Utsav Lal's Ragas to Reels | Live at Irish Arts Center, New York | Clare Reel

This video is from the live concert performance and recording of Utsav Lal’s Ragas to Reels at the Irish Arts Center, New York on Thursday, November 17, 2022 presented by the IAC in association with the Asian American Writers' Workshop and featuring Utsav Lal, Sam Comerford, Ganavya, Dana Lyn, Nitin Mitta, and Sahar Romani.
Lal’s genre collisions and collaborations (here, with flute, whistle and sax player Sam Comerford, vocalist Ganavya, fiddle player Dana Lyn, tabla player Nitin Mitta, and poet Sahar Romani) generate a riveting new sound, reflective of the complexities of identity-and connectivity of music-in a fluid world!
Indian pianist and composer Utsav Lal is acclaimed for his original interpretation of Indian ragas on the piano. Ragas to Reels bring a deep and meaningful meeting of two living musical traditions-Indian Classical Music and Irish Traditional Music. After the resounding success of this groundbreaking project which premiered at The National Concert Hall, Dublin (2008), Lal has extensively performed several incarnations of this material in Ireland and UK. In 2014, Utsav Lal’s multi-city Ragas to Reels India tour (2014) received an overwhelming response, and this unique multicultural collaboration made its American debut at the Irish Arts Center, NY with a series of shows between Nov 17-19, 2022.
Utsav Lal’s Ragas to Reels seamlessly stitches together classical Indian music and Irish traditional music. The culturally-fluid program blends long scale raga forms with reels, jigs, and airs, which complement each other and create a thrilling listening experience that’s greater than the sum of its parts.Ragas to Reels features a rotating ensemble cast, infusing a fresh repertoire in an energetic and colorful statement of unity.
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Beautiful song❤