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


Maison des Arts • Créteil

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!