Music In The Museum: RAAG JIDDHU
Classical music performance will take place in the stunning Drawing Room, surrounded by the museum's unique art collection and with spectacular views overlooking Wardown Park.
Since 2013 – zerOclassikal has been platforming the composition of Asian classical music – showcasing experimentation, progressions as well as some of the finest telent trained in the UK.
Here, through a new partnership with the museum/Culture Trust zerOclassikal present a series of new music.
RAAG JIDDHU
zerOclassikal’s Artistic Director JONATHAN MAYER explores existentialist variations of its structure delving exponentially into the rhythmic base to recover John Mayer’s Jiddhu UK written identity.
Joined by Debasish Mukherjee, a critically acclaimed and a virtuoso of a tabla artist “whose playing is worth the ticket alone” The Herald.
Running Time: 2 hours
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Biography
Jonathan Mayer
Jonathan Mayer - son of the late Kolkata composer John Mayer - is a renowned sitarist & composer, who has composed extensively for many genres including jazz, Indian, dance & symphonic writing and has performed all over the world, and two very successful tours in India.
Jonathan began his musical training at just 5 years old, learning violin from his grandfather Albert Hepton, piano from James Methuen-Campbell and composition from his father, and later mastered the sitar. His ability to read Western notation has allowed him to perform in a variety of genres – playing with artists such as Orlando Consort, The London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra, among other notable names. Described as “a virtuoso performer on the sitar” by Records International – Jonathan is the Artistic Director of Zeroclassikal and co-founder of First Hand Records Ltd.
Debasish Mukherjee
One of the few tabla players who is known for his versatility, Debasish hails from a family of tabla and music traditions, he started receiving his training from his father, the late renowned tabla exponent Pandit Kanai Mukherjee of Benares gharana. He has performed at many prestigious festivals throughout India and abroad.
Debasish believes that tabla is not just a percussion instrument but a musical instrument, which has melody as well as rhythm. He has performed with great artists like legendary Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit V.G.Jog, Ustad Bahadur Khan, Pandit Rajan Mishra and Shajan Mishra. Debasish also regularly performs with Amina Khayyam Dance Company.
