A Grand Carnatic Guitar Concert

A Grand Carnatic Guitar Concert By Prasanna
Ravi Balasubramanian on Ghatam
Rajna Swaminathan on Mridangam

Prasanna is the quintessential Indian Renaissance man. A pioneer in performing Carnatic music on the guitar, an engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, a composer for award winning films, an internationally acclaimed guitarist in contemporary Jazz, Rock and Blues, a Magna-Cum-Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, and an entrepreneurial visionary who established a world class music college that blends the Indian Gurukula system of learning with contemporary western college education pedagogy.

Prasanna was voted among the ‘top 50 creative Indians’ by Open Magazine in 2010 alongside Sachin Tendulkar, Amir Khan, Viswanathan Anand, Arundhati Roy and others. Prasanna (Smile Pinki) also belongs to a select group of Indian composers along with Pandit Ravi Shankar (Gandhi) and A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) who have composed music for Oscar Winning films.

A fearless innovator in contemporary music and yet steeped in the authentic Carnatic tradition with 6 years of study with guru Vocalist Tiruvarur Balasubramaniam and 26 years of study with masterful violinist guru A. Kanyakumari, Prasanna has been the first point of exposure to the possibilities of Carnatic music for thousands of listeners and musicians from the around the world. He was awarded the ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ for Carnatic music by H.H. Sri Jayendra Saraswathi in 2006.
 
He is deeply devoted to spreading the gospel of Carnatic music on the guitar and is passionately educating young children from all over the world in this beautiful art form.

On Saturday May 19, 2018 at 3:00 pm (ends 5:30 pm)

Category: Live Music

Price:

Premium Tickets: USD 50.00
General Admission: USD 35.00
Member Prices: USD 28.00
Seniors (65 and Above): USD 15.00
Student (5 to 18): USD 10.00

Venue: Ibrahim Theater, 3701 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, 19104

Links:

Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/21792