The Devotional Music Foundation is proud to announce that famed Indian Spiritual Singer, Dr. Krishna Kant Shukla, will perform on Friday April 27th at the Om Sanctuary in Asheville.
SONGS & POEMS OF ENLIGHTENED MASTERS:
A JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTICAL REALMS OF KABIR, GORAKH & HAFIZ.
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Date: Friday, April 27th, 2018
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Om Sanctuary
To reserve your space for this special concert go to KrishnaInTheUS.com
Dr. Shukla is also offering a 3-hour workshop on Indian vocal techniques the following day on Saturday, April 28th, as well as a lecture on Spiritual Ecology on May 5th. More information below.
The Performance:
Krishna will read his own English translation before singing each song in the original vernacular. He plays the harmonium, western classical guitar, as well as other traditional instruments to accompany his voice. He will be joined in this performance by Peter Booth, a world famous Persian scholar, poet and translator of Hafiz, as well accompanists on the tabla and tamboura. He will also lead the audience in chanting some Kirtans from various spiritual traditions. Suggested Love Offering From the Heart: $20
About Dr. Krishna Kant Shukla and some sample links to his music videos:
While teaching Physics and Astronomy as an assistant professor in upstate New York, 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, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Dr. Tapan Bhattacharya, he returned to India in 1994 to explore the roots of Indian Classical Music in the folk traditions. His musical search led him into remote villages in the Himalayan foothills, as well as far flung and difficult to reach dwellings in the central plains. He has been particularly influenced by the songs of Kabir, Gorakhnath, and other poet-saints as sung by his Guru, Pandit Kumar Gandharva. These songs belong to living spiritual traditions, some of which are over fourteen hundred years old. More on Krishna at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.krishnakantshukla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Special guest, Peter Booth:
We are delighted to announce that the program at Om Sanctuary will also feature poetry-reading by Peter Booth, a world famous Persian scholar, poet, and translator of Hafiz.
Having studied English literature at Bard College, Peter went on to study Persian at Harvard and then Persian Literature at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad Iran under a scholarship from the Shah. Peter is co-author of the book Dante/Hafiz. Peter has also lived in Maharashtra, India for almost 35 years, where he helped to build and run Meherabad, an ashram and spiritual community that houses the tomb of Avatar Meher Baba. The Ashram regularly attracts thousands of pilgrims from virtually every country in the world.
Sample link to Peter’s Hafiz reading:
(https://www.youtube.com/
A JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTICAL REALMS OF KABIR, GORAKH & HAFIZ.
https://www.facebook.com/
Date: Friday, April 27th, 2018
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Om Sanctuary
To reserve your space for this special concert go to KrishnaInTheUS.com
Dr. Shukla is also offering a 3-hour workshop on Indian vocal techniques the following day on Saturday, April 28th, as well as a lecture on Spiritual Ecology on May 5th. More information below.
The Performance:
Krishna will read his own English translation before singing each song in the original vernacular. He plays the harmonium, western classical guitar, as well as other traditional instruments to accompany his voice. He will be joined in this performance by Peter Booth, a world famous Persian scholar, poet and translator of Hafiz, as well accompanists on the tabla and tamboura. He will also lead the audience in chanting some Kirtans from various spiritual traditions. Suggested Love Offering From the Heart: $20
About Dr. Krishna Kant Shukla and some sample links to his music videos:
While teaching Physics and Astronomy as an assistant professor in upstate New York, 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, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Dr. Tapan Bhattacharya, he returned to India in 1994 to explore the roots of Indian Classical Music in the folk traditions. His musical search led him into remote villages in the Himalayan foothills, as well as far flung and difficult to reach dwellings in the central plains. He has been particularly influenced by the songs of Kabir, Gorakhnath, and other poet-saints as sung by his Guru, Pandit Kumar Gandharva. These songs belong to living spiritual traditions, some of which are over fourteen hundred years old. More on Krishna at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
http://www.krishnakantshukla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Special guest, Peter Booth:
We are delighted to announce that the program at Om Sanctuary will also feature poetry-reading by Peter Booth, a world famous Persian scholar, poet, and translator of Hafiz.
Having studied English literature at Bard College, Peter went on to study Persian at Harvard and then Persian Literature at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad Iran under a scholarship from the Shah. Peter is co-author of the book Dante/Hafiz. Peter has also lived in Maharashtra, India for almost 35 years, where he helped to build and run Meherabad, an ashram and spiritual community that houses the tomb of Avatar Meher Baba. The Ashram regularly attracts thousands of pilgrims from virtually every country in the world.
Sample link to Peter’s Hafiz reading:
(https://www.youtube.com/
Vocal Workshop Saturday April 28th
Krishna will also be offering a workshop focused on Indian singing and its mystical antecedents the following day at the Raga Room in Black Mountain.
Spiritual Ecology Lecture May 5th
This lecture will be about study of the cultural, philosophical and historical roots of the environmental crisis. By understanding deeply the cause(s) of the crisis, we will be able to see the solutions. In particular, what we can learn from traditional cultures and societies that lived sustain-ably for thousands of years. More about this offering at:http://www.
Visit KrishnaInTheUS.com for more information or email Aditi Sethi at asethibrown@gmail.com to register for workshop and/or lecture.
Visit KrishnaInTheUS.com for more information or email Aditi Sethi at asethibrown@gmail.com to register for workshop and/or lecture.