Raj Rangayyan learnt the Hindustani style of the Classical Music of India on the bamboo flute bansuri from Guruji Sri K. Pundalika Shenoy and on the sitar from Guruji Sri N. R. Rama Rao in Bengaluru, India. He has given many performances in India, Canada, and Brazil. In Calgary, he has performed for the Raga Mala Music Society, Hindu Society, Glenbow Museum, Arts Commons, and several other organizations. He wishes to present and promote the Classical Music of India in its pure, serene, soothing, and natural acoustic character to facilitate yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and contemplation.
Raj has provided several lecture-demonstrations on Hindustani classical music in courses on Asian Studies, World Music, and Ethnomusicology at the University of Calgary. He has rendered many performances for the College of the Rockies, Cranbrook; Yasodhara Ashram, Kootenay Bay; and other organizations in British Columbia. He taught music for over 10 years at the School of Indian Languages and Performing Arts, Calgary. He has provided interviews and live performances for Sarb Akal, CBC, CJSW, RED FM, and Global TV and radio. He has been performing and teaching classical music on the bansuri and sitar in Canada for over 40 years.
With Utpal Mazumdar on the tabla and pakhawaj, Raj has produced seven CDs on various themes with exquisite selections of ragas on the bansuri; the 50 compositions from his CDs are available through iTunes, Google, Spotify, Amazon, and other digital music distributors. His music has been licensed to prestigious museums as well as yoga and meditation schools. He has collaborated with several musicians of different genres, including innovative combinations of many varieties of instruments and styles of music.
PS: Raj is a Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Calgary; see https://rangayyan.ca
Relax with ragas – mystical musical structures – that resonate with your environment and state of being.
Experience how classical music can help you be mindful and improve your emotional balance.
Let Raj's music on the bansuri bamboo flute take you to a soothing space that facilitates introspection, contemplation, relaxation, and meditation.
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