Rabindra Narayan Goswami

Indian Classical Music in Fribourg

Sitar: Pt. Rabindra Narayan Goswami
Sitar: KG Westman
Tabla: Suvrat Apte

Le Tunnel, Fribourg, Oct. 1st, 2022

Goswamiji is known for his big knowledge of ragas anad talas, allowing him to go deep into both commonly performed ragas, as well as the very rare ones. He has learnt instrumental and vocal music from different gharanas and styles, and performs in sitar as well as in surbahar. Pt. Rabindra  Goswami is a professional musician for over 50 years and is recognized as a senior artist in the music city of Banaras (Varanasi), India. He has won a number of national awards in India, including first position in the prayag sangeet samiti All-India Competition!
And Mahadev Cometo learnt all about Indian music and sitar from his gurru, Goswamiji, starting in 2011 in Varanasi.

K.G. Westman is one of Europe´s foremost sitar players in the field of North Indian classical and semi classical music. As a senior disciple of Pandit Rabindra Narayan Goswami he has performed in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Egypt, Europe, USA and Russia as well as for radio and T.V. Due to training in both Indian and Western Music, he also makes an excellent teacher and conductor of workshops regardless of the background of the participants. More www.kgwestman.com | kgwestman.bandcamp.com

Suvrat Apte, tabla, moved recently to Stockholm – now a neighbor of KG Westman – playing on Westman’s last album «Zafaran», more:  suvratapte.com

Short extract of the 3h concert at the Tunnel in Fribourg;