Sat, Oct 12

Sarod Recital by Shri. Abhishek Borkar

Brechemin Auditorium

University of Washington Music Building, Seattle

Shri. Abhishek Borkar, a prodigy sarodist hailing from a family of virtuosos was trained by his father Pt. Shekhar Borkar in his own ‘tarankaar baaz’ playing style, which mixes the Maihar gharana of Ustad Allauddin Khan with ideas from across khayal vocal music, notably including intricate ornamentation of taans (melodic lines). He will be accompanied by Shri. Yashwant Vaishnav who initally took training from his father, Shri Hemant Sachdev and Pt. Mukund Bhale. He is presently a student of accaimed maestro Pt. Yogesh Samsi.