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Neelamjit Dhillon Quartet & Isaura String Quartet: Komagata Maru at Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
Courtesy of redcat | Posted on November 10, 2015
Where
Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
631 W 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA
Map
213-237-2800
When
Tue, November 24, 2015
8:30 pm
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Musicians
About
Bringing influences from North Indian classical music and jazz into a distinctive contemporary form, this deeply felt nine-part epic of human perseverance reflects on the Komagata Maru Incident of 1914—the ordeal imposed on 376 travelers from India, all British subjects, who had chartered a Japanese cargo ship to Canada in contravention of arbitrary laws targeting immigrants from Asia. Conceived by composer and multi-instrumentalist Neelamjit Dhillon to draw out the emotional and psychological resonance of a teachable historical moment, the extraordinary musical landscape of Komagata Maru is realized by a double quartet—Dhillon’s group plus the Isaura String Quartet—and shaped into a rich, multisensory experience with spoken-word narration and projected archival visuals.