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Concert: Music As Medicine — A Journey In Time

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Music As Medicine: A Journey In Time – Modern Cosmology meets Indian Classical Music for an Exploration of Time

Music As Medicine presents a unique event bringing together modern cosmology and Indian classical music to explore concepts of time.

Our guides on this journey will include world renowned musicians of the Hindustani tradition and an international astrophysics researcher.

A Solo performance on Tabla by Ustad Babar Latif Khan from Delhi, accompanied by Ustad Surjeet Singh on the Sarangi, will be followed by a Raag on Sitar by Jonathan Mayer. The finale will be an improvisation between the musicians.

Dr Boris Bolliet, a young researcher in astrophysics at the University of Manchester will present a short talk on the concept of time in physics, philosophy and music.

Inbetween live performances, DJ Judas Duerden will mix an eclectic set of music blending traditional sounds from across the globe with contemporary electronica.

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