![]() In the last two years, he has been invited to give solo recitals at events including the Learnquest Music Festival in Boston, the Cleveland Music Festival, and the Toronto Music Festival. Purnaprajna is a representative of his school, and plays the style of music known as the Parur style, characterized by high technical virtuosity and musicianship. He had rigorous training under the well-known South Indian violinist and teacher of great repute, HKN Murthy, student of the legendary Indian musician M. ![]() Purnaprajna comes from a important school of violin players in India. ![]() That belief makes this music urgently emotional as it pulls the listener straight into the eye of the storm." - Composer Jan Radzynski It is that essentially American meeting of cultural crossroads that reflects Bangere's deeply held belief in the brotherhood of humanity. He uses geometry to do this, which is his other passion. His vision includes integrating musical elements not only from his native India, but increasingly from his adopted country, the United States. Although he was born and schooled in Mysore, India, he settled in the United States only in 1991 and continued his musical activities as a violin virtuoso and a musical visionary. "Just like Conlon Nancarrow, the quintessential American original who lived most of his life in Mexico City, Purna Bangere escapes definition. Purna Lokha Quartet features violinists Purnaprajna Bangere (University of Kansas) and David Balakrishnan (Turtle Island String Quartet) with Amit Kavthekar on tabla and Jeff Harshbarger on bass. In this talk, accompanied by musical interludes, Purnaprajna shows how modern algebraic geometry - especially Grothendieck's relative schemes and deformation theory - sheds light on the connection between different genres of music. Inspired by this connection, mathematician Purnaprajna Bangere and Grammy Award-winning composer David Balakrishnan of Turtle Island String Quartet have worked together on a meta geometric framework for music that integrates elements of Indian and western classical music with jazz and the blues. It has long been known that there is a deep connection between mathematics and music. A Meta Mathematical Framework for Integrating Indian Classical Music with Western Music Featuring Purna Lokha Quartet Friday, from 1:30-3:00 PM MSRI, Simons Auditorium
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