BIOGRAPHY

About Hari…

Veena virtuoso, composer and curator, Hari Sivanesan is a unique representation of the new generation of Indian classical-contemporary artists of international acclaim. Born and raised in the UK, he brings his Sri Lankan heritage, South Indian and Western classical music training together to create the contemporary classical

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Press

“Ears and eyes came alive when Hari Sivanesan, one of the UK’s most acclaimed veena artists, came on stage and took his place on the floor in among the strings of the Northern Sinfonia to play his own composition. We were all transported by this soulful lullaby”

– The Telegraph

“Rising star of World Music”

– Evening Standard

“Sivanesan, an exponent of the veena, sat cross-legged to begin the concert with an 18th-century instrumental that started with drifting flurries and built into a confident, driving piece showing his improvisational skills.”

– The Guardian

“Hari’s instrumental style was fluent and expressive, and the ragas performed had an earthy eloquence.”

– The Independent

Hari, as a Veena soloist, accompanist, musical director, researcher, recording artist, composer and curator has worked in collaboration with BBC RADIO & TV, BBC PROMS, WOMAD UK, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE-LONDON, NORTHERN SINFONIA SYMPHONY, GEORGE HARRISON, PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR, MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA and THE BOITE

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Hari,
as a Veena soloist, accompanist, musical director, researcher, recording artist, composer and curator has worked in collaboration with
BBC RADIO & TV, BBC PROMS, WOMAD UK, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE-LONDON, PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR, GEORGE HARRISON, MULTICULTURAL ARTS VICTORIA and THE BOITE

Tickets

MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE

Chennai to Jaffna: A Carnatic Musical Journey

presented by The Boite and MEC

Hari takes you city-by-city, from Chennai to Jaffna. Along the way, you will hear music extending across 2000 years to include Vedic chants (from Hindu texts, c. 100BC), Mann (temple music, c. 6AD), Carnatic (South Indian classical music, c. 1500s), Ghazal (Persian poetry, c. 1600s), The Raj (British Raj c. 1800s), folk (c. 1900s) and Bollywood (c. 2000s).

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