Poetry of the Saints and Sages of India
sung by
Krishna Kant Shukla
(on tour from Varanasi, India)
with
Ray Spiegel, Tabla
Prema Kaye, Tamboura
This
Tuesday, September 21, 6:30 PM
About Dr. Krishnakant Shukla: While teaching Physics and Astronomy as an assistant professor in upstate New York, Dr. Krishna Kant Shukla decided to quit academics and follow his heart and soul deep into the fathomless waters of Indian Classical Music. Having studied with great maestros like Srimati Laxmi Shankar, Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan and Dr. Tapan Bhattacharya, he returned to India in 1994 to explore the roots of Indian classical Music in the great living oral folk tradition. His musical search lead him into remote villages in the Himalayan foothills, as well as difficult to reach places in the central plains. He has been particularly influenced by the songs of Kabir, Goranath and other poet-saints.
Krishna has said “music is my blood ….singing makes me come alive.”
Krishna has sung for Meher Baba’s disciples at Meherazad where according to resident Peter Booth, “his performance was one of the most moving and powerful I have experiend in thirty years.” We are indeed fortunate to welcome Krishna as our guest.
Location: 328 Meads Mountain Road, Woodstock
Directions: From Woodstock’s Village Green, take Rock City Road to Stop Sign, which becomes Meads Mountain Road, for 2 more miles up the mountain. We are a few hundred feet below the Tibetan Monastery on the right, # 328. The concert will be held in the “Yurt” (There are some parking spaces, otherwise park along the road on the right side)
Telephone: 845-679-7799 845-679-7799
Thank you!