Simon Thacker's unique nine piece East/West group The Nava Rasa Ensemble explores and develops the meeting of Asian and Western cultures with some of the UK's finest Indian and Western musicians. More info: http://www.simonthacker.com
A recent acclaimed UK tour saw them premiere groundbreaking new works by Indian composer Shirish Korde and the UK's Nigel Osborne, which will be released on CD later in 2010. Hear previews at http://www.myspace.com/navarasaensemble
The ensemble consists of: Simon Thacker: classical guitar Jyotsna Srikanth: Carnatic (South Indian) violin Sarvar Sabri: tabla The Edinburgh Quartet: string quartet Mario Lima Caribé da Rocha: double bass Iain Sandilands: percussion
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