--- url: 'https://kalasudha.com/fr-ca/event/reading-raga-resonance-slide-strum-on-the-mystic-frets' title: 'Reading Raga Resonance: Slide & Strum on The Mystic Frets, 12 Sep 2026' author: name: rajeevk url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-ca/user/4add8741a490747f' date: '2026-05-26T11:51:25+00:00' updated: '2026-10-18T23:32:03+00:00' type: events.event summary: 'Un voyage musical unique reliant les traditions ancestrales de la musique classique indienne à la liberté expressive de la guitare occidentale. 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Pandit Debasis Chakroborty (guitare slide indienne, Agra), Giuliano Moderalli (guitare, Royaume-Uni) et Sam Evans (tabla, Australie) au Great Hall de l’Université de Reading. ## Temps forts de l'événement 1 Trois continents, une scène 2 Une tradition qui a faonné la musique indienne moderne 3 Un guitariste formé à la source de la musique indienne 4 Le seul Australien docteur en tabla, formé par Zakir Hussain 5 D'abord le classique, ensuite la fusion 6 Retour à Reading à la demande du public ## Artistes sur scène - [ ](https://www.facebook.com/DebasisGuitar) [ ](https://www.instagram.com/debasis.chakroborty/) ### Debasis Chakroborty 21 Évènements [ Voir le profil ](/fr-ca/artist/debasis-chakroborty) - [ ](https://www.facebook.com/GiulianoModarelliMusic) [ ](https://www.instagram.com/giulianomodarelli) ### Giuliano Modarelli 6 Évènements [ Voir le profil ](/fr-ca/artist/giuliano-modarelli) - ### Sam Evans 4 Évènements [ Voir le profil ](/fr-ca/artist/sam-evans) ## Détails de l'événement Chers amateurs de musique de Reading, nous sommes ravis de présenter « Slide & Strum on The Mystic Frets » dans le cadre du Kala Festival 2026 au **The Great Hall** de l’**Université de Reading**. Un voyage musical unique qui relie merveilleusement les traditions ancestrales de la musique classique indienne à la liberté expressive de la guitare occidentale. Cette soirée exceptionnelle réunit trois artistes de talent issus de mondes musicaux différents : le maître de la **guitare slide indienne**, **Pandit Debasis Chakroborty**, venu d’Agra, en Inde ; le **guitariste** **Giuliano Moderalli**, du Royaume-Uni ; et **Sam Evans** à la tabla, venu d’**Australie**. Dans ce concert, la voix méditative et émouvante de la guitare slide indienne dialoguera avec les riches harmonies de la guitare occidentale, élégamment soutenue par la brillance rythmique de la tabla. La performance promet un profond échange musical qui honore à la fois la tradition et l’innovation. #### Fondements classiques La première session explorera l’essence pure de la musique classique indienne : une composition émouvante basée sur un raga, avec Alap et Jod (20 minutes), suivie de deux courtes compositions de 15 minutes chacune, dans les cycles Rupak (7 temps) et Jhaptal (10 temps). Ce segment met en lumière la beauté lyrique et la profondeur d’improvisation des ragas à travers le timbre unique du duo de guitares. #### Horizons fusion Après l’entracte, la deuxième session ouvre les portes à l’exploration créative avec trois pièces improvisées de 10 minutes chacune, où éléments musicaux indiens et occidentaux, rythmes et textures se mélangent à la perfection. Cette partie du concert célèbre la joie de la découverte musicale, où les guitares tissent mélodie, harmonie et rythme de façon spontanée et captivante, accompagnées de la tabla et de la profonde résonance du shabd. Afficher plus ## Venue information ### The Great Hall, Reading The Great Hall, University of Reading, London Road Campus, Reading, RG15AQ [ Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.450541409903%2C-0.96187854905336) [ Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/directions?destination=51.450541409903%2C-0.96187854905336) Parking Parking at The Great Hall (University of Reading, London Road Campus) is available in the White Gates Car Park (Postcode: RG1 5AG). The campus offers some spaces on a strictly first-come, first-served basis, and finding a spot can be difficult during peak hours. Accessibilité The Great Hall is **accessible**. However, wheelchair spaces must be booked in advance. Image non disponible [ Open larger map ](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.450541409903&mlon=-0.96187854905336#map=16/51.450541409903/-0.96187854905336) ## Questions fréquentes What does the Western guitar add at Slide & Strum on The Mystic Frets in Reading? The [guitar](/fr-ca/instrument/guitar) adds **harmony** to a raga. At **Slide & Strum on The Mystic Frets**, The Great Hall, Reading, 12 September 2026, **Giuliano Modarelli** plays Western guitar with Pandit Debasis Chakroborty on [Indian slide guitar](/fr-ca/faq/instruments-artforms/what-is-an-indian-slide-guitar) and Dr Sam Evans on tabla. Indian classical music sets melody over a **drone**, with no chord movement underneath. Modarelli builds chords behind the raga line, so you hear the same melody against changing harmony. Modarelli studied Hindustani classical music under sitarist Dharambir Singh and the sarod players Buddhadev Dasgupta and Prattyush Banerjee, and plays it on guitar. His harmony comes forward in [the fusion half](/fr-ca/event/reading-raga-resonance-slide-strum-on-the-mystic-frets/faq/at-the-concert/what-is-the): three