These performances are made possible in part by:The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund

The Frank and Margaret Hyncik Memorial Fund

The Adolph Benedict and Ila Roberts Schneider Fund

The Arthur, Asenath, and Walter H. Blodgett Memorial Fund

The Dorothy Humel Hovorka Endowment Fund

The Albertha T. Jennings Musical Arts Fund

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, AND FILMThe Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106–1797

performingarts@clevelandart.org cma.org/performingarts

#CMAperformingarts

Programs are subject to change.

Series sponsors:

TICKETS 1–888–CMA–0033 cma.org/performingarts

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma

Zakir Hussain, tablaWith

Rahul Sharma, santoor

Wednesday, April 12, 2017, 7:30 p.m.Gartner Auditorium, the Cleveland Museum of Art

PROGRAM

Tonight’s program is presented without intermission and will be approximately 90 minutes in duration.

Welcome to the Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art’s performing arts series brings together thoughtful, fascinating, and beautiful experiences, comprising a concert calendar notable for its boundless multiplicity. This year we look forward to visits from old friends and new, bringing us music from around the globe and spanning many centuries. Here is the place where performance is intended to explore connections of cultures, the heart, the human spirit.

In the GalleriesBasquiat: The Unknown Notebooks Through April 23

African Master Carvers: Known and Famous Through July 16

Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed Through July 30

Opulent Fashion in the Church Through September 24

Cutting Edge: Modern Prints from Atelier 17 Through August 13

Brand-New & Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s April 30–August 6

cma.org/performingarts #CMAperformingarts

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, October 5, 6:00

FretworkWednesday, October 12, 7:30

Vijay Iyer with International Contemporary EnsembleWednesday, October 19, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, November 2, 6:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSaturday, November 5, 2:00

Jean-Baptiste MonnotSunday, November 13, 2:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, December 4, 2:00

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, December 7, 6:00

Francesco D’OrazioFriday, December 9, 7:30

The Crossing: David Lang’s LifespanFriday–Sunday, January 6–8

The “Qatsi” TrilogyFriday–Sunday, January 27–29

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, February 1, 6:00

Emmanuel ArakélianSunday, February 19, 2:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, February 26, 2:00

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, March 1, 6:00

CIM Organ StudioSunday, March 12, 2:00

QuinceWednesday, March 22, 7:30

Frode Haltli & Emilia AmperWednesday, March 29, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, April 5, 6:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, April 9, 2:00

Zakir Hussain & Rahul SharmaWednesday, April 12, 7:30

Jeffrey ZeiglerWednesday, April 26, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, May 3, 6:00

Brandee Younger & Courtney BryanWednesday, May 10, 7:30

Performing Arts

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Zakir HussainZakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the greatest musicians of our time. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, his consistently brilliant and exciting performances have established him as a national treasure in his own country, India, and as one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors. Along with his legendary father and teacher, Ustad Allarakha, he has elevated the status of his instrument both in India and around the world. His playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity, founded in formidable knowledge and study.

Widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement, Zakir’s contribution to world music has been unique, with many historic collaborations, including Shakti, which he founded with John McLaughlin and L. Shankar, Remember Shakti, the Diga Rhythm Band, Making Music, Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, Tabla Beat Science, Sangam with Charles Lloyd and Eric Harland, and recordings and performances with artists as diverse as George Harrison, YoYo Ma, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham, Mark Morris, Rennie Harris, and the Kodo drummers. His music and extraordinary contribution to the music world were honored in April, 2009, with four widely-heralded and sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall’s Artist Perspective series.

The recipient of countless honors, Zakir has received the titles of Padma Bhushan, in 2002, and Padma Shri, in 1988, becoming the youngest percussionist to be awarded these, given to civilians of merit, by the Indian government. In 1990, he was awarded the Indo-American Award in recognition for his outstanding cultural contribution to USA-India relations. In April 1991, he was presented with the 4

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the President of India, making him one of the youngest musicians to receive this recognition from India’s governing cultural institute. In 2007, readers’ polls from both Modern Drummer and Drum! magazines named him Best World Music and Best Worldbeat Drummer respectively. On February 8, 2009, Zakir received a Grammy in the Best Contemporary World Music category for Global Drum Project, his group with Mickey Hart, Giovanni Hidalgo, and Sikiru Adepoju. Also, in 2009, Zakir was named an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by France’s Ministry of Culture and Communication for his extraordinary artistic and cultural contribution. The Downbeat Critics’ Poll named him Best Percussionist in 2012.

A child prodigy, Zakir was touring by the age of twelve. He came to the United States in 1970, performing his first USA concert at the Fillmore East in New York City with Pandit Ravi Shankar, embarking on an illustrious international career. A prolific composer and recording artist, Zakir has received widespread recognition for his many ensembles and collaborations. In 1987, his first solo release, Making Music, was acclaimed as “one of the most inspired East-West fusion albums ever recorded.” In 1992, Planet Drum, an album co-created and produced by Zakir and Mickey Hart, became the first recording to win a Grammy in the Best World Music category, the Downbeat Critics’ Poll for Best World Beat Album, and the NARM Indie Best Seller Award for World Music Recording.

