Karou Wantanabe's guest appearances

Karou Wantanabe

NYC Radio Live

William Parker

Alexandre Tannous

Walter Becker

Betsayda Machado

Hugh Masekela

Derek Gripper

McCoy Tyner

Randy Weston

Innov Gnawa

Eric Harland

Zakir Hussain

Dennis McNally

Ross Hammond

Andy Statman

Simon Shaheen

OwlTail

Sameer Gupta

Parul Shah

Before their premier of an exciting new work Nature/War/Love we hang out with Karou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer Gupta.  We also check out slections from Karou Wantanabe's latest album Néo. In Nature/War/Love Shinobue flute and taiko drum virtuoso Kaoru Watanabe, known for his work on Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and hybrid Indian classical tabla and modern jazz percussionist Sameer Gupta (Coltrane Raga Tribute, Adam Rudolph) team up with Indian classical and contemporary choreographer Parul Shah,whose work is expanding the classical medium beyond cultural boundaries.  Through the lens of lush contemporary compositions and dynamic improvisations, the thematic material found in traditional works such as Ghalib, Mahabharata, Amaterasu, and the Tale of Genji provides a framework for these three brilliant artists to explore the connections between these ancient texts and today’s world.

Before their premier of an exciting new work <a href="http://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/kaoru-watanabe-and-sameer-guptas-nature-war-love-featuring-parul-shah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature/War/Love</a> we hang out with Karou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer Gupta.  We also check out slections from Karou Wantanabe's latest album <a href="http://www.watanabekaoru.com/neo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Néo</a>. In Nature/War/Love Shinobue flute and taiko drum virtuoso Kaoru Watanabe, known for his work on Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and hybrid Indian classical tabla and modern jazz percussionist Sameer Gupta (Coltrane Raga Tribute, Adam Rudolph) team up with Indian classical and contemporary choreographer Parul Shah,whose work is expanding the classical medium beyond cultural boundaries.  Through the lens of lush contemporary compositions and dynamic improvisations, the thematic material found in traditional works such as Ghalib, Mahabharata, Amaterasu, and the Tale of Genji provides a framework for these three brilliant artists to explore the connections between these ancient texts and today’s world.

Karou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer Gupta