Hello Friends, I have recently returned from an amazing perforomance tour of India. After playing sitar for 21 years this was my first oppurtunity to perform in India and was a great privledge to play with tabla virtuosos from Calcutta Abhijit Banerjee, Gourishankar & Shashanka Bakshi in & concerts around Calcutta & the state of West Bengal. I am regularly posting info & updates on my new music blog.
We are now initiating the Sangeet Spring House Concerts Series with programs around Los Angeles classical Indian music and world music collabirations.
My first Indian classical
cd, 'Vinaya', featuring 3 evening ragas and a live dvd of sitar & violin jugalbandi (duet) from a recent concert with Jagan Ramamoorthy on violin & Abhjit on tabla are now available.
This spring I performed my first concerts on my 18 string double neck RAGAPHONE (fretless & fretted guitar) this month modified by luthier wizard Jay Scott Hackleman.
By the end of the year I should have my sitar workbook completed, SITAR TALIM! There is an updated bio page here with music from Salaam Suite cd. Enjoy the new video below from Mexico City concert this past summer! We are planning the Mexico workshops to be an annual event. God bless you & peace in ~ Paul Z
Upcoming Performances...
SUNDAY, March 30th, 10am House concert of Indian classical music
Morning Ragas with... Paul Livingstone ~ sitar & Chris 'Khal' Moore' ~ tabla
tea & pan dulce (sweet bread) will be served at 9:40am
7811 Westlawn Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90045 email for more info: zpaulz@gmail.com
$10-15 suggested donation
Sitar Classes Saturdays all day & Tuesday & Thursday evening email or call for location : zpaulz@gmail.com
& more info: (818) 754 8660
Free Guitar Classes *all ages & levels
Every
Wednesday, 5-6pm Hathaway Family Resource Center
840 Ave 66, Highland Park
Viva las Artes de la India Mexico 2008 Intensive Indian & Creative Music Workshops July 11th - 20th, Cuernavaca, Morelos more info & schedule
We are planning this workshop after a highly successful workshop
this summer 07, with 18 students. Join us in July 2008!
The workshops will take place over 2 weekends & will include: sitar, tabla, sarod, rhythm workshop, Indian music (tala & ragas) on western instruments, basic vocal, theory/appreciation
and Raga Jazz ensemble!
There will be several concerts by the instructos and a culminating student performance as well. We are planning weekend site visits to the local pyramids and picturesque colonial pueblo Taxco.
Artists/Instructors: Abhijit Banerjee ~ tabla & rhythm
Abhijit is one of the top concert artists & teachers from India, who has played with many of the legends of classical Indian music such as Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee & Amjad Ali Khan as well tabla solo & crossover music. For more info: www.abhijitbanerjee.com
Paul Livingstone ~ sitar, guitar & raga jazz
Paul is an international touring sitarist, composer & instructor who learned from the living legend Pt. Ravi Shankar & Rajeev Taranath among others. Paul also plays fretless guitars in his own brand of ragajazz & creative world music. For more info: www.tanpura.com
Check out our spring 2006 performance from REDCAT Theater downtown!
new CD & DVD releases!
'Indonesia
Postmodern' is a collection of film music on which I performed sitar & requinto with gamelan instruments, with funds going
towards rebuilding the ISI Arts Institute that was destroyed by the recent
earthquake in Java.
Sitar Talim is a high quality sitar instructional book with practice cd. Talim is the passing
of knowledge & I believe this book will become an invaluable resource for students of sitar.
To order contact us at zpaulz@gmail.com
Pages from upcoming sitar instruction book
Peace & Music Shirts, Cards & Postage!
Salaam Suite
4 songs from my new cd &
info on My Space
I composed & performed the Indian music
for this new Albert Brooks film released on Jan 20th. Azam
Ali (voice), Pedro (bansuri), Jagan (violin), Abhijit (tabla),
Hom Nath (tabla & tarang), Peter (cello) worked with
us on the music with composer Michael Giacchino 'The Incredibles'.
A hilarious story of what happens when the U.S. Government
sends comedian Albert Brooks to India and Pakistan to find
out what makes the over 300 million Muslims in the region
laugh. It's a funny flick that wouldn't get released by Sony
because of fears of the word Muslim in the title. The website
for the film www.lookingforcomedy.com
Salaam Suite
cd
My new cd called 'Salaam Suite' is now available. a collection
of songs & instrumentals calling for unity, awareness,
peace & justice is now available. Members of Ozomatli,
Quetzal & Kan Zaman Ensemble are featured on the new
recording. www.myspace.com/salaamsuite
To order the full length Salaam Suite cd
from CD Baby for only $12.97 please click
here
Ozomatli 'Street
Signs' wins Grammy
Ozo won their 2nd grammy award on Street Signs.
I played sitar on the track 'Believe'. Look for their
newest cd to be released soon!
LA Music Week
Award
On Dec 15th I received an award from LA Music Week’
and certificate of appreciation from the City of Los Angeles
from District #1 Councilman Ed Reyes.
The award & certificate are “In appreciation
of your pioneering music in our community and dedicating
your life in teaching the rich multicultural heritage of
music to our youth, therefore making our city a better place
in which to live.”
Jugalbandi Concerts
I have been playing several sitar & violin jugalbandi
concerts
with A Grade All India Radio artist Jaganathan Ramamoorthy.
Indonesia & APPEX
Paul spent the summer of '04 on an APPEX Fellowship in
Bali and also visited Jogyakarta in Central Java to celebrate
the 100th birthday master musician & teacher of Pak
Chokro. APPEX was a wonderful collaborative creative experience
with an amazing group of puppeteers, dancers and musicians
from India, Philippines, Malaysia, Java, Bali & US.
Foundation for Self Suffiency in Central America
I took my daughter Isabela
to El Salvador for the Zone of Peace Tour. Check out
thsi great organiztion 'Center for Self Sufficiency in Central America' www.fssca.net & their Meso-American Peace Project.
Prayer for the New Year
Dear Creator Lord,
May we find in man today those who proclaim you bravely
in love…
not in fear & hate.
May we build up those who stand firm in the truth…
not deceiving with double talk.
May we teach unity of humankind…
not blinding ourselves with divisive nationalism.
May we stand for justice… and lift our voices against
oppression & inequality.
May we work daily for peace… opposing the machineries
of war.
In the face of all calamities and injustice…
May we trust that you will reveal in us a great light and
your Spirit of unconquerable love.
Paul Z.
You are listening to:
Raga Ragashee (video below)
live concert from Mexico City
Performing in Serampur,
West Bengal, India
Abhijit
Banerjee & Paul performance in Bali photo by Jorge Vismara
Vinaya cd released Paul performs on sitar
Raga Puriya Dhanashree,
Raga Kedar & Raga Durga
accompanied by Vinayak Netke
from Mumbai
on tabla
Paul & John Bergamo in beautiful Piru 