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US Premiere of Nishat Khan’s 'The Gate of the Moon' Sitar Concerto No. 1

Feb. 08, 2018

US Premiere of Nishat Khan’s <em>'The Gate of the Moon' Sitar Concerto No. 1</em>

On February 11, the Seattle Symphony presents the US premiere of Nishat Khan’s ‘The Gate of the Moon’ Sitar Concerto No. 1 featuring the composer as soloist. This program marks the Symphony’s tenth annual “Celebrate Asia” concert highlighting music by noted Chinese and Indian composers.  Of this work, Khan says: 

"This concerto is a journey through my life experiences with melodies, musical lines, and phrases that have been especially meaningful to me. It is a commemoration of the treasures of western classical music that rings in my psyche and my soul; the work of masters I have heard while living, in various periods of my life, in Europe."




(Excerpt from ‘The Gate of the Moon’ Sitar Concerto No. 1/Nishat Khan/BBC National Orchestra of Wales)


Nishat Khan

‘The Gate of the Moon’ Sitar Concerto No. 1 (2012)
for sitar and orchestra

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