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World Music Institute presentsAPR 6, Saturday, 8pm Nrityagram’sSurupa Sen & Bijayini SatpathyWith its sculpturesque forms, sinuous movements, and emotional intensity, Odissi—one of the oldest dance traditions in the world, speaks of love and union with the divine. Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, the principal dancers of India’s famed Nrityagram dance troupe, transport us to enchanted worlds of magic and spirituality with their grace and power. New York debut of Samyoga (Sanskrit:…See More

World Music Institute presentsMAR 30, Saturday, 8pmMaestros in Concert featuringPandit Shivkumar sharma & zakir hussainPandit Shivkumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain, the world’s greatest performers on santoor and tabla respectively, are two legends of Indian music who have collaborated together since the 1980s. Sharma has enraptured audiences for over 50 years with his mastery of the santoor, a hammered dulcimer admired for its lush, shimmering sounds. A pioneering musician, he was responsible…See More

World Music Institute presents Songs of the Persian Mystics Ostad Mohammad-Reza Lotfi Sunday, April 15, 2012  7:00 PM Symphony SpaceOstad Mohammad-Rezā Lotfi, one of the greatest living masters of the tar and setar lutes, has been a major figure in the past 40 years in revolutionizing Persian traditional music. His innovative approach of combining the classical with folk elements in his compositions and performances has revitalized an ancient tradition. A prolific musician, he has made…See More

World Music Institute presents Lost Harp of the Silk Road Tomoko Sugawara Wednesday, March 28, 2012  7:30 PM Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space 2537 Broadway @ 95th StreetThis fascinating program offers a rare opportunity to hear the kugo angular harp that disappeared from the world stage some 300 years ago. Harpist Tomoko Sugawara performs on a modern rendition that honors the essence of this ancient instrument that was popular along the Silk Road and revered for centuries in…See More

World Music Institute presents: Masters of Indian Music Kartik Seshadri Saturday, February 04, 2012  8:00 PM Peter Norton Symphony Space 2537 Broadway @ 95th StreetKartik Seshadri, whose performances are noted for their “expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and rhythmic intricacy” (Washington Post), is a world-renowned sitar virtuoso, composer, and disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. A child prodigy in India, he first attracted widespread attention after he began performing full-length solo…See More