FRI APR 08 2016
Anoushka Shankar CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
“My family is a big influence on
my music. So are other artists, my friends, and the world at large. It is about relationships, fundamentally. It is about what we are and what we feel. Home was a very personal record. It was about my dad, and paying tribute to him and our relationship. But Land of Gold is more about the refugee crisis and displacement and injustice. It’s about human beings on a much bigger scale, but it still connects to the personal element within that.” – Anoushka Shankar (Forbes India, 2016)
Anoushka Shankar Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Pre-show talk 7:15pm, Royal Bank Cinema With UBC Dept. of Sociology Associate Professor Dr. Renisa Mawani
Concert 8:00pm, Chan Shun Concert Hall Anoushka Shankar sitar Manu Delago hang & percussion Tom Farmer acoustic bass & keyboards/piano Sanjeev Shankar shehnai The set list will be announced from the stage. The performance will consist of a 55-minute first set, a 20-minute intermission, and a 35-minute second set. Please remember to turn off your phones, and note that photography and recording are not permitted. Thank you!
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Anoushka Shankar Sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar is a singular figure in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes. Her dynamic and spiritual musicality has garnered several prestigious accolades, including five GRAMMY Award nominations, recognition as the youngest–and first female–recipient of a British House of Commons Shield, credit as an ‘Asian Hero’ by TIME magazine, and a Songlines Best Artist Award. Deeply rooted in the Indian classical music tradition, Shankar studied exclusively from the age of nine under her father and guru, the late Ravi Shankar, and made her professional debut as a classical sitarist at the age of 13. By the age of 20, she had made three classical recordings and received her first GRAMMY nomination, becoming the first Indian female and youngest-ever nominee in the World Music category. Besides being the first Indian artist to perform at the awards, she has received further GRAMMY nominations for her albums Rise, Traveller, Traces of You, and Home. Through her bold and collaborative approach as a composer, Shankar has encouraged cross-cultural dialogue whilst demonstrating the versatility of the sitar across musical genres. As a result, she has created a vital body of work with a prominent roster of artists such as Sting, M.I.A, Herbie Hancock, Pepe Habichuela, Karsh Kale, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Joshua Bell. Shankar’s artistic output increasingly seeks to reflect her impassioned support of women’s rights and social justice. In 2011, in response to the horrific gang-rape of Jyoti Singh Pandey in Delhi, Shankar threw her weight behind the campaign One Billion Rising on Change.org. To support the campaign, she released a video in which she demanded an end to crime against women, and revealed she had been sexually abused for many years as a child. Following this, she was invited to take part in a special panel on violence against women at the annual Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi in 2013. This performance is in support of her brand new album, Land of Gold, which is Shankar’s response to the humanitarian trauma of displaced people fleeing conflict and poverty. Following her North American tour in April of 2016, she will be touring Europe and India. Today, from her home in London where she lives with her husband and two sons, Shankar’s career reflects her aim to constantly learn and grow as an artist. Across continents and demographics, people respond to what she calls the “honesty” in her music, which is integral to her work both in the classical and modern musical spheres. As British musician and frequent collaborator Nitin Sawhney wrote, “no one embodies the spirit of innovation and experimentation more evidently than Anoushka Shankar.”
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Manu Delago
Hang & Percussion
As a young child, Manu Delago began playing drums and also experimented with the accordion and the piano. After graduating in classical percussion in his hometown Innsbruck, he moved to London where he studied jazz drums and composition. When Manu Delago discovered the Hang—an enchanting sound sculpture manufactured by PanArt in Switzerland—he simultaneously discovered his passion for writing music. His solo piece “Mono Desire” has become the most-watched online Hang performance video. With his ensembles Manu Delago Handmade and Living Room, he has released several albums and has performed in prestigious venues all over the world. The Austrian musician also frequently collaborates with artists such as Björk, The Cinematic Orchestra, Joss Stone, Andreya Triana, Shpongle, Bugge Wesseltoft, Didier Lockwood, Aurora Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Tom Farmer
Acoustic Bass & Keyboards/Piano
Multi-instrumentalist Tom Farmer is an active member of the British music scene. He primarily performs on double bass with the award-winning jazz quartet Empirical who has appeared at festivals worldwide and in support of artists including Branford Marsalis, Archie Shepp, Joshua Redman, Fly, Bobby Hutcherson and John Scofield. Farmer is an occasional teacher and workshop leader, and was nominated for the 2011 Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Jazz Award. As a composer, Farmer has recorded works on the albums Tabula Rasa (2013), Out ‘n’ In (2009), Elements of Truth (2011) and Dice Factory (2012). A versatile bassist, Farmer is heavily involved in London’s jazz scene where he is a core participant in the ‘Jazz at the Con Cellar’ series, and regularly appears as part of the ‘The Late Late Show’ at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. He has performed with many of today’s top British jazz musicians.
