Sarathy Korwar
Thu 13 Apr
|The Crescent Community Venue
Sarathy Korwar’s new album KALAK – the follow up to the politically charged, award-winning More Arriving – is an Indo-futurist manifesto. In rhythmic step with the past and the present, it sets out to describe a route forward.
Time & Location
13 Apr 2023, 19:30
The Crescent Community Venue, 8 The Crescent, York YO24 1AW, UK
About the event
Ouroboros presents Sarathy Korwar
Thursday 13th April, 7.30pm
Tickets are £13 (+ b/f) in advance (more on the door) and available from See Tickets.
Born in the US, Sarathy Korwar grew up in Ahmedabad and Chennai in India. He began playing tabla aged 10, but was also drawn to the American music that he heard on the radio and leaking through the doorway of his local jazz music shop (Ahmad Jamal and John Coltrane were early discoveries). At 17, Korwar moved to Pune to study Environmental Science, but instead dedicated his time to music, practising tabla under the tutelage of Rajeev Devasthali, translating his skills to the western drum kit and playing as a session musician.
On completing these studies a decade ago, he moved to London where he trained as a classical tabla player under the guidance of Sanju Sahai at SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies), focusing…