NURYANA

Music from India and Afghanistan

Paul Grant : santour, sitar
Laurent Aubert : rubab
Sébastien Lacroix : esraj, sitar
Santosh Kurbet : tabla

Based in Geneva, the Nuryana ensemble focuses on the music of North India and Afghanistan, with a few excursions into the neighbouring traditions of Iran and central Asia. Its repertoire constitutes classical Indian ragas, popular melodies from Afghanistan and the different regions of India as well as several of Paul Grant’s original compositions.