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From August 12-16, Musique Royale presents Hendoustan, a dialogue between Persian and Indian classical music. Featuring musicians Aditya Verma, sarod; Anjana Srinivasan, Carnatic violin; Mohammad Sahraei, tar; Ziya Tabassian, tombak, concerts take place in Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal, Wolfville, Halifax, Arichat and Baddeck.

Across centuries, the cultures of Persia and the Indian subcontinent have been bound by trade, poetry, scholarship, and courtly exchange. Musicians travelled these same routes, carrying with them modes, rhythms, and improvisational traditions that would gradually diverge, but musically they continue to speak a recognizably shared language. Hendoustan reunites these parallel lineages. Musique Royale welcomes Nova Scotian audiences to experience this voyage through ancient sounds.

About the Artists

Sarod player Aditya Verma is a leading interpreter of the Maihar-Senia lineage of North Indian classical music and a scholar of Indo-Persian musical history. She is joined by Carnatic violinist Anjana Srinivasan, whose vocal-like ornamentation and intricate rhythmic fluency represent the South Indian tradition. These Indian classical specialists will collaborate with Persian tar player Mohammad Sahraei, whose roots are in the poetic radif repertoire, and tombak master Ziya Tabassian, whose refined and expressive playing dazzles within complex rhythmic systems.

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