The music represents Manveer?s journey between Birmingham New Street Station and Birmingham Conservatoire, where he has studied for the past six years under virtuoso tabla player Sarvar Sabri. Marva, the ensemble created by Manveer specifically for this production, consists of five musicians, incorporating Flute, Sitar, Guitar, Tabla & Percussion. Using traditional Indian ragas and time cycles w...
Absorbing all these influences Kala has successfully developed a style of playing that is truly unique, and has played a huge part in bringing Violin into the mainstream of Indian classical music. Though her improvised phrases are often complex, she never looses sight of the lyrical side of her music, her violin playing characterized by an elegant tone, combined with an immaculate bowing techniqu...
Featuring Martin Speake on saxaphone, Dharambir Singh on sitar and Sarvar Sabri on tabla, the music is based on ragas of North India and the result is an amazing mixture of contemporary jazz and North Indian clasical music.