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India - Myanmar Tour 2007 |
Shwedagon pagoda at night, Yangon, Myanmar - the highest man-made structure on earth from 1000 till the Eifel Tower |
Kolkata Karriage - one of the more creative modes of transport in this vast city... |
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As many of you know I am an amateur photographer (emphasis on amateur) and I offer here some images of my trip to India in Jan. and Feb. of 2007.
My thanks to Tina and Hoger for conceiving and creating the opportunity to do this tour....we performed 11 concerts from Jan 18 - Feb 5 in wonderful venues for avid listeners. Special thanks to so many involved with the tour: Dietrich Andreas, German Ambassador to Myanmar and Christian Shriebe, German Consulate in Myanmar for their support and care. My thanks to the kind folks at the Congo Square Festival 2007 in Kolkata for inviting us to perform. Yves and Katie at the Savoy Hotel, Yangon for their service and attention to detail with one of our best duo concerts.. Oliver E Soe Thet - manager of the Bagan Hotel for our superb accommodations and beautiful concert venue. And lastly, thanks to violinist Holger Jetter, bassist Misko M'Ba & drummer Suresh Bascara for their inspiring performance.
Sri Aurobindo Auditorium, Auroville, Southern India - site of our last concert on the tour....
Fancy airport - Yangon
Traffic jam - no kidding!! Hyderabad, India
The other face of India....
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The band - billed as the Three Raags featuring Steve Rudolph included German violinist Holger Jetter - a long time resident of Aurovlle, India (16 years) who plays a 6 string electric violin; me - piano & keyboards; drummer Suresh Bascara - a native Indian who played drum set for us but is also a talented tabla player; bassist Mishko M'Ba - French citizen who now resides in Auroville who plays electric bass (fretted and fretless). Holger & I also played several concerts as a duo. (photo in Auroville by Maria Soares)
The piano tuner who saved the day on several occasions - he even made a Kimball sound good!!
Eric Truffaz @ Congo Square Fest - Kolkata
Kolkata woman
Kolkata billboard - things are changing....
In concert @ the Taj Conamera in Chennai, India - great night - great audience!!
Bagan, Myanmar....seat of Buddhist religion for many years - 2500 temples - incredible!!
Two motorcycle riders in Kolkata - |
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Ghandi memorial - Pondicherry - Pondicherry was hit by the recent tsunami & their ancient port was washed away along with many lives
Posterized photo of a young woman monk in Yangon
Matrimandir in Auroville - house of meditation
Indrani - amazing classical singer
Tappan Desai & Atul Rawat - two of the organizers of the Congo Square Festival & great fans of jazz!!
Snake charmer in Kolkata - man, this cat could blow!! |
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