Classical Indian Music and Traditional Melodies

Windcraft Music Centre presents a Concert of Indian Classical Music and Traditional Melodies with:

Julia Ohrmann – bansuri
Stavroula Constanti – ney
Ravi Saundankar – tabla

A concert of Indian Classical Music will also be given on 27th February at 8:30a.m. at Palio Xidadiko (Limassol), while the same musicians will give a concert with Evening Ragas and Melodic Improvisation on 1st and 2nd March at Kala Kathoumena (Nicosia) and Palio Xidadiko (Limassol) respectively.

Some words about the musicians:

Julia Ohrmann is a flautist specialized in playing bansuri, a bamboo flute, used to improvise upon the beautiful themes of North Indian Classical music.

Classically trained from childhood in Germany, Julia went on to study musicology in Paris where she became influenced by, both its international and local music scenes of the city.
Discovering the magic of the sound of the bansuri, she became interested in the spiritual path of learning Indian music in India under the guidance of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. During all this time she has been performing in numerous musical projects, blending theatre, film, dance, world and Western classical and styles, in collaboration all over Europe and in India.

Upcoming projects include: film music of Afghan-French filmmaker Barmak Akram (Paris), bansuri recital for lecture Rumi (Paris), concerts Cyprus, Ireland, Holland, India electro soul project (Mannheim), bansuri classes Germany and Holland, solo concerts Netherlands, duet with Indian vocalist Samhita Mundkur
Currently Julia is working on her cd, which blends a variety of styles and influences with her own unique voice as a classical bansuri player.

Stavroula Constanti was born in Cyprus. After studying English literature and anthropology, she moved to Greece, where she studied ney at the Athens Conservatory (class of Harris Lambrakis). Meanwhile, she took master classes with Ömer Erdoğdular, in Crete, Labyrinth Musical Workshop. She then enrolled at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where she studied with the reknown ney player, Kudsi Erguner. In 2012, she was awarded her masters of music degree. She has played in concert with Ross Daly, Keyvan Chemirami, Pericles Papapetropoulos, Omer Erdogdular, Kyriakos Kalaidzides, Efren Lopez, Michalis Kouloumis among others.

Ravi Saundankar is a musician from Maharashtra, India who has now settled in Cyprus. Born to musical parents, he received early guidance and began studying music at the young age of 7. Later he studied music at Ustad Alla Rakha Institute of Music, in Mumbai. He received his diploma for Vocal and Tabla at ‘Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’ University of Music. Tabla is an incredibly diverse instrument that can be used in a wide range of musical settings. Ravi has performed with many great musicians in live stage performances, radio and TV shows in India as well as European countries around the world. These performances include the prestigious events at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and University of Cyprus. His expertise includes performing a variety of music including Indian classical, ethnic Jazz, world music and fusion. Ravi’s music continues to be appreciated by many senior musicians in numerous honorable events. His accompaniment in music is known to be very spontaneous, while incorporating the rules governing Tal (rhythm), Laya (tempo) and Matras (meter). Using his style in improvisation he also plays other percussion instruments such as Dholak, Naal and Khanjira. Ravi has worked as assistant music director and arranger for several music albums published in India and Scandinavia.

Tickets available at:
Windcraft Music Centre – Nicosia
Palio Xidadiko - Limassol

Contact: 99549141, 99808835