Tuesday, May 4, 2010
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Salomon Center, DeCiccio Family Auditorium, College Green
World Music Star Zakir Hussain in Concert
World Music Star Zakir Hussain in Concert
World music star Zakir Hussain will perform a free evening concert. Hussain is a legendary percussionist and a 2009 Grammy Award winner. A tabla virtuoso, he has played a pioneering role in sharing Indian classical music with audiences in the United States and around the world. He has collaborated and performed with many other leading musicians - from George Harrison to YoYo Ma to John McLaughlin - and is widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement. Hussain will be accompanied by renowned violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan.
Free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30pm. This concert is made possible in part by Reliance Industries Limited.
Location: Salomon Center, DeCiccio Family Auditorium, College Green.