Vinaya
Evening ragas of North Indian classical tradition featuring Paulk Livingsotne on sitar & Vinayak Netke on tabla. These traditional ragas are made fresh by improvisation and interactive play between the instruments.
Born in Beruit, Lebanon, Paul Z. Livingstone is an international performing artist on the sitar and a fretless guitar of his own design. He has focused his studies in North Indian classical music in which he has been rigorously trained for the past 14 years in India and the US. He studied under Amiya Dasgupta and Dr. Rajeev Taranath at California Institute of the Arts, where he earned his undergraduate and M.F.A. degrees. He currently continues advanced studies under Dr. Taranath and the living legend Pandit Ravi Shankar. Paul has also developed a unique style of playing on a 9 string fretless guitar on which he plays Indian ragas, jazz, and creative new music, blending ideas from different musical traditions of the world. Paul plays and endorses Santa Cruz guitars, D'Addario strings and SWR ac