a benefit concert for Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
presented by Centrum and the Seattle Tabla Institute

featuring
Alam Khan, sarod
Ravi Albright, tabla

Saturday, October 19, 2024   7:30 p.m.
Wheeler Theater  |  Fort Worden State Park  |  Port Townsend

Tickets: $25 general admission (on sale soon)

Son of the legendary Sarod Maestro, Swara Samrat Ali Akbar Khan, Alam Khan’s careful crafting shows in his interpretation of each note of the ancient ragas passed down from the courts of the 16th century. He has collaborated and performed with a wide array of artists from different genres such as the GRAMMY-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band, Karsh Kale, Beats Antique, Eligh, The San Francisco Symphony, Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, and Amp Live.  He is also a founding member of the genre bending group “Grand Tapestry” and the primary composer of “The Resonance Between.”

Born in Seattle, Ravi Albright has been a student of North Indian classical tabla drumming in both India and the U.S. since his youth. He performs regularly in the Seattle area for classical Hindustani, Western classical, and fusion ensembles. Ravi has studied accompaniment from and performed with many accomplished musicians such as Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ut. Shahid Parvez Khan, Pt. Tejendra Majumdar, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Pt. Sugato Nag, Pt. Kushal Das, G.S. Sachdev, Deepak Ram, and many others.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.