Hasu Patel: Mystical Ragas

Coinciding with the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur, Cleveland-based Hasu Patel will present an evening of ragas inspired by India’s monsoon season. Trained in Gujarat, a region bordering the kingdom of Mewar, Patel is one of the few contemporary world-class female artists performing classical music on sitar, specializing in a style known as gayaki ang, where the sitar "replicates the fluidity and subtle nuances of the human voice." Her performance highlights include playing at the 1999 Woodstock anniversary concert, the Chicago Asian American Jazz Festival, and the Women’s Composers Festival of Hartford. Tonight's performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art begins at 7:30.