improvised pieces where slide guitar and guitar trade melody, harmony and rhythm over tabla. There are two Reading concerts on 12 September. What is the difference? Two separate concerts at The Great Hall, Reading, on 12 September, each with its own ticket. [Bow, Beat, and Breath](/fr-ca/event/reading-raga-resonance-bow-beat-and-breath) starts at 12pm: sarangi and tabla, the two players swapping lead and accompanist at the interval. [Slide & Strum on The Mystic Frets](/fr-ca/event/reading-raga-resonance-slide-strum-on-the-mystic-frets) starts at 6pm, with Indian slide guitar, Western guitar and tabla playing a classical raga half, then a fusion half after the interval. The afternoon concert ends around 2.30pm and evening doors open at 5.30pm, so you can attend both. The [Full Day ticket](/fr-ca/faq/tickets-booking/is-there-a-ticket-for-both-reading-concerts) covers the pair. Where do I park at The Great Hall, Reading? Park at the **White Gates Car Park** on the University of Reading's **London Road Campus**. Set your sat nav to **RG1 5AG**, the car park's postcode, and drive in from Crown Place, off the London Road (A4). The campus has up to 200 spaces for Great Hall events. Spaces go first come, first served, and they get tight at busy times. Evening and weekend events need no parking permit. Coming by train or bus? See [how to get to The Great Hall](/fr-ca/faq/access-travel/how-do-i-get-to-the-great-hall-reading). Is The Great Hall in Reading accessible? Yes, The Great Hall in Reading is accessible. You need to book a wheelchair space ahead of the concert. Write to once you have your ticket, and we will arrange it with the venue. Where can I hear live Indian classical music in Reading, and how do I find out about the next KalaSudha concert there? KalaSudha presents Indian classical music in Reading and lists each concert on its [Reading page](/fr-ca/place/reading), with a link to book. To hear when the next Reading date is set, press **Register for updates** there or join the KalaSudha newsletter. KalaSudha has presented concerts at [The Great Hall](/fr-ca/venue/the-great-hall-reading) on the London Road Campus, the University of Reading's original home, as part of the [Kala Festival](/fr-ca/festival/kala-festival). Who is the Indian slide guitarist Pandit Debasis Chakroborty, the senior-most disciple of Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra? [**Pandit Debasis Chakroborty**](/fr-ca/artist/debasis-chakroborty) is a Hindustani slide guitarist and the senior-most disciple of [Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra](/fr-ca/legendary-masters/brij-bhushan-kabra), and his playing reflects Kabra's style. His name is also written Debasis Chakraborty. He plays in the [Senia-Maihar gharana](/fr-ca/gharana/senia-maihar-gharana) and has taught since 1992. He has been part of the Department of Performing Arts at Mangalayatan University since its inception, and returns to universities in Australia and the USA as a conductor-performer and artist-in-residence. He helped carry out a joint music research project between Mangalayatan University and Monash University, and has published 10 research papers. Who is the guitarist Giuliano Modarelli, and how did he come to Indian music? [**Giuliano Modarelli**](/fr-ca/artist/giuliano-modarelli) is a London-based Italian [guitarist](/fr-ca/instrument/guitar) and composer who blends Indian classical music, jazz and contemporary world music. Born in Milan in 1977, he moved to England in 2000 and took a bachelor's degree in jazz at Leeds College of Music in 2003. He studied Indian music with the sitar player Dharambir Singh and the sarod players Buddhadev Dasgupta and Prattyush Bannerjee. He founded the collective Samay and the ensemble Kefaya, and he has worked with [Ustad Shahbaz Hussain](/fr-ca/artist/shahbaz-hussain) and Pandit Ajay Prasanna. What is an Indian slide guitar, how is it played, and where can I learn it? The **Indian slide guitar** is a guitar laid flat across the lap and stopped with a steel bar instead of fingers on frets. It is an instrument of **Hindustani classical music**, the classical music of North India. Sympathetic strings ring underneath the melody unstruck, and the player plucks extra drone (chikari) strings. The bar never leaves the string, so one note travels into the next without a break. For its history and players, see the [Indian slide guitar](/fr-ca/instrument/indian-slide-guitar) page. You can learn it with KalaSudha in the [online academy](/fr-ca/courses). What is the Senia-Maihar gharana, who founded it, and which KalaSudha artist plays in it? The [**Senia-Maihar gharana**](/fr-ca/gharana/senia-maihar-gharana) is the [sarod](/fr-ca/instrumental/hindustani-classical/sarod) lineage that Allauddin Khan founded at Maihar, a former princely state, in the early 20th century. Most sources treat it and the Maihar gharana as one school spanning several instruments. "Senia" names the Tansen line, which Allauddin Khan joined as a disciple of Wazir Khan of Rampur. He brought a **dhrupad** approach to the sarod, sitar, violin and bansuri. Among KalaSudha's artists, [Pandit Debasis Chakroborty](/fr-ca/artist/debasis-chakroborty) plays in the gharana. Have more questions? Contact our support team and we'll be happy to help!