Baluji Shrivastav

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When:
26th June 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
2022-06-26T13:00:00+01:00
2022-06-26T15:00:00+01:00
Where:
Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre
Main Road
Harwich
Essex
Cost:
£12

Baluji Shrivastav- virtuoso multi-instrumentalist – The Times

“Intoxicating”-Vogue Runway

“Convention-defying Indian composition that you will want to play over and over again”-Songlines

“blind musician takes the stage with a bold vision excels in sitar, surbahar, dilruba, pakhavaj and tabla”- Times of India

Baluji Shrivastav OBE is an Indian multi-instrumentalist who was blinded at 8 months old and has become one of the worlds leading composers and sitar players. He has performed and recorded with some of the greatest tabla accompanists such as Anindo Chatterji and Ustad Fayaz Khan. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Madness, Shakira,Malu, Boy George,Doves. His latest stunning multi media composition – Antardrishti-Inner Vision, funded by an international commission from Unlimited and featuring his Inner Vision Orchestra of blind musicians, dancers and audio-visual artists Addictive TV was performed to great reception at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in

Sept 2018, followed by Delhi and at the Mumbai Opera House in collaboration with the British Council.