Zakir received the distinct honor of co-composing the opening music for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 1996. He was commissioned to compose music for Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet (for which he received an Isadora Duncan Award), and to compose an original work for the San Francisco Jazz Festival, both in 1998. He has received numerous grants, including participation in the Meet the Composer programs funded by the Pew Memorial Trust. In 2000, Zakir worked again with choreographer

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Zakir is the recipient of the 1999 National Heritage Fellowship, the United States’ most prestigious honor for a master in the traditional arts, presented by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the United States Senate on September 28, 1999. In 2005, he was named an Old Dominion Fellow by the Humanities Council at Princeton University, where he resided for the 2005–2006 autumn semester as full professor in the music department, teaching a survey course in Indian classical music and dance. In the spring of 2007, this course was taught again by Zakir, this time at Stanford University. Zakir’s yearly tabla workshop in Marin County, conducted for the past twenty years, draws hundreds of serious students and performers. In the spring of 2015, he was in residence at UC Berkeley as Regents Lecturer.

In 1992, Zakir founded Moment! Records which features original collaborations in the field of contemporary world music and live concert performances by great masters of the classical music of India. The label presents live recordings of great masters of the classical music of both North and South India, world music, and a Masters of Percussion series. Moment! Records’ 2006 release, Golden Strings of the Sarode with Aashish Khan and Zakir Hussain, was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Traditional World Music category for that year. Moment! Records’ recent DVD release, Zakir Hussain: The SF Jazz Sessions, featuring a host of Zakir’s world-class collaborators, has been critically acclaimed.

In 2015, he was voted “Best Percussionist” by the Downbeat Critics’ Poll and by Modern Drummer’s Readers’ Poll.

www.zakirhussain.com

www.momentrecords.com

Alonzo King, this time composing music for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In 2002, his commissioned work for choreographer Mark Morris’ “Kolam” premiered as part of Yo-Yo Ma’s “Silk Road Project” with Yo-Yo Ma and Zakir performing Zakir’s composition live for the performance. In September 2006, Triple Concerto for Banjo, Bass and Tabla, a piece co-composed by Zakir, Edgar Meyer, and Bela Fleck, was performed by them with the Nashville Symphony at the gala opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Hall in Nashville. In January, 2009, it was re-created with the Detroit Symphony, again under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. This performance and new original works composed by Zakir, Edgar, and Bela, was released as the Grammy-nominated The Melody of Rhythm in 2009. Zakir’s second concerto, Concerto for Four Soloists, a special commission for the National Symphony Orchestra, was performed at Kennedy Center in March, 2011, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. His third concerto, the first-ever tabla concerto, will be premiered in September, 2015, by the Symphony Orchestra of India, was premiered in Europe in January 2016 and will premiere in the United States in April, 2017, by the National Symphony Orchestra.

Zakir reunited with Alonzo King in 2007, for Lines Ballet’s 25th anniversary celebration, creating acclaimed music for King’s Rasa, and was commissioned to score King’s Scheherazade which premiered in Monte Carlo in December 2009, garnering another Isadora Duncan Award. In 2007, the government of India chose Zakir to compose an anthem to celebrate India’s 60th year of independence. The song, “Jai Hind,” has been recorded by an array of India’s finest classical vocalists and pop singers.

Zakir has scored for many films, including Merchant-Ivory’s Heat and Dust (in which he also co-starred), In Custody and The Mystic Masseur; Bertolucci’s Little Buddha; Vanaprastham (The Last Dance), Saaz, Everybody Says I’m Fine, and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer.

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CREDITS

Zakir Hussain and Rahul Sharma appear by arrangement with IMG Artists, LLC, 7 West 54thStreet, New York, NY 10019. 212-994-3500

Special thanks to Erdogan Gezer and Larchmere Oriental Rugs. www.larchmererugs.com

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Jeffrey Zeigler Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. Transformer Station

One of the most versatile cellists of our time, Jeffrey Zeigler is known for his independent streak. Admired as a potent collaborator and unique improviser, he has commissioned dozens of works and has given many notable premieres including works by John Adams, John Corigliano, Henryk Gorecki, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley to name a few. He has received the Avery Fisher Prize, the Polar Music Prize, the President’s Merit Award from the National Academy of Recorded Arts, and the Chamber Music America Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award among others. In addition to teaching cello at Mannes School of Music, he is a regular contributor to the blog CelloBello and to Q2 on WQXR. His program includes contemporary works for cello and electronics. $25, CMA members $22. cma.org/zeigler

CIM/CWRU Joint Music Program Wednesday, May 3, 6:00 p.m. CMA Galleries

Outstanding conservatory musicians present mixed programs of chamber music amid the museum’s collections for a unique and intimate experience. From standard repertoire to unknown gems, these early-evening, hour-long performances are a delightful after-work encounter or the start of a night out. Free, no tickets required. cma.org/cim

