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Ace Swiss drummers Pierre Favre and Lucas Niggli will collaborate with Delhi based Indian tabla maestro Aneesh Pradhan for the 'Poetry in Percussion' programme,an evening of rhythms, beats and friendship which will be held on December 17, 7.30 pm onwards at the Art Chamber, Calangute.
The trio is touring India this winter as a part of a joint initiative between Pro Helvetia-The Swiss Arts Council, New Delhi and Emma De Decker of Gatecrash. This initiative has also seen the trio work together in an intensive studio workshop in March 2015 in Delhi.
Pierre Favre is considered to be one of the world’s best percussionists, a passionate lyric poet who creates sound-colour-poems and is a musician of the highest sensibility.
While Lucas Niggli is a busy percussionist who composes and performs with the international drum quartet”‘Beat Bag Bohemia’ (with Kesivan Naidoo, Rolando Lamussene and Peter Zumthor).
Delhi based Aneesh Pradhan is a disciple of tabla maestro Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and is a very popular tabla soloist and accompanist to vocal and instrumental music and dance. Aneesh along with vocalist Shubha Mudgal also curates a festival called ‘Baajaa Gaajaa’, which celebrates and showcases the diversity of music from India.
