Lecture & Demonstration: Dhrupad Music with Visiting Scholar & Artist-in-Residence S. Anand
When:
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Where: Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Room 225, 1949 Campus Drive; 10-30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Northwestern Buffett
(847) 467-2770
Group: Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Category: Global & Civic Engagement
Description:
Hosted by the Buffett Institute’s Race, Caste and Colorism Global Working Group, visiting scholar and artist-in-residence S. Anand is an Indian author, publisher and journalist. He co-founded Navayana Publishing, anindependent anti-caste publishing house based in Delhi, India. He is also a performer of Hindustani classical music, infusing the form with anti-caste lyrics drawn from the teachings of Buddha and the poetry of Kabir.
At this event on Wednesday, May 8 at 4:30 p.m. at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts (Room 225) in Evanston, S. Anand will give a lecture and demonstration on Dhrupad music, the oldest surviving classical style of Hindustani (or North Indian) vocal music. Today, it denotes both a form of poetry and a style of music in which the poetry is sung.