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David Philipson - bansuri, Leonice Shinneman - tabla
Los Angeles, 2007

Philipson performing with gurubai Vijay Kangutkar at the Pannalal Ghosh Sangeet Sammelan in Sangli, Maharastra, India, 1985.

More Reviews of the music for 'Naga Mandala' at the Guthrie Theater [1993]

"The production is enhanced by live musicians David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman."

"Musicians David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman use Indian instruments with delicate effectiveness."

"Garland Wright is very ably assisted by the musicians, David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman, who give this [ production's ] economy its force and the movements their grace."

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"Flute Links Arabic, Persian, Hindu Traditions" "Thus could the Ali Jihad Racy Ensemble's joyful, lyrical, rhythmically percolating set of medleys of Arabic music at the beginning of the evening form an arch nearly four hours later with David Philipson's peaceful, soulful North Indian improvisations on a bansuri (a bamboo alto flute) over a tanpura drone at the end" Richard S. Ginell, The Los Angeles Times "On bansuri (the north Indian flute) is David Philipson, the West's foremost exponent of this ancient instrument. Philipson brings the clear call of nature into the din with elegantly bent excursions on his bansuri." Greg Burk - LA Weekly "David Philipson gave ample evidence by his prowess that the bansuri as an instrument is not foreign to his musical intuition or alien to the western culture." Sumit Savur The Blitz Daily, Bombay , India "The warm timbre of Philipson's traditional flute is especially enticing." Fachblatt Musik Magazine - Cologne, Germany "David Philipson from the U.S. was on the bansuri. The efforts to understand and put across the spirit of Indian classical music was evident in his playing." The Indian Express, Bombay, India "David Philipson, a foreigner, played a good supportive role on the bansuri." The Sunday Observer, Bombay, India "The bansuri, an instrument invented for the ragas of North Indian classical music, has a haunting, affecting quality, and Philipson stretches the boundaries of that folk instrument on his improvisations." JAZZIZ Magazine Reviews of the music for 'Naga Mandala' at the Guthrie Theater [1993] "The sound effects and live Indian music provided by David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman is sometimes haunting, sometimes jubilant, and sometimes very funny, as the mood dictates." Tad Simons, Twin Cities Reader				David Philipson - bansuri, Leonice Shinneman - tabla Los Angeles, 2007 Philipson performing with gurubai Vijay Kangutkar at the Pannalal Ghosh Sangeet Sammelan in Sangli, Maharastra, India, 1985. More Reviews of the music for 'Naga Mandala' at the Guthrie Theater [1993] "The production is enhanced by live musicians David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman." Connie Chivers, Insight News "Musicians David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman use Indian instruments with delicate effectiveness." Jayne Blanchard, St. Paul Pioneer Express "Garland Wright is very ably assisted by the musicians, David Philipson and Leonice Shinneman, who give this [ production's ] economy its force and the movements their grace." Amitava Kumar, The Minnesota Daily