auckland
– with special guests.
DONT miss out .. Come and dance your socks away!
with very special guests:
Dance of Awakening with Sheree Carbery ( ShereeCarbery.com )
Dubtext ( dubtext.co.nz )
Prosad is an international musician, composer and well known sitar player. He has toured Canada, India, New Zealand and Australia; performing in a variety of venues from massive music festivals to pubs, concert halls, yoga centres and busking in the streets. Prosad has played sitar for Prince Edward of the United Kingdom and been the featured soloist in an orchestral concerto. He jammed with Australian artist Xavier Rudd and was part of an ensemble who recorded on Xavier’s new album, Spirit Bird.With multiple songs in Hollywood movies, Prosad’s fusion style sitar music is catching attention in Hollywood and beyond. His fan base ranges from Australia and New Zealand to Europe, North America and India.
Prosad’s first sitar teacher was Shambhu Das; Ravi Shankar’s senior disciple and George Harrison’s first sitar teacher. Since then Prosad has studied sitar in Toronto and India and is currently studying Indian music with Alam Khan, son of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan Sahab. Prosad has recorded four albums of original music and is currently working on a fifth which is a blend of styles mixing dance, reggae, Trance-Sitar and world sounds. He divides his time between Canada and traveling the world performing.
Kawaipurapura 14 Mills Lane, Albany
Saturday 21st January 2012, 7.30pm
Kawaipurapura 14 Mills Lane, Albany
Saturday 21st January 2012, 7.30pm
tickets from eventfinder.co.nz $10 / $5 unwaged
Member Profile
Gus SimonovicGus Simonovic has lived in other countries and spoken other languages. Currently he is suspected to be in London - writing and performing his poetry in broken but delightful English. Apart from his own poetry collection, his poetry has been published in a few magazines and anthologies. Gus has been performing his poetry around the world. He is a Poetry Slam winner.
With a vision to bring poetry to the widest possible audiences, Gus initiated the “Printable Reality” concept. Based on collaboration with other spoken word artists, musicians, dancers and visual artists and with a motto : “Experience Poetry Differently”.
Gus is taking two newest Printable Reality productions: "Lovers Walk - a Poetic Journey in Eight Scenes" and “iWas” to the Edinburg Fringe Festival 2011 and a tour of UK and Europe.
Gus Simonovic has been chosen by the Auckland Regional Arts Trust for the ART Venture 2010 program.
website: www.printablereality.com
