Entertainment 24

W ORLD YOGA FESTIVA L

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ENTERTAINMENT

Acoustiquatic are a live fusion of ethnic instruments, blended together with the electro sounds of the keyboard to take you on a soundful and soulful journey. Immerse yourself!

Led by Omar Aziz, multi-Instrumentalistsound practitioner specialising in Gongs, Handpan, Flutes, Djembe and other world instruments. Omar has spent time with many great teachers along the way including Sheila Whittaker, Don Conreaux and Robert Horwell, to name just a few. Sanju Sahal (also known as Vishnu Sahal) will be joining Jesse Bannister, who is currently one of the finest and most sought after Tabla players of his generation. He belongs to the Benares Gharana (lineage) and being the 6th generation of Tabla players.

Being a child prodigy, and the son of the legendary Pandit Sharda Sahai Ji, he gave his first Tabla solo performance at a major festival in Benares at the tender age of 9. He gained his Bachelor of Music at the age of 13 and Master of Music at 18 years of age.

A phenomenal and outstanding Tabla player, he is well known for mesmerising and captivating his audience with his power, virtuosity and complete spontaneity. Robin Christian is an internationallyacclaimed music composer and flutists. with exceptional music talent.

A derived passion from India at the early age of 15 years where he began to play the North Indian bamboo flute with a strong influence and practice with the flute maestro pt. Ronu Majumdar.

Today he continues to share, enjoy and humbly contribute to the music world and plays in the North Indian tradition. He plays and directs almost every form of music, which ranges from folk, devotional, soul, classical in both eastern and western fields.