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| Sarode virtuoso performs at Salt Spring Centre of Yoga Steve Oda, a master of the North Indian classical instrument called the sarode, will perform a concert at the Salt Spring Centre of Yoga on June 23, accompanied by Victoria tabla player player Niel Golden. "This evening promises to be a journey to the heart of music, " a press release states, with "ancient rhythms, exotic melodies and mysterious shifting textures of sounds opening into the present moment." A disciple of the Indian maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan since 1973, Oda began his musical education at the age of seven, learning to play slide guitar and then jazz guitar. His love of creativity through musical expression led him to the classical music of North India and the sarode. His practice started earnestly with Ustad Aashish Khan in 1971, and then in 1973 he became a disciple of Aashish's father, the legendary musician Maestro Ali Akbar Khan. In 1996 he received a Canada Council artist's grant to pursue his studies at an advanced level. Oda's performance history over the past 30 years includes international concerts and collaboration with many of the world's renowned musicians. He currently resides near San Francisco where he continues to teach and perform North India's music. Press material describes Niel Golden as "a talented percussionist specializing in the subtle yet powerful, tuned, paired hand drums called tabla." The Toronto-born artist played guitar as a teen, hauling it along for an overland trek from Europe to India in 1972. Whetting his appetite for exotic music, he began his studies in world music and attended York University upon his return to Canada. He later became the disciple of tabla master Pandit Sharda Sahai, the fifth-generation leader of the Benares style of playing. Golden has collaborated with many Canadian and international artists, including composer Robert Rosen, Kokoro Dance, Celso Machado, Harry Manx and Daniel Lapp. Golden has recently formed a new world music trio with Ken Hall and Enrique Rivas known as Saffron. He also performs with veteran west coast musicians Brad Prevedoros and Greg Joy as the trio Prevedoros, Golden and Joy. write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |