After their 2012 inaugural performance at Tate Modern The Tanks, the duo Jatinder Singh Durhailay and Suren Seneviratne return to their fruitful collaboration with a new experimental and minimalistic sonic musical endeavour titled Petit Oiseau. The project brings together rare classical Indian string instruments played by Durhailay known as the Dilruba and the Taus, unusually combined with Seneviratne’s interests in alternate tunings and numerology through custom patches built on a E-MU Command Station digital synthesizer.

Petit Oiseau, French for ‘small bird’, encompasses both the airiness of the avant-garde compositions, while also standing as a poetic ode to migration and South Asian diaspora.

Jatinder Singh Durhailay, is a painter and musician born and based in London. Recent performances include The National Gallery (London), Het Bos (Antwerp), Vacant and Atelier Fluss (Tokyo).

Suren Seneviratne, a.k.a My Panda Shall Fly, is a musician born in Sri Lanka and currently based in London. Recent performances include Barbican and Boiler Room (London).

Petit Oiseau Live - Suren and Jatinder

The Last Ballad of Mardana available to purchase http://jatindersinghdurhailay.bigcartel.com/

Upcoming performance Saturday Aug 11th M.K Gallery - https://www.mkgallery.org/whats-on/petit-oiseau-and-otim-alpha/

Inaka No Hana CD available with Douceurs de l'imperceptible いなかのはな

Petit Oiseau Live - Suren and Jatinder

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