PLAYLIST FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
WITH GUESTS MUSICIAN ABHIJIT BANERJEE AND DIRECTOR CHRIS SMITH
10 AM – NOON
HOST: YATRIKA SHAH-RAIS
E-MAIL: yatrikadevi@yahoo.com
Artist (country)/ Album/ Label
10:00 – 10:30 AM
1- Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider (Iran, USA)/ Silent City/ Parvaz/ World Village
2- Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Imamyar Hasanov, Abhiman Kaushal (India, Iran, Azerbaijan)/ Shams/ Go Not Without Me/ available at www.cdbaby.com
3- The Yuval Ron Ensemble (Israel, multinational)/ Tree of Life/ Kholat Ahava/ www.yuvalronmusic.com
Seeker of Truth: An Evening of Sufi Music from Pakistan and Turkey: The Yuval Ron Ensemble with guests Najwa Gibran, Sukhawat Ali Khan and Dervish Aziz (from the Mevlevi Order) perform on Thursday, September 25 at 8:00 PM at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (exit Skirball Center Drive on the 405 freeway). A Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 on Sufism precedes. Info: www.skirball.org 310-440-4500 Part of World Festival of Sacred Music www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
4- Savina Yannatou & Primavera En Salonico (Greece)/ Songs Of An Other/ Perperouna/ ECM
5- Mamak Khadem (Iran)/ Jostojoo/ Bigharar/ www.mamak-khadem.com
Savina Yannatou performs in a double bill with Mamak Khadem at the Japanese American National Museum, on September 18 at 6:30 PM, 369 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Little Tokyo. FREE concert. Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.janm.org or www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
10:30 – 11:00 AM
With Guest Abhijit Banerjee (India)
Tarang: Waves of Sound: Percussionist/composer Abhijit Banerjee performs with his ensemble and Taiko master Kenny Endo on Friday, September 19 at 8:00 PM at Ruth B. Shannon Center for Performing Arts, Whittier College, 6760 Painter Ave., Whittier, CA 90601 - BOX office 562 907 4203 www.shannoncenter.org Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
6- Abhijit Banerjee/ Tarang/ The Veda/ TIM
7- Abhijit Banerjee/ Phases/ Wonder Adol/ Dhwani
8- Abhijit Banerjee/ Phases/ Varsha/ Dhwani
11:00 – 11:05 AM News Update
11:05 - 11:30 AM
9- Stefani Valadez (USA)/ Ladino Alive!/Hine Ma Tov/
Sounds of Mediterranean and Beyond: The Stefani Valadez Enemble and 1st West Ensemble perform at Murphy Recital Hall at Loyola Marymount University on Thursday, September 18 at 8 PM, One LMU Drive, LA 90045 www.lmu.edu Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
10- Lila Downs (US/Mexico)/ Shake Away/ Tierra De Luz/ Manhattan Records www.liladowns.com
Lila Downs performs with Michael Franti and Spearhead, Nortec Collective and Ozomatli at the Hollywood Bowl, Sunday, September 21 at 7:00 PM at the Hollywood Bowl, Highland Avenue. www.hollywoodbowl.com
11- Enzo Avitabile (Italy)/ Sacro Sud / Maronna Nera/ Folkclub Ethnosuoni
Enzo Avitabile performs his Sacro Sud project featuring master launeddas player Luigi Lai and Maurizio Ghironda, master of the Ghironda at the Getty Museum on Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 PM, 1200 Getty Center Drive, LA 90049 – Tickets and info: 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
12- Chirgilchin (Tuva)/ Chugurut Aat/ Pure Nature Music www.purenaturemusic.com
Chirgilchin performs at the Getty Museum on Friday, September 26 at 7:30 PM, 1200 Getty Center Drive, LA 90049 – Tickets and info: 310-440-7300 www.getty.edu Part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. For info: www.festivalofsacredmusic.org
11:30 AM – Noon
Interview with Director Chris Smith and a preview of his movie “The Pool” screening at the Nuart Theatre West LA as of 9/19, 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway, West Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 281-8223) http://www.landmarktheaters.com/Market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm
and at Edwards Westpark Orange County, CA
and opens on 9/26 at Norwalk 8, Norwalk, CA
13- Didier Leplae and Joe Wong/ Soundtrack to the movie “The Pool”/ Pool Theme 2/ Bluemark
14-Oslando/ Soundtrack to the movie “The Pool”/ Vira/ Bluemark
15- Didier Leplae and Joe Wong/ Soundtrack to the movie “The Pool”/ Garden/ Bluemark
16- Didier Leplae and Joe Wong/ Soundtrack to the movie “The Pool”/ Rickshaw/ Bluemark
17- Didier Leplae and Joe Wong/ Soundtrack to the movie “The Pool”/ Pool Theme 1/ Bluemark7
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, special guests, Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble with Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Chakour & Ensemble Al-Kindi, The Qaderi Dervishes of Kurdistan Nour Mohammad Dorpour, Ostad Kaboli, calligrapher , Shohreh Aghdashloo, poetry reader Iraj Gorgin, poetry reader appear in A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights and Sounds of Mystic Persia On Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 PM at the Hollywood Bowl. 323.850.2000 www.hollywoodbowl.com
Dya Singh and his ensemble perform Sikh devotional music on Thursday October 2 at 8:00 PM at the Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (exit Skirball Center Drive on the 405 freeway). A Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 on Sikhism precedes. Info: www.skirball.org 310-440-4500





