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Part of the Wednesdays at Noon series, Musique Royale features “Hendoustan” on Wednesday August 12 at 12 pm at St John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. The performance is framed as a dialogue between Persian and Indian classical music. Across centuries, the cultures of Persia and the Indian subcontinent have been bound by trade, poetry, scholarship, and courtly exchange. Musicians travelled these same routes, carrying with them modes, rhythms, and improvisational traditions that would gradually diverge, but musically they continue to speak a recognizably shared language. Hendoustan reunites these parallel lineages. Musique Royale welcomes Nova Scotian audiences to experience this voyage through ancient sounds. The performance features Aditya Verma, sarod; Anjana Srinivasan, Carnatic violin; Mohammad Sahraei, tar and Ziya Tabassian, tombak.

Wednesdays at Noon is a series of music presentations at St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. Concerts are roughly 45 minutes in length and are held every Wednesday at 12 pm through July and August. Performances feature artists from the local and national scene in an eclectic mix of presentations. These performances will draw residents and tourists to enjoy music within beautiful and historic setting of St John’s, the second-oldest Anglican church in Canada, and first church established in Lunenburg. Admission is $10 at the door, youth free. Programming supports the St John’s Music Program.

About the Artists

Sarod player Aditya Verma is a leading interpreter of the Maihar-Senia lineage of North Indian classical music and a scholar of Indo-Persian musical history. He is joined by Carnatic violinist Anjana Srinivasan, whose vocal-like ornamentation and intricate rhythmic fluency represent the South Indian tradition. These Indian classical specialists will collaborate with Persian tar player Mohammad Sahraei, whose roots are in the poetic radif repertoire, and tombak master Ziya Tabassian, whose refined and expressive playing dazzles within complex rhythmic systems.

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