Kadri Gopalnath
Curated by Shabaka Hutchings
We welcome 69-year-old Kadri Gopalnath, saxophone maestro and pioneer from India. Gopalnath’s life’s work is to incorporate the woodwind instrument into the classic South Indian Carnatic music. To do so, he single-handedly modified his alto sax and developed inventive playing techniques, recreating the microtones and vocal-like arrangements of orthodox Indian music. It took Gopalnath over twenty years to successfully integrate his instrument into Carnatic music, but the results are stunning; an ecstatic and majestic sound combining the best of both worlds.
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Friday Jan 25th 2019
Relive Indian Carnatic music pioneer Kadri Gopalnath's mesmerizing performance at LGW18
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Thursday Jul 19th 2018