L. Shankar

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Violin

L. Shankar (born 1950) is a Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer who pioneered East-West fusion as co-founder of Shakti with guitarist John McLaughlin. A child prodigy trained by his father V. Lakshminarayana, he also invented the double violin spanning the orchestral string range.

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Echoes of Tradition: A Global Percussion & Violin Summit

Grammy-winning violinist and composer L. Shankar joins Grammy-winning percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram, percussionist Swaminathan and tabla virtuoso Amit Kavthekar for Echoes of Tradition, a global percussion and violin summit presented by the Society for Indo-American Arts in Matchbox 4 at MATCH.

Show Time

Sun, Oct 18 · 6:00 PM

Doors

30 min before

Venue

MATCH - Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (Matchbox 4)

3400 Main Street, Houston, TX

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Accompanying Artists

Selvaganesh Vinayakram

Percussion