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Lisa Sangita Moskow

Composer / sarod player Lisa Sangita Moskow has gained international recognition for her innovative work with the sarod, a 25-stringed lute from North India. As of today Sangita would most likely describe herself as an East-West singer/songwriter. She would like her compositions and her overall music career to reflect global consciousness and delight that she gets from artistic expression. She has spent the last 28 years creating original compositions and unusual ensembles for this instrument, and has performed extensively throughout Europe, Mexico, and the US West Coast. Lisa has developed a new genre of sarod composition using non-traditional tunings and techniques. These pieces incorporate vocalizations and lyrics. They draw heavily from the scales, rhythms, and structures of North Indian classical music, but also from the musics of Indonesia, Japan, the Middle East, and Europe. She performs these pieces both as a soloist and with a variety of accompanying instruments including harp, cello, guitar, didgeridoo, and hand percussion.

Lisa has received more than 10 awards for musical composition from the ASCAP Foundation. She was also the recipient of a Subito grant from the American Composers Forum. Her collaboration with Robert Rich resulted in "Yeurning"CD which was voted as one of the top CDs for meditation and yoga in the 20th century by Yoga Journal. In addition, Sangrita has been a member of Mosaic, a San Francisco Bay Area composer group, since 1991. She makes regular appearances on radio and TV, and has worked in film, theater, dance, and multimedia productions.

Accompanying Lisa will be Paul Eastburn whose extraordinary talents are expressed in various genres and styles of music. He is one of the most in-demand musicians in the Bay Area. He has also distinguished himself as an educator in a number of schools.