Separation | Aditya Prakash Ensemble | Live at The Getty

This video showcases Aditya Prakash Ensemble performing a live rendition of "Separation" at The Getty Center in Los Angeles in March 2019. This was one of the first songs that Aditya Prakash composed and arranged for his first self-produced album, The Hidden, in 2012 - which was focused on tuning and arranging the ancient lyrics of various Indian Mystic poets with a contemporary aesthetic in mind.

In 2010, Aditya Prakash founded the Aditya Prakash Ensemble. The roots of the Ensemble’s unique collaboration began during the members’ Ethnomusicology studies at UCLA, where horizons to cross-cultural musical interaction expanded vastly. The young, imaginative group of musicians, who while bridging seemingly disparate styles of music, create a boldly innovative and powerful mix of the deep-rooted tradition of Indian classical ragas, chants and rhythms with the modern sounds of brass band arrangement, jazz harmony, and hip hop-infused rhythms. The Ensemble has created an outlet for the Indian classical and jazz aesthetic to shine forth in an accessible, modern, playful yet powerful and dynamic way.

“Aditya represents a new generation of musician. He has studied his traditional craft extensively but is not afraid to take that language and art form into uncharted territories”
-Karsh Kale

“Years ago a young talented kid called Aditya Prakash worked alongside me in my father's ensemble, and went on to tour the world with me as part of my Rise tour in 2005. Today he's a dear friend and a fully accomplished composer with his own Aditya Prakash Ensemble.”
-Anoushka Shankar

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Performed live by:
Aditya Prakash - Vocals
Mahesh Balasooriya - Piano
Brijesh Pandya - Drums
Owen Clapp - Bass
Jonah Levine - Trombone
Mic Holden - Percussion

Credits:
Arranged and composed by Aditya Prakash
Lyrics by Meera Bai (16th century)
Videography by Ricky Chavez and Alejandro Echavvaria
Video edited by Anthony Ragus
Mixed by Julian Le