Join musician Cassius Khan and a variety of highly accomplished musicians and tea specialists as they immerse you in the cultures of the world, bringing you connection to generations past through songs and experiences that have endured for thousands of years.<\/p>\n
On February 25, join Cassius and renowned Bosnian musician Zelko Krakan for an illuminating afternoon of music and refreshments. This event is free and welcome to all.<\/p>\n
About Cassius Khan<\/strong> About Zelko Krakan<\/strong> Since coming to Vancouver in the early 1990s, he has performed extensively throughout Canada and United States. He is a founder of \u201cTrio Allegra\u201d with whom he released two CDs \u201cEast West Journey\u201d and \u201cBecause We Like It\u201d. He has performed music on four continents either as a soloist or part of the band.<\/p>\n He is teaching violin in his Studio Felix and in Shadbolt Centre for the Art in Burnaby<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":3153,"template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","event_date":1708873200},"carousel":[],"event-tags":[106],"event-categories":[22],"class_list":["post-3152","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-tags-global-tea-series","event-categories-performances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"carousel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/carousel?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"event-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eighthandeight.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCanada\u2019s most recognizable Indian Classical musician, the globally renowned Cassius Khan is a performer of combining the Classical styles of Ghazal\/Thumri singing and the Tabla, the North Indian pair of drums and presents both, simultaneously. He is the senior disciples of the late Malika e Tarannum Mushtari Begum (Dec 25th 1934-March 14th 2004) and Tabla maestro Ustad Rukhsar Ali, who belongs to the Delhi Gharana of Tabla playing. Combining Indian Classical singing with Tabla, for a single artist, is a first in Indian classical music. Many noted Indian Classical Music gurus have proclaimed that singing and playing Tabla in unison is a difficult feat to master as Tabla playing requires skill and strength, as well as an absolute concentration on the kaleidoscopic rhythm patterns of the repertoire, and singing requires absolute skill in the execution of notes and vibrations of the voice and excellent breathing control. Khan\u2019s trademark is performing the extremely rare and difficult \u201cTarannum Ang Gayaki style\u201d in which the lyrics share a different metre from the rhythm but they join at the Sum point in a certain phrase.<\/p>\n
\nViolinist, Composer and Arranger Zelko Krakan hails from Sarajevo, Bosnia. After graduating from the Conservatory of Music, he became a member of \u201cSarajevo Symphony Orchestra\u201d. At the same time, he played in the \u201cSagrestano Chamber String Orchestra\u201d with whom he toured throughout Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n