Sanjeev Shankar
Shehnai
Sanjeev Shankar was born into a family of musicians of the ‘Banaras Gharana’ tradition in which the shehnai has been played for over 450 years. He developed a strong affinity towards music at the age of seven and studied with his father Daya Shankar, himself an internationally acclaimed shehnai player, and his grandfather, the legendary Anant Lal. After formal training in raga, taal, and laya, he was awarded a scholarship by the government of India for his studies. He has toured the United States with the late Ravi Shankar and North America with Anoushka Shankar, and performed at music festivals in India, Japan, and much of Europe. Sanjeev has been featured on many artists’ recordings, such as tabla master Tanmoy Bose and famous guitarist Titi Robin. He can be heard on Anoushka Shankar’s albums Traveller, Traces of You and Land of Gold. At present, Sanjeev is pursuing a doctoral degree.
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Exploring the role of the arts and artists in society. chancentre.com/connects
Pre-show talk with Dr. Renisa Mawani 7:15pm: Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre In March of 1914, hundreds of Punjabi migrants arrived at Coal Harbour in Burrard Inlet aboard the SS Komagata Maru only to be denied entry into Canada. UBC Department of Sociology Associate Professor Dr. Renisa Mawani discusses the impact of this historical event in light of Anoushka Shankar’s latest album, Land of Gold, and its focus on the current refugee crisis.
A Conversation with Anoushka Shankar Moderated by Sheryl MacKay Yesterday evening (Thursday, April 7) at the VSO School of Music’s Pyatt Hall in downtown Vancouver, CBC Radio One’s Sheryl MacKay moderated a free talk with sitar player Anoushka Shankar as part of our Chan Centre Connects series.
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UBC School of Music Fanfares The fanfares that were performed in the lobby prior to this concert (7:30pm and 7:45pm) are part of an ongoing partnership with the UBC School of Music and their composition students and performers.
7:30pm Fanfare – Thunderbird by Lucas Oickle A thunderbird has been the official mascot of UBC since 1948, when Chief William Scow of the Kwikwasut’inuxw (Kwicksutaineuk) people formally sanctioned the name. Thunderbird is a fanfare that humbly draws on that same continuing sense of mutual respect, cooperation, tradition, and innovation. Nova Scotian composer Lucas Oickle currently lives in Vancouver with his wife Chihiro and their two cats Taro & Ponzu. He also gives theory lessons, arranges and engraves. lucasoickle.com
7:45pm Fanfare - Achievement Unlocked: Centenary by Aidan Mulldoon Wong Akin to the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment when something great is attained in a video game, Achievement Unlocked was composed with a celebratory and joyous character in mind. Compositionally, the motives in the piece are inspired by many famous video game soundtracks that helped shaped the genre. Aidan Mulldoon Wong attends the University of British Columbia where he is working toward a double major in Performance and Composition. His principal teachers have been Jocelyn Morlock, Stephen Chatman, and Dorothy Chang. Willy Wang trumpet Phillip Austrom trumpet Austin Smith trumpet Alex Song trumpet
Ivy Chiao French horn Duane Kirkpatrick French horn Amanda Chan trombone Kevin Lin trombone
Sam Kaplan bass trombone Megan Ferguson tuba
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April 22-24, 2016 at Roundhouse
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Upcoming Events at the Chan Centre Full details at chancentre.com Apr 9 at 8pm: UBC Symphony Orchestra Presented by the UBC School of Music Apr 10 at 3pm: Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis Presented by the Vancouver Recital Society
Apr 12 at 7pm: Small to Large: An Evening with Kengo Kuma – SOLD OUT Presented by Westbank and SALA
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“My music is, I suppose, somewhat like me:
eclectic, soulful, feminine, and celebratory. I’ve been lucky to receive training in Indian classical music from my father and that in combination with my unusual upbringing and musical tastes make my music quite diverse but with strong roots.”
– Anoushka Shankar (Bollyspice, 2015)
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