What's New
Greetings,
I hope the New Year is starting off healthy and prosperous for everyone, and that you are all on the way to creating the life you desire. Let’s help each other do that!
There’s a lot of cool performances and projects on tap for me, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with so many multitalented folks - many of whom are family and close friends. Come out and support what you can !
Feb 18 - Sons d’hiver, Paris Fr
“Ragmala: A Garland of Ragas”
8 PM
Go: Organic Orchestra and Brooklyn Raga Massive:
Adam Rudolph / composition, direction
Samarth Nagarkar / voice
Jay Gandhi / bansuri flute
Arun Ramamurthy / violin
Neel Murgai / sitar
Trina Basu / violin
Gwen Laster / violin
Stephanie Griffin / viola
Jake Charkey / cello
Hilliard Greene / contrabass
Sara Schoenbeck / bassoon, sona
Stephen Haynes / cornet, flugelhorn, conch
Avram Fefer / tenor saxophone
Marco Cappelli / guitar
Alexis Marcelo / piano, fender rhodes
Damon Banks / electric bass
Harris Eisenstadt / bata (iya, itotele, okonkolo), percussion
Tim Keiper / gourd, pandeiro, percussion
Sameer Gupta / tabla
House of Arts
Place Salvador Allende 94000 –
Ligne 8, Créteil-Préfecture (Créteil)
01 45 13 19 19
www.maccreteil.com
22€ (TP)
13€ (Winter Sounds subscriber + TR)oo
More here: https://www.sonsdhiver.org/2023-adam-rudolph-faiz-ali-faiz
Feb 19 - Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam, NL: ART (Arun Ramamurthy Trio featuring Arun Ramamurthy (violin) Damon Banks (bass) Sameer Gupta (drums) 3 PM
https://www.lantarenvenster.nl/programma/arun-ramamurthy-trio/
Feb 19 - Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL: ART (Arun Ramamurthy Trio featuring Arun Ramamurthy (violin) Damon Banks (bass) Sameer Gupta (drums) 8:30 PM
https://www.bimhuis.nl/en/calendar/arun-ramamurthy-trio-2/
Feb 20 - Splendor / Amsterdam, NL: “Cosmogram” featuring Gwen Laster (violin) Trina Basu (violin) Damon Banks (bass) Yoran Vroom (drums) + Special Guests 7:30 PM
https://www.splendoramsterdam.com/agenda/713043/cosmogram-feat-gwen-laster-trina-basu-damon-banks-special-guests
March 9 - 12 Indianapolis, Indiana: El Sistema Symposium conference & performance featuring Gwen Laster (violin) Damon Banks (bass) + Special Guests
… more to come in 2023, including more EU dates, USA concerts and new record releases.
By the way …
Last year, I officially co-founded “Creative Strings Improvisers Ensemble LLC” with my wife, the amazing violinist / composer Gwen Laster. We are an El Sistema affiliated program, and we are “off and running” creating masterclasses, workshops, virtual concerts and professional development workshops for music instructors. If you are a parent, educator or independent school organization - and are seeking a progressive, well-rounded musical experience for young musicians - go to our links, and consider enrolling your young, creative music students in our program. We would love to work with them!
New video: https://vimeo.com/514071738
More information about C.S.I.E. here: https://www.gwenlaster.com/creative-strings-improvisers-ensemble.html
Gwen Laster’s “Blue Lotus” record (under the group name New Muse 4tet) is out, receiving rave reviews and can be previewed and purchased here: https://gwenlastergameboard.bandcamp.com/album/blue-lotus
New music from me is on the way (release dateTBA)
Check back for more updates and announcements. Thank you for your continued support!