Utsav Lal (born August 18, 1992) is an Indian pianist, educator, composer, and performing musician. Based out of New York, his work on the piano has been deeply influenced by Dhrupad and Indian classical music.
Biography
Utsav Lal has performed several piano concerts with a repertoire of Indian ragas at venues including Carnegie Hall, New York, [1] John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC, [2] India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, [3] KonsertHuset, Sweden, [4] Southbank Centre, London [5] and others. Lal holds a Bachelors in Jazz from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow [6] and a Masters in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. [7] Lal won Ireland's MAMA Award (2008) for Multiculturalism in the individual category, [8] Yamaha Jazz Scholar award (2014), [9] TiE Aspire Young Indian Achiever Award (2012) [10] and was named a Young Steinway Artist (2010) by piano-makers, Steinway & Sons. [11]
Indian record label Times Music released his debut album Piano Moods of Indian Ragas in 2008. Subsequent album releases are "Ragas Dance off Piano Keys", "Ragas Al Pianoforte", "Ragas to Reels", [12] and a solo recording of ragas on the "Fluid Piano", released by the "Fluid Piano" tuning label (2016). [13] Lal released his sixth album, "Indian Classical Music on the Piano", featuring tabla player Nitin Mitta in November 2018. He has collaborated with several Irish musicians including Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, [14] Sam Comerford, [15] Dave Sheridan, [16] Winifred Horan, [17] and is recognised for his "Ragas to Reels" [18] [19] concert tours that bring together Indian classical music and Traditional Irish music in a piano and flute combination. He has also performed in collaboration with Indian musicians including sitar player, Hidayat Hussain Khan, [20] violinist, Sharat Chandra Srivastava, [21] percussionists, Talvin Singh, [22] Pt. Samir Chatterjee, [23] and flautist, Rakesh Chaurasia. [24]
Utsav Lal is currently on the teaching faculty of Piano School of NYC [25] and has conducted several performance workshops at venues including Global Music Institute, India [26] and "Breaking Boundaries" workshop series in India [27] and USA. [28]
See also
References
- ^ "Utsav Lal, Anurag Harsh to perform at Carnegie Hall". Business Standard. 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Utsav Lal". Kennedy-center.org.
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- ^ "Meditativ musik och dans med indiska underbarnet Utsav Lal". Mynewsdesk.com.
- ^ "Utsav Lal-Raga Pianist Performs..., Purcell Room,Southbank Centre,Belvedre Road,London,SE1 8XX - Music Event in London". AllinLondon.co.uk.
- ^ "Graduate of the Month: Utsav Lal". Rcs.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Utsav Lal, Contemporary Improvisation". Necmusic.edu.
- ^ "Metro Eireann". Oldweb.metroeireann.com.
- ^ "Young Scottish student wins prestigious scholarship". Thedinburghreporter.co.uk. 27 July 2014.
- ^ "Flipkart presents TiE-Aspire Young Achiever awards". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-22.
- ^ "Young Steinway Artists - Steinway & Sons". Steinway.com.
- ^ "♫ Ragas to Reels - Utsav Lal. Listen @cdbaby". Store.cdbaby.com.
- ^ "Home". The Fluid Piano.
- ^ "Martin Hayes @ Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill at IAC with Utsav Lal, piano..." Allevents.in.
- ^ "Utsav Lal and Sam Comerford - 'Ragas to Reels'". Radio National. 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Reviews". The Irish Times.
- ^ "MCMA - Thurs. 4/12: Little Sea Folk presents Winifred Horan Trio". Mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com.
- ^ "Utsav Lal and Sam Comerford: An Indo-Irish jugalbandi". The Economic Times. 3 April 2014.
- ^ Blain, Terry (10 November 2011). "Ragas and Reels". Culture Northern Ireland.
- ^ "Musical banter of maestros" (PDF). Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ Nair, Jyoti (18 August 2016). "An unusual synthesis". Thehindu.com.
- ^ "Symbiosis of Sound - in London". Time Out London.
- ^ "Sur Sangam: A Raga Evening with Piano and Tabla". Asia Society.
- ^ "Enchanting flute and piano duet - Rakesh Chaurasia, Utsav Lal, Vijay Ghate". YouTube.
- ^ "Utsav Lal". Pianoschoolofnyc.org.
- ^ "Performance Workshop by Utsav Lal". Insider.in.
- ^ "Free Piano Workshop - 'Breaking Boundaries' with Utsav Lal 'Raga Pianist'". Radioandmusic.com.
- ^ ""Breaking Boundaries with Ragas on Piano" by internationally acclaimed pianist, UTSAV LAL". Facebook.com.
External links
- Rodricks, Allan Moses (7 August 2015). "Utsav Lal: A brave new sonic world". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Meet Utsav Lal, India's youngest raga pianist". Rediff.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Late-Evening Ragas with Pianist Utsav Lal". Ionarts.blogspot.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "The keys to success". Deccan Herald. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Delhi to Dublin, ragas to reels". Hindustantimes.com/. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Ragas to Reels music concert: When Indian classical music meets traditional Irish music". Dnaindia.com. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Indian Classical Music is the most evolved form of musical expression: Utsav Lal". Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Soul-Stirring Indo-Irish Music in Goa -". Goastreets.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "A 'note' worthy talent". Deccan Herald. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- "Jazz scholar brings Indian music to Toledo". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 17 January 2019.