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KIRTAN (Joyful Chanting)

£20.00

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Event

Period:

May 17, 2024 - May 17, 2024

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Duration:

May 17, 2024

Days of week:

Fri

Time:

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Location:

Satyam Yoga & Wellbeing Centre (Chesterton)

Staff:

Satyam

Description

Join us for an evening of joyful chanting with Krishnadhyanam. Kirtan is an Indian tradition of chanting, singing or storytelling, using instruments such as harmonium, drums and bells, and the voice, often in the style of call and response. Songs are dedicated to divine essences, gods and goddesses as an act of devotion or 'bhakti'. By singing, humming, clapping our hands - and maybe even dancing - we raise out vibration and elevate our hearts. All welcome! Payment by donation.

Who is Krishnadhyanam?

Kd (Richard) grew up believing that he couldn’t sing. He has spent the rest of his life exploring this ‘thing’ called a voice. He became more interested listening to the monks chanting whilst living in a Buddhist forest monastery in Thailand in the 1970’s.

In the 1980’s he was very influenced by his work with the Roy Hart Theatre and the belief of Alfred Wolfsson that ‘the voice is the muscle of the soul’.

In the 90’s he opened Voice Space, his studio in Islington, and as voice coach of the London Gay Men’s Chorus, he was happy to sing on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall as backing singer to Elton John and at the London Palladium with the Pet Shop Boys.

In the noughties of this century he trained as a yoga teacher at the Satyananda Yoga Centre, London and began to develop his interest in Indian music. In 2012 he began to learn dhrupad* singing with Pandit Uday Bhawalkar and subsequently spent seven years learning with Gundecha Brothers at their gurukul in Bhopal, India.

In the twenties he continues his journey of exploration. Voice and singing remain central in his life.

*dhrupad is the oldest form of Indian classical singing - it developed from the chanting of the Sama Veda.”

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Payment by donation £5, £10, £20

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