On the closing night of Le Guess Who? 2018, Indian Carnatic music pioneer Kadri Gopalnath gave a mesmerizing performance, curated by Shabaka Hutchings. 

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Kadri Gopalnath’s life’s work is to incorporate the woodwind instrument into the classic South Indian Carnatic music. To do so, the 69-year-old saxophone maestro single-handedly modified his alto sax and developed inventive playing techniques, recreating the microtones and vocal-like arrangements of orthodox Indian music. It took Gopalnath over twenty years to successfully integrate his instrument into Carnatic music, but the results are stunning; an ecstatic and majestic sound combining the best of both worlds.

Read our in-depth ‘Tracing the Roots’ feature about Kadri Gopalnath: “A lifetime of pioneering Indian Carnatic music”: https://www.leguesswho.nl/news/tracing-the-roots-kadri-gopalnath-a-lifetime-of-pioneering-indian-carnatic-music

Recorded and mixed by Marc Broer on Sunday, 11 November, at TivoliVredenburg’s Grote Zaal during Le Guess Who? 2018. 
Photography by Juri Hiensch.

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Kadri Gopalnath - Part 1

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