Karnatic Festival 201628th and 29th November 2016
Amsterdam Blue Note, Conservatorium van Amsterdam 
In the seminars on 28th and 29th November, Dr. Mysore Manjunath (violin) and B.C. Manjunath (percussion) will explain key principles of Karnatic music as well as concepts, phrases and talas that they will use in their concert on the 29th November. They will also propose practical exercises for the students.
The first half of the double-bill concert features pieces of the programme Contemporary Music through Non-Western Techniques, created and performed by students. In the second half, the two Karnatic musicians perform new pieces using constant crossing accents, polyrhythms and polypulses. Unusual and complex talas will be the trademark of the concert. |
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Contemporary Music through Non-Western Techniques and
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DoctorateRafael Reina has recently completed a PhD at the University of Brunel in London on the pedagogical and creative applications of Karnatic rhythmical structures to Western music.
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Master classes
Rafael Reina offers Master classes to higher music education institutions and has taught around Europe, most recently at Cambridge University, Leeds College of Music, Birmingham Conservatoire, UK; ESMUC, Barcelona, Spain and Academy of Music, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Compositions
Reina has composed music for numerous contemporary music ensembles, in addition to writing several operas and composing for orchestra. Some of Reina’s large oeuvre of music for percussion is available from Edition Svitzer and some of his pieces for recorder are available from Edition Tre Fontane.
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