Lisa Sangita Moskow will present songs from her original repertoire—songs about sacred places, legendary figures, paganism and more. She plays a one-of-a-kind electric sarod (a lute from India), developed to accommodate simultaneous instrument and voice.  She has expanded the technical vocabulary of the sarod into uncharted musical territory.

Sangita was trained in the North Indian classical tradition with sarod master Ali Akbar Khan and others.  Her work explores a broad range of styles and emotional expression.  She has traveled the world performing in East-West ensembles, most recently at the Planet Tree Festival at Pete Townshend’s studio in London.  She is now focusing on Trance Chanting classes in the Bay Area—leading chants from a variety of spiritual traditions and encouraging improvisation.  She plays HandSonic electronic percussion in the Axis Mundi trance dance band.  She has many CD releases of her instrumental music collaborations—the most well-known being “Yearning,” the collaboration with soundscape artist Robert Rich.

See photos from the concert.