Ferhan Qureshi, tabla

$20 cover charge (cash or venmo at the door, please); byob.
Reservations can be made by calling the shop at 415-586-3733
during regular business hours, noon to six pm, Tuesday to Sunday.
Doors open for the show 15 minutes before the concert.
Reservations are held only until show time.

This evening will feature a  presentation of South Asian raga music led by Krisha Parthasarathy. Krisha is an accomplished Carnatic and Hindustani classical musician, displaying prowess over both musical formats via violin and vocal expositions. He has studied with eminent musicians representing both traditions and performs throughout the Bay Area with ensembles of accompanying artists that thrive on spontaneous creativity. For this first recital of his at Bird and Beckett, Krishna will be accompanied by Ben Kunin on sarode, Akshay Naresh on bansuri (flute),  and Ferhan Qureshi on tabla.

Krishna Parthasarathy began learning violin at the age of 13 from Smt. Shanthi Narayan of the Bay Area. He soon thereafter began his vocal training in Carnatic music from Sri. P.V. Natarajan, father of Sri. Raji Gopalakrishnan. Over the years, he has had the good fortune of receiving training from eminent musicians such as Sri Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli, Sri Hemmige V. Srivatsan, Sri Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, and Smt. Padma Narayanaswami. Currently, he learning Carnatic vocal music from Padma Bhushan Sri K.J. Yesudas and Hindustani violin from Sri. Jagan Ramamoorthy.

Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi has been a student of tabla and traditional Pakistani/Indian music for many years. He is a senior disciple of the tabla maestro Ustad Abdul Sattar Tari Khan. Ustad Tari Khan learned tabla from Miyan Shuakat Hussain Khan the most celebrated tabla nawaz (performer) in Pakistan’s musical history. Prior to studying with Ustad Tari Khan Ferhan took his initial lessons in Hindustani music theory and practice with Surrinder Mann Singh (a senior disciple of the late Ustad Allah Rakha).