Rahul SharmaRahul Sharma learned music and the Santoor from his father, Guru Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is a music legend in India and throughout the world. Rahul’s father has been instrumental in bringing this little known instrument from the valleys of Kashmir and introducing it to the Indian classical music world. Today, Rahul performs worldwide at such prestigious venues as WOMAD, Edinburgh Festival, the Esplanade in Singapore, and the Royal Festival Hall in London. Rahul is proud and honored to have continued the tradition of bringing the santoor on a journey from folk to classical and beyond including even new age. Rahul has written music for several Bollywood films with many leading film stars. In 2002 he was one of the youngest music directors for whom the nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, sang all the songs for Yash Chopra’s Mujhase Dosti Karoge! starring Hritik Roshan-Kareena Kapoor. However, Rahul’s primary interest remains with Indian classical, fusion, and experimental music. In 2002 Rahul was the first Indian musician to record with the French pianist Richard Clayderman for the Confluence album which was one of India’s best-selling records. He has recently composed Rebel, a santoor rock album, and an album with folk musicians of Kashmir, and numerous other collaborations. He has collaborated on over 60 live and studio albums throughout his 15-year career. He and Ustad Zakir Hussain have collaborated on several projects including a live recording. Rahul is honored to continue to carry on his father’s legacy and especially honored to be collaborating again with Ustad Zakir Hussain on these classical Indian music concerts.

www.rahulsantoor.com

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Brandee Younger & Courtney Bryan Wednesday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. Gartner Auditorium

A fearless and versatile talent, harpist Brandee Younger delivers a consistently fresh take on the ancient instrument as an educator, event curator, performer, and leader of the Brandee Younger Jazz Harp Quartet. Known for expressive interpretations of traditional harp repertoire as well as her continued work with a diverse cross section of musical talents, Younger has shared stages with jazz leaders and popular hip-hop and R & B titans including Ravi Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Reggie Workman, Common, John Legend, and Lauryn Hill. Courtney Bryan, a native of New Orleans, is “a pianist and composer of panoramic interests” (New York Times) whose music is in conversation with various genres including jazz and experimental music as well as traditional gospel, spirituals, and hymns. Bryan holds academic degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Rutgers University, and Columbia University. Following a postdoctoral stint at Princeton University, she moved to Tulane University in 2016. The evening’s program revolves around compositions by Alice Coltrane and by Younger.. $33–$45, CMA members $30–$40. cma.org/younger

Welcome to the Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Cleveland Museum of Art’s performing arts series brings together thoughtful, fascinating, and beautiful experiences, comprising a concert calendar notable for its boundless multiplicity. This year we look forward to visits from old friends and new, bringing us music from around the globe and spanning many centuries. Here is the place where performance is intended to explore connections of cultures, the heart, the human spirit.

In the GalleriesMyth and Mystique: Cleveland’s Gothic Table Fountain Through February 26

Albert Oehlen: Woods near Oehle Through March 12

Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art Through March 19

Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks Through April 23

Black in America: Louis Draper and Leonard Freed February 26–July 30

Opulent Fashion in the Church Through September 24

cma.org/performingarts #CMAperformingarts

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, October 5, 6:00

FretworkWednesday, October 12, 7:30

Vijay Iyer with International Contemporary EnsembleWednesday, October 19, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, November 2, 6:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSaturday, November 5, 2:00

Jean-Baptiste MonnotSunday, November 13, 2:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, December 4, 2:00

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, December 7, 6:00

Francesco D’OrazioFriday, December 9, 7:30

The Crossing: David Lang’s LifespanFriday–Sunday, January 6–8

The “Qatsi” TrilogyFriday–Sunday, January 27–29

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, February 1, 6:00

Emmanuel ArakélianSunday, February 19, 2:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, February 26, 2:00

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, March 1, 6:00

CIM Organ StudioSunday, March 12, 2:00

QuinceWednesday, March 22, 7:30

Frode Haltli & Emilia AmperWednesday, March 29, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, April 5, 6:00

Oberlin Contemporary Music EnsembleSunday, April 9, 2:00

Zakir Hussain & Rahul SharmaWednesday, April 12, 7:30

Jeffrey ZeiglerWednesday, April 26, 7:30

CIM/CWRU Joint Music ProgramWednesday, May 3, 6:00

Brandee Younger & Courtney BryanWednesday, May 10, 7:30

Performing Arts

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

These performances are made possible in part by:The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund

The Frank and Margaret Hyncik Memorial Fund

The Adolph Benedict and Ila Roberts Schneider Fund

The Arthur, Asenath, and Walter H. Blodgett Memorial Fund

The Dorothy Humel Hovorka Endowment Fund

The Albertha T. Jennings Musical Arts Fund

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS, MUSIC, AND FILMThe Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106–1797

performingarts@clevelandart.org cma.org/performingarts

#CMAperformingarts

Programs are subject to change.

Series sponsors:

TICKETS 1–888–CMA–0033 cma.org/performingarts

Photography and audio/video recording in the performance hall are prohibited.

Please turn off all electronic devices before entering the performance hall.

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Emmanuel Arakélian