Hindustani Music Program Features Absolute Focus & Cellist Chris Votek

Cellist Chris Votek joins Absolute Focus, the husband-and-wife duo featuring santoor virtuoso Kamaljeet Ahluwalia and tabla master Jas Ahluwalia, for an evening of traditional Hindustani raga. The program offers a rare opportunity to hear this unique combination of instruments, tracing the classical raga arc from stillness to movement and introspection to celebration. The set follows a traditional trajectory: a meditative alap unfolding slowly into intricate, rhythmically charged interplay and exhilarating dialogue between the musicians. This concert is part of the Sierra Madre Playhouse Hindustani Music Series, which highlights Los Angeles-based artists devoted to the living tradition of Indian classical music.