Mohamed Assani is a genre-defying sitarist and composer based in Vancouver, Canada. Mohamed is also a wonderful educator, based in Vancouver Canada, also teaching online, and I’m so grateful to him for being so gracious in agreeing to demonstrate on both #sitar and #tabla some basics of these instruments, and of stylistic elements in South Asian music, for this episode. In this conversation a couple of compositions from his album Wayfinder are featured. Wayfinder incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including South Asian Classical, Middle Eastern, jazz, funk, Western Classical, ambient & electronic music. The podcast is linked here: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/mohamed-assani
The YouTube video is here: https://youtu.be/2ecx_GuRalc?si=kD0oJc52J2Jh7ZB4
@MohamedAssani This is the final episode for Season 3, and Season 4 launches January 6th, so do check out episodes you may have missed from the first 3 seasons. https://www.leahroseman.com/about
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I am a violinist and podcaster. This interview series features a really interesting mix of musicians, talking about their lives and careers, with perspectives on overcoming challenges, and finding inspiration and connection through a life so enriched by music. It is available as a video, podcast, and I am publishing the transcripts to my blog, all linked.