BIRD & BECKETT CULTURAL LEGACY PROJECT
Joanna Mack, sitar, and Ferhan Qureshi, tabla, will be playing Raga in a traditional style – improvised music based on decades of classical training.
This show will also be available on live stream, however, the focus will be toward the people in the room, so please come in person if you can!
$20 cover charge; byob.
To reserve a seat, please call the bookshop at 415-586-3733.
Joanna Mack began her study of Indian Classical sitar in 1997. She spent eight years in Kolkata studying under Pandit Deepak Choudhury, and returned to the U.S. where she has had the honor to study under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Sarodia Bruce Hamm and Sangeet Research Academy Guru Partha Chatterjee. She has been teaching and performing since 2006. Read more at JoannaMack.com
Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi is a disciple of the legendary tabla maestro, Ustad Tari Khan. Prior to the training he continues to receive from Ustad Tari Khan, Ferhan took his initial lessons in Hindustani music theory and practice with Surinder Singh Mann. Ferhan studies the Punjab gharana (musical style) of classical tabla, which both of his teachers represent, and has accompanied numerous classical artists vocalists, instrumentalists and dancers) both in the United States and in Pakistan.
