“ASYNCHRONOUS DUET” with Bahauddin Dagar 6/6/26, NYC

On Saturday afternoon June 6, 2:00 PM (873 Broadway Suite 503) Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, renowned rudra veena player and one of the world’s foremost practitioners of Dhrupad, the oldest living form of Indian classical music, will meet with New York City-based guitarist / composer Brandon Ross for a one-on-one encounter. Framed as an asynchronous duet, Ustad Dagar and Ross will take turns listening to one another perform and talk about how they approach the fundamental materials of their art, from the perspectives of their personal practices and the historical traditions and communities that inform them. As Ustad Dagar has put it, “frankly, the rudra veena does much more on its home ground and it’s best to see it in that light to be able to understand how far it can outstretch itself.” He continues, “two musical Ideologies will meet and music will run parallel.”

Central to this meeting is the question: How do you engage with one form using the forms you already know?

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