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Karnatic Lab Festival 2003
16, 17 and 18 May


The end of our fourth season brings us the Karnatic Lab Festival 2003, taking place in Amsterdam next weekend, the 16th, 17th and 18th of May.

On the program are five ensembles, each cutting edges of their own style.


Friday May 16, 21:00 uur - Bimhuis
Jazz, improvised, karnatic, funk

› Bhedam (NL/India)

Tobias Klein (D) bassclarinet / alto saxophone Oene van Geel (NL) violin
Gijs Levelt (NL) trumpet Ned McGowan (US) flute
Benoit Delbecq (F) piano B.C. Manjunath (India) mredangam & gatham
Udayraj Karpur (India) tabla & kanjeera Mark Haanstra (NL) fretless bass

T. Klein - It's still Yesterday
O. van Geel - Gopala
N. McGowan - Urban Turban
M. Haanstra - Why is 6 afraid of 7?

› Madras Special featuring Charlie Mariano (D/India)

Ramesh Shotham - percussie Sandhya Sanjana - vocals
Zoltan Lantos - violin Ronan Guilfoyle - bass
Charlie Mariano - saxophone

Program t.b.a.

BIMhuis
Oude Schans 73-77, Amsterdam
entrance: € 14,00 normal / € 12,00 reduction



Saturday May 17, 20:30 uur - De IJsbreker
Old and new music woven together

› Musica Ad Rhenum (NL)

Jed Wentz - traverso Job ter Haar - cello
Michael Borgstede - klavecimbel

› musikFabrik (D)

Helen Bledsoe - dwarsfluit Peter Veale - hobo
David Kweksilber - klarinet Melvyn Poore - tuba/sound diffusion
Thomas Oesterdiekhoff - percussie Axel Porath - altviool

Salvatore Sciarrino - Muro d'orizzonte (1997)
G. Pasquini - Partimenti
Conelius Cardew - Treatise
J. Delusse - Air a la Grecque
Rebecca Saunders - Duo 3
P. Locatelli - Sonata in A groot op 2 # 7
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf - W.A.S.T.E. II
F. Geminiani - 3 Scottish Songs
Oliver Schneller - New work

Muziekcentrum de IJsbreker
Weesperzijde 23, Amsterdam
(020 668 18 05)
toegang: € 8,50 normaal / € 6,50 korting



Sunday May 18, 20:30 uur - De Badcuyp
New Music

› Axyz Ensemble (NL)

Jos Zwaanenburg - dirigent Fie Schouten - klarinet Susanna Borsch - blokfluit Ned McGowan - dwarsfluit Ainhoa Miranda - basklarinet Gijs Levelt - trompet
Louis Aguirre - viool Jacob Plooij - viool
Karin Preslmayr - viola da gamba Anne Magda de Geus - cello
Meinrad Kneer - bas Ere Lievonen - piano/klavecimbel
Tatiana Koleva - slagwerk Natsuko Arai - zang

Maarten van Norden - Sruti and the Beast
Iannis Xenakis - Plekto
Ned McGowan - Tools **
Rafael Reina - Espejos Rodeando a un Minotauro
Giel Vleggaar - Bred in Captivity **
Jos Zwaanenburg - An African Elegy **

** world premiere

Cultureel Centrum de Badcuyp
1e Sweelinckstraat 10, Amsterdam
(020 675 96 69)
toegang: € 5,00



Saturday May 17, Workshops
These workshops are open for all instrumentalists, singers, composers and the public.

12:00 - 13:30 Gatis en Jathis - Gijs Levelt en Ned McGowan
Basics of indian (Karnatic) rhythm.

13:30 - 15:00 Nadai Bhedam - B.C. Manjunath
Advanced indian rhythm.

15:15 - 16:45 Charlie Mariano
Charlie Mariano will present his book - An Introduction to South Indian Music - and speak about his experience learning and performing Karnatic music and mixing it with jazz.

16:45 - 18:15 Ramesh Shotham, Zoltan Lantos en Ronan Guilfoyle
The members of Madras Special will speak about and demonstrate their own approaches to Indian rhythms and structures. Additionally, Ronan Guilfoyle will present his book - Creative Rhythmic Concepts for Jazz Improvisation.

Cultureel Centrum de Badcuyp
1e Sweelinckstraat 10, Amsterdam
(020 675 96 69)
toegang: € 7,50 per workshop; € 25,00 alle vier



For more info on the Workshops contact ››
gijs@karnaticlab.com
Tel: 020 - 682 3431