blueFROGs take on Sharik Hasan
Sharik is coming back to blueFROG after a year to spread his magic. This time he will be collaborating with Sanjay Divecha and Adrian D`souza to present the Sharik Hasan Organ Trio. Do not miss this one for anything!
-Malini Hariharan, Programming
All about Sharik Hasan
Sharik Hasan is one of the leading pianists and composers of his generation to emerge from India. He spent several years studying jazz and classical music in France and the USA while working on Indian classical musical traditions. He started his tryst with the piano at the age of five and by sixteen, had completed the curriculum of the Royal School of Music, London. He then went to the United States to attend Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
In 2007, Hasan moved to Paris for two years to study at the Bill Evans Piano Academy where the young pianist integrated quickly into the jazz scene, playing in international festivals with his trio. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music where he was selected to be a part of a special honors program, the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, under the tutelage of Danilo Prez.
He has performed at venues all over the world including the Blue Note (New York), Panama Jazz Festival, Nancy Jazz Festival (France), and has shared the stage with luminaries such as John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Gilmore, George Garzone, Adam Nussbaum, Ralph Peterson, Eric Harland, Greg Hutchinson, and David Liebman among others. Sharik Hasan currently lives and works in New York City while pursing his masters degree at the Manhattan School of Music.
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