Prom 17: Wednesday 27th July at 10.00 p.m. (World Routes Academy)

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Presented by Lucy Duran

For the 2011 World Routes Academy, acclaimed South Indian singer Aruna Sairam and her protégé, London born veena player Hari Sivanesan, present a concert of the classical music of South India. Having worked together as mentor and protégé both in India and the UK throughout 2011, Aruna Sairam and Hari Sivanesan bring a unique programme of music for the voice and the veena, drawing on centuries of musical tradition.

The World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young UK based world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. BBC Radio 3 appointed young London born veena player Hari Sivanesan as its 2011 World Routes Academy protégé and paired him up with mentor Aruna Sairam, who is based in Chennai, and is regarded as the leading South Indian female vocalist of her generation.

Set 1: Hari Sivanesan (veena)
Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion)

Set 2: Aruna Sairam (vocalist)

Set 3: Aruna Sairam (vocalist)
Hari Sivanesan (veena with percussion and mrindangam)

Aruna Sairam (vocals)
Hari Sivanesan (veena)
Pirashanna Thevarajah (percussion)
Patri Satish Kumar (mrindangam)
Bangalore RN Prakash (ghatam)
Jyotsna Srikanth (violin).

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Can any of our "world music" devotees/experts cast any words of wisdom in advance of this evening's late concert?

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As the one and only contributor to this thread, I'm finding this concert far more interesting than I anticipated. However, close miking of voices is never flattering.