B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India

Friday, October 11, 2024 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

$12 general public; $10 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; Free for Wesleyan students and youth under 18.

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Vocalist B. Balasubrahmaniyan is joined by David Nelson PhD ’91 on mridangam (double-headed drum) for their 20th annual Navaratri Festival concert together. Both are Adjunct Associate Professors of Music and Global South Asian Studies. They will be joined by violinist Shri. V.V.S. Murari, and Shri. K.V. Gopalakrishnan on kanjira (frame drum).

Shri. V.V.S. Murari and Shri. K.V. Gopalakrishnan will also both be performing with violinist Shri. V.V. Subrahmanyam for his 80th anniversary concert on Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 8pm in Crowell Concert Hall, along with Shri. Trichy Sankaran on mridangam (double-headed drum), and Smt. Banu Jaiganesh on tampura (four-stringed harmonic instrument).

This event is part of the 48th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.

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Navaratri Festival Subscription packages include both ticketed performances. For more information please visit the Wesleyan University Box Office.

• Free for Wesleyan students and anyone under age 18
• $17.50 for senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, and non-Wesleyan students
• $22 for the general public

Offer ends on Friday, October 11, 2024 at 7pm.

Listen to a performance by and interview with B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson from 2018: