Arranged by Aditya Prakash and Hitomi Oba
Lyrics by Kikkeri Prakash
Performed by Aditya Prakash Ensemble
Aditya Prakash - Vocals
Julian Le - Piano
Hitomi Oba - Tenor Sax
Jake Jamieson - Drums
S Ganapathi - Tabla
Owen Clapp - Bass
Fabiano do Nascimiento - Guitar
Shiva Ramamurthi - Violin

Jeeva's Sorrow - Aditya Prakash Ensemble

Qawali available now on all streaming platforms


The Aditya Prakash Ensemble, a Los Angeles based music group was founded by award-winning Indian classical vocalist, Aditya Prakash, in 2010. Prakash draws his inspiration to experiment with Indian classical music from his close musical collaborations and performances with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, and more recently, with acclaimed choreographer, Akram Khan. The roots of the Ensemble’s collaboration started as UCLA roommates and friends jamming, to a more informed approach, from their Ethnnomusicology studies, where horizons to cross-cultural musical interaction expanded vastly. The result frames Prakash’s distinctive vocal style with jazz, funk, and hip-hop to create a wholly original, genre-melding sound. 

“Aditya represents a new generation of musician. He has studied his traditional craft extensively but is not afraid to take that language and art form into uncharted territories”
-Karsh Kale

“Years ago a young talented kid called Aditya Prakash worked alongside me in my father's ensemble, and went on to tour the world with me as part of my Rise tour in 2005. Today he's a dear friend and a fully accomplished composer with his own Aditya Prakash Ensemble.”
-Anoushka Shankar

Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music, in ecstatic love and union with the Divine.This Qawwali,“Tumhein Dillagi Bhool,” was popularized by the legendary vocalist, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. 

“Forget this frivolous infatuation
Embark on the journey of True Love
Embark on this journey and you will not mock my suffering
When you have given your heart to True Love
A smile dare not creep upon the lips…
This is a matter of the heart not just an infatuation!”

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Performed live by:
Aditya Prakash - Vocals
Julian Le - Piano
Jonathon Pinson - Drums
Owen Clapp - Bass
Jonah Levine - Trombone
David Otis - Saxophone
Emile Martinez- Trumpet
Shiva Ramamurthi - Violin

Credits:
Arrangement - Aditya Prakash
Videography - Ricky Chavez and Anthony Ragus
Mixed by Jorge Velasco and Ethan Carlson
Mastered by Julian Le
Session Engineer - Jorge Velasco


Recorded At:
The Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Made possible by a generous grant by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Qawali | Aditya Prakash Ensemble

Alaapana in Raga Khamas. Clip taken from a concert at Chembur Fine Arts, Bombay

Khamas Ragam

Aditya Prakash rendering Ardhanareeshwaram in Raga Kumudakriya, composed by Muthuswami Dikshitar.

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