Rygos Ritmai 2012 - RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA /USA/

Age limit to the event: no age limit
Event language: english
Free entrance to the event: up to 7 years old persons
Doors open: at 18:30
Event length: ~1h30min
Prices: 5-25 Ls

RIGAS RITMI 2011: Rudresh Mahanthappa

On 27th of April, 19:00 at Riga Congress Centre will perform american jazz alto-saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa.

„A promising force on the jazz scene for the last 20 years!" DownBeat Magazine

Winner of the "Rising Star-Jazz Artist" and "Rising Star-Alto Saxophone" categories in 2009 Downbeat International Critics Poll, followed by "Alto Saxophonist of the Year" in 2011, Guggenheim fellow artist Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative composers and performers in jazz today, fusing the musical culture of his Indian ancestry with jazz and myriad other influences to create groundbreaking artistic vision.

New-York based jazz alto-saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa was born in Italy and grew up in Colorado, USA. He graduated from Berklee College of Music and received his Master of Fine Arts degree in jazz composition from Chicago's DePaul University. Being introduced to Indian saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath, whose use of Western instrument in the context of South Indian (Carnatic) music surprised and inspired Mahanthappa, he travelled to India, developing mutual interest in fusing Indian and Western approaches to improvisation.

Rudresh Mahanthappa's performance with an electro-acoustic quartet featuring internationally renowned musicians David Gilmore (guitar), Rich Brown (bass), Gene Lake (drums) in "an edgy & soulful synthesis of kinetic jazz, Indian influences, and percolating electronic beats & loops" (Anil Prasad, Innerviews), represents a blend of complex melodic and rhythmic elements of both modern jazz and traditional music of Mahanthappa's Indian roots. What the New Yorker has called Rudresh's "visceral tone and grab-you-by-the-collar attack" will sure deeply engage the listener while breaking new ground in the multicultural landscape of modern music.

Line Up: Rudresh Mahanthappa - alto saxophone, David Gilmore - guitar, Rich Brown - bass, Gene Lake - drums.