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Hosted by the Center for South Asia

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Konnakol lecture with musical demonstrations performed by Arun Luthra with the Contemporary Jazz Ensemble.

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Saxophonist, composer, and konnakol artist Arun Luthra is an American musician of Indian heritage who fuses modern post-bop Black American Music with elements of Indian classical music – especially konnakol (South Indian classical music vocal percussion). He connects a wide range of modern and classic musical influences to create a vibrant new sound and style. Arun Luthra is the fall 2021 interdisciplinary artist-in-residence. His residency is presented by the Division of the Arts and is hosted by Mead Witter School of Music with Johannes Wallmann as lead faculty. For a list of other events and residency details including, co-sponsors, visit go.wisc.edu/luthra