Sandip Burman and friends will play the tabla, an East Indian hand drum

Sandip Burman, an accomplished tabla player, will lead a free concert at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 3, in Dana College’s Trinity Chapel.
Sandip Burman, a native of Durgapur, India, will lead some musical friends in the concert, sponsored by Dana’s Music Department.

Burman’s love and dedication for tabla, an East Indian hand drum, began at the age of 6 when Pandit Shyamal Bose of Calcutta, one of India’s distinguished tabla maestros, accepted him as his disciple. Sandip’s performances are marked with spontaneous innovation and tonal purity even when he is delivering complex rhythmic patterns at dazzling speeds. His repertoire is vast, it includes both commonly and rarely played rhythms.

Burman has performed all over the world, to rave reviews. In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “Burman seemed to perform the impossible, alternating rapid-fire tabla manipulation with konakul, a vocal percussion, as he played beautifully.”

The public is warmly invited to attend this free performance.

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Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
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