Join Velvet Einstein on Saturday, November 1st at 9:30am when he hosts Chicago based Grammy-winning ensemble, Third Coast Percussion, for a live in-studio interview ahead of their performance for Cal Performances at Zellerbach Hall later that same evening.
In a poignant tribute to the late tabla master and longtime Cal Performances friend Zakir Hussain, Third Coast Percussion continues a collaboration initiated with the music legend before his passing.
The Grammy-winning ensemble, praised for performances that “push percussion in new directions, blurring musical boundaries and beguiling new listeners” (NPR), had commissioned Hussain to compose Murmurs in Time—a major work that combines the beauty and complexity of Hindustani classical music with the group’s new-music ethos. In this new work, Salar Nader, a tabla virtuoso and disciple of Hussain since age seven, performs his teacher’s part in the ensemble.
The program also includes newly commissioned works from in-demand composer/performers Jessie Montgomery, Tigran Hamasyan, and Jlin, and a solo performance by Nader.
Third Coast Percussion, Salar Nader, and Cal Performances dedicate this performance to the memory of Ustad Zakir Hussain.
