If everything is energy, then vibration is our most raw of materials. This is the foundation of Amit Chaudhuri’s elucidations in the novelist and vocalist’s 2021 book, Finding the Raga. After sharing his quest to make sense of Hindustani classical music with the West and other parts of India, Amit Chaudhuri is bringing his research on the raga back to Calcutta.

Joined by Hiranmay Mitra on harmonium, Ashoke Mukherjee on the tabla, and Dabbu on the guitar, Amit Chaudhuri will guide the audience through the improvisatory process of the performed alap, showcasing the raga as a tool of resonance, rather than representation; as a creative framework become expressive form.

An extension of the preceding program, Mortar & Memory, this lecture performance examines the architecture of sound to investigate site specificity as the origin of all creative vibration.