Ganavya | ‪

Описание: Vocalist, ‘soundsmith’, ‘wordsmith’ and improvisor Ganavya takes us into her spritual realm of true Free Sounds, #vrijegeluiden. You’ll hear classical Indian gamakas, traditional jazz standards in a stunning nexus of melodic experiment. She has just released her new album ‘Daughter of a Temple’, featuring collaborations with Esperanza Spalding, Shabaka Hutchings, Vijay Iyer & Immanuel Wilkins.

Ganavya stopped by for our session recording during @leguesswho? festival at restaurant De Klub, located next to ‪@tivolivredenburg (Utrecht).

00:00 ami pana so’dras (Ganavya/Lalleshwari
05:26 ⁠draw something beautiful (Ganavya)

Ganavya was born into a musical family in Tamil Nadu, India, and moved to the United States at a young age. She grew up immersed in traditional Indian classical music.Her interpretations often carry a Karnatic flavor, incorporating Indian rhythms, melodic patterns, and vocal techniques such as gamakas.
Her own debut album, Aikyam: Onnu, ("Harmony: One") features the incredible breadth of her character: it draws from an amalgam of ancient Indian spirituals she learnt during pilgrimages as a child, with an anchor in jazz standards that she has translated to Tamil from English, showcasing a linguistic command over her two mother-tongues.
In addition to numerous collaborations with artists like Shabaka Hutchings, Wayne Shorter, and Quincy Jones, she also contributed to Esperanza Spalding's album Songwrights Apothecary Lab.

Editors: Melchior Huurdeman, Aad van Nieuwkerk, Sakti Khedoe
Camera & lighting: Ramon de Boer, Marijn Zurburg , Marjolein Hoitinga
Sound: Philip ten Brink, Rens van Waterschoot
Producer: Jorinde Hiddema/Pippa Harris
Director/Editing Reinier Bruijne

This video was recorded at Le Guess Who? Utrecht 2024 for VPRO Vrije Geluiden: music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO.

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