Raga Cubana
Workshop | 6:30pm
Roman Diaz will lead a percussion workshop on Afro-Cuban rhythms. Bring a drum or your feet, open to all.
Concert | 8:00pm
BRM is honored to be collaborating with Afro-Cuban maestro Román DÃaz. DÃaz is considered a pillar of the New York City jazz avant-garde and one of Afro-Cuban music’s great innovators. DÃaz is bringing his own crew of musicians to combine forces with BRM:
Román DÃaz (percussion, conductor)
Giancarlo Luigi (percussion)
Camila Celin (sarod)
Ehren Hanson (tabla)
Jay Gandhi (Bansuri)
David Ellenbogen (Guitar)
Arun Ramamurthy (Violin)
+ special guests
This event continues BRM’s citizen’s diplomacy initiative.
This event is made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered in Kings County by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
SERIES
This concert is part of Brooklyn Raga Massive‘s performance and recording residency at Pioneer Works. Please join us for upcoming concerts in this series through April 2016:
- Apr 27, 2016:Â Brooklyn Raga Massive: Residency Closing Party with Karsh Kale
- Apr 20, 2016:Â Raga Remains the Same
- Apr 13, 2016:Â Raga Cubana
- Apr 6, 2016:Â Ravi Shankar Birthday Tribute
- Mar 29, 2016:Â Carnatic Kutcheri
- Mar 23, 2016:Â Holi Celebration
- Mar 16, 2016: Women’s Raga Massive
- Mar 9, 2016:Â Raga and the Moving Image
- Mar 2, 2016:Â Raga Roots, North Indian Classical
- Feb 24, 2016:Â George Harrison Birthday/ Beatles Tribute
- Feb 17, 2016:Â Brooklyn Raga Massive: Art of the Jugalbandhi