projects

UNFRETTED

Violinist Sruti Sarathy and chitravina (South Indian fretless lute) exponent Vishaal Sapuram bring you a profound Carnatic string experience. Bow meets slide, antiquity meets modernity, and the two fretless instruments of the Carnatic tradition voice a colorful story of South Indian strings.

CARNATIC CROSSINGS

Coming soon!

SONGS OF MANY LIVES

South Asian American musicians, Sruti Sarathy (violin) and Roopa Mahadevan (vocal), compose new Carnatic songs about South Asian diasporic life and history in the Bay Area. A partnership with the Berkeley-based Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, this project is a model for a community-generated approach to traditional music making. Songs of Many Lives features compositions about resilience in the face of oppression, radical love, and cross-cultural art in the Bay Area, and is supported by the Creative Work Fund.