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".... therefor; music is the art of all arts and the science of all sciences. Within it lies the meaning of life." sufi inayat khanBand/artist history
John began his study of the Sitar in 1970. He has made 15 trips to India to develop his skills, the last being in the Spring of 2001 when he studied under Thakur Dr Raj Bhan Singh for the seventh such occasion.
This years visit (2002) is partly funded by a bursary from South West Arts of Exeter UK
Audio, CDs and video tape of performance and broadcast are available on request.
John Perkins' performances have included:
November 1998: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of 'Marco Polo' a new symphony by Tan Dun and also subsequently at the London Barbican Hall.
October 1999: Queen Mary and Westfield College, Bethnal Green; Questors Theatre, Ealing, and Council for Music in Hospitals.
2000: Chuffchuff for Miss Moneypenny. Sariska Gallery Yatton, Bristol, Earth Spirit Festival Devon, Glastonbury Festival, Leighton House, London, Holland Park, Newton Abbot Festival and Princes Gardens Torquay - and Conservative Party Conference for the Commission for Racial Equality.
2001: Eden Project, Miss Moneypenny's opening night at Wild Court in Covent Garden, London, Borden Barracks (British Army).
APPEARANCES
on television for BBC1, BBC2, LWT, Children's Channel (cable),
Bayerische Rundfunk, (Munich)
and Devon Educational TV
in recording sessions for Mike Harding & Suns of ARQA
on local radio for BBC Cornwall, Devon, Milton Keynes, Leicester, Devon Air & Gemini Radio (Plymouth and Exeter)
BBC Radio 4 - 'Sitar Man' - tribute to Ravi Shankar - appearance
in concert at the Purcell Room and London School of Contemporary Dance as accompanist to Suriya Kumari and "India Performing Arts"; tour in South Africa for the Indian Academy of Durban; South West Arts tour; "Live Music Now!" tour in West Midlands schools and hospitals; and as a recitalist for the Council for Music in Hospitals
at festivals, regularly at Glastonbury since 1983, Elephant, Hood, Otmoor, Somerfield Folk, Campus since 1991, and the Asian Music Festival at Henley-on-Thames July 1999
in workshops and demonstrations at numerous schools and colleges
His accompanists on tabla have included: Lewis Riley, Keshev Sathe, Sanju Sahai, Markande Misra, Visvajit Pal, Mik Ripsher, Dave Voase, Jaleeb, Leon Farmer, Madan Lal, Shiv Shankar Misra, Kailash Nishad and Shiv SahaiHave you performed in front of an audience?yes - europe and india - its the best fun int the world bar one.
Your musical influences
Ravi Shankar, Imrat Khan, Oregon, George Harrison may he rest in peaceWhat equipment do you use?
Electric sitar, accoustic sitar, tabla, tanpura, northumberland pipes, fluteAnything else?
Indian music forms the basis for john perkins' work, but as a european an interest in other forms of aurally transmitted music continues. Celtic songs seem particularly open to arrangements using indian instruments. The realisation is that forms appearing disparate are actually using the same set of mathematical perfections and that human beings the world over respond similarly to them. The fascination is with cultural diversity.
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