In anticipation of the world premiere of Ravi Shankar’s only opera 'Sukanya', the Bagri Foundation presents the seventh episode of The Music Room, a short online film series, exploring dialogues between classical Indian and Western music with the opera’s conductor David Murphy. The seventh episode is dedicated to instruments.

Indian Classical Music features an enormous variety of instruments; its dynamism and capacity of renewal is notably visible through the adoption and appropriation of instruments from other traditions. This film focuses on the history of four of the most important instruments in the Indian tradition: the veena, sitar, tabla and mridangam. Discover the sound of the percussion instruments and take sneak a peek of how tabla and mridangam will feature in Ravi Shankar’s opera (May 2017) with a special clip of the work in progress.

The Bagri Foundation is delighted to support Ravi Shankar’s groundbreaking 'Sukanya', which he envisioned before his passing in December 2012 and outlined to his long-time collaborator David Murphy. Since, Murphy has worked with Shankar’s daughter Anoushka to bring the work to life. This innovative co-production between the Royal Opera House, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Leicester’s Curve theatre, interprets a story from the legendary Sanskrit epic of the 'Mahabharata'.

'Sukanya' will take place from 12 - 19 May 2017. For more information and to book your tickets visit: www.bagrifoundation.org/ravishankarsukanya/

This is a video by Box Clever Media Limited.

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