After
meeting in a small village outside Kolkata in 2004, Japanese sitarist
Ryohei Kanemitsu and Australian born musician Mattu Noone have had a
deep friendship. The pair met while undertaking studies in North
Indian Classical Music in Santiniketan in West Bengal. Each year the
pair would meet again during the winter season of concerts and would
encourage each other’s development and practice. In 2011, Mattu was
invited by Ryohei to go to Taiwan to travel, perform and teach. This
year Mattu wanted to return the favour. Mattu plays the Indian lute
called sarode and has studied under the guidance of Sougata Roy
Chowdhury since 2004. Mattu is well known to Irish audiences through
his work with fusion group the Bahh Band
and performances of Indian Classical music. Ryohei, nicknamed Yo, is
based in Taiwan but has been studying sitar since 2004. Yo has been
instrumental into introducing the sitar into Taiwanese music since he
settled there in 2008.
Mattu
and Yo will perform two concerts in Clare this July. Firstly, they
will perform in the Ennistymon
Court House Gallery
on Friday
July 27th
8pm.
They will be accompanied by the Indian drum, commonly known as
tabla, played by Dublin based musician Sadanad Magee. This trio
will perform a jugalbundi
or a
musical conversation that is largely improvised and is based around
the principles of raga
or the emotional aesthetic that underpins all Indian Classical music.
This type of performance can move between subtle and sorrowful airs
to vibrant and passionate rhythmical interchanges. The duo will also
perform a very special workshop and house concert in East Clare on
Saturday
July 28th.
The workshop will run in the daytime and is for any musicians
interested in learning the basics of raga
and Indian
improvisation. Musicians can bring any instrument they are
comfortable on, an Indian instrument is not required. Entry to the
concert in the evening is included in the cost of the workshop.
Tickets for the house concert are extremely limited and are available
by booking only.
Please
contact Mattu for booking or more information:
086
268 5061
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