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World Music Festival presents
the Mozart of Indian artists

Indian classical artist Ravikiran plays the chitraveena.

The World Music Festival continues as renowned Indian classical artists Ravikiran and Tarun Bhattacharya perform at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 11 at the Music Recital Hall.

Ravikiran will perform on the chitraveena, a slide instrument considered to be a cross between the north Indian sitar and the Hawaiian steel guitar, representing the South Indian Karnatic music tradition. Tarun Bhattacharya, performing on the santur, will represent the North Indian Hindustani tradition. They will be joined by Akkarai Subhalakshmi on violin, Tanmoy Bose on tabla and Ananth R. Krishnan on mrdangam.

Ravikiran, hailed as the Mozart of Indian music, made headlines as the world’s youngest prodigy at the age of two. He could identify and demonstrate 325 ragas, 175 talas and answer numerous other music-related questions. He has toured around the world several times and performed throughout the world, including previous performances in Sacramento.

Tarun Bhattacharya is one of the leading players of Santur today. Groomed by his father Robi Bhattacharya, a disciple of the late Radhika Mohan Moitra, and later of Dulal Roy, he is presently under the special training of Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Admission is $12 general, $6 students, and tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Sacramento State Ticket Office, 278-4323.