Hi Guys,
Any of you who are interested...Ani70, etc. Shawn is giving a performance this saturday. A few of us will probably go and maybe even go for a pint after. So if you want to join us...send me an e-mail(I may not login again for some time so no pvt mssg please). BTW: I've never been to a Indian classical music performance yet(am not proud of it either )...but hopefully I'll make up soon. Hope to see you there!


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Saturday, September 25 @ 8:00PM

Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
Jacques Phénix, sitar
Julie Lebel, harmonium

A concert of North Indian classical music
Tabla solo, with harmonium accompaniment
Sitar solo, with tabla accompaniment

Faculty and Guest Series, McGill University Faculty of Music
Pollack Hall, 555 Sherbrooke West, Montréal, Qc
Admission: 5$
Tickets: 514-398-4547
Info: 514-398-5145

About the musicians:

JACQUES PHENIX, SITAR
Jacques Phénix has been performing on the sitar since 1978. He began in
India, at Rishikesh. Inspired by the music of Nikhil Banerjee, the Calcutta
maestro who passed away in 1986, he studied with Rahul Sariputra, John
Campana, and Mark Lewis in Toronto, and finally with Amit Roy in Calcutta,
himself a disciple of Nikhil Banerjee and son of the celebrated sitar maker,
Heren Roy.

Specialising in the classical style of Calcutta, he has played for the
Indo-Canada Association, in many festivals in the Indian community, at the
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, at the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Burlington,
India, Indonesia, Mexico, and in Thailand, where he lived for several years.

SHAWN MATIVETSKY, TABLA
Shawn Mativetsky is a freelance percussionist, recognized as a contemporary
tabla specialist. He performs in a variety of settings, including Indian
classical music, contemporary music, world music fusions, and as a member of
the groups Ensemble Mahapooram, Matter of Time, the Mont-Royal Quintet, and
Surtal. Shawn also accompanies dance and theatre, including contemporary
dance, kathakali, and flamenco, and teaches tabla and percussion in
Montreal. He is currently teaching at McGill University, where he is
Percussion Area Coordinator.

Respectful of Indian classical music's rich traditions, Shawn Mativetsky is
a ganda-band disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai of the Benares tabla gharana.
He has also studied tabla with Bob Becker (disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai).
In addition to his tabla studies, he has studied Western classical
percussion with Pierre Béluse, D'Arcy Philip Gray, Andrei Malashenko, and
Robert Slapcoff, and the percussion of kathakali with Bruno Paquet. Shawn
holds a Master's degree in music from McGill University and has received
grants from the Canada Council for the Arts.

PRESS QUOTES
\"Our senses were instantly tingled...\" – The Gazette, Montréal

\"Ces artistes [Jacques Phénix et Shawn Mativetsky] que l'on aurait aimé
avoir connus plus tôt... La performance des musiciens a envoûté les
auditeurs par cette musique qui, nul doute, ouvre l'esprit et permet à l'âme
de voyager... Soirée magnifique.\" – L'Avenir, Montréal

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I would have loved to attend. How long is the drive from toronto?

Can you Give some directions to the venue /Start time?

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5-6hrs drive
if you are coming drop me an e-mail.

Now I'm *really* out of here

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thanks...not sure at this point.

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