Lunchtime Concert at Symphony Hall with Germa Adan & Harjinder Singh

Lunchtime Concerts Autumn Series

After a break over the Summer, we're back this Autumn for the next instalment of our Lunchtime Concert series. Stay tuned for updates on artists performing over the next few months. September and October see the return of some amazing artists and new collaborations, with music from Greece and across Europe, Haiti and India.

Thursday October 22nd 1-2pm
Lunchtime Concerts at Symphony Hall
With Germa Adan & Harjinder Singh

Germa Adan
Germa Adan is a Haitian-born composer, vocalist and string musician whose work draws on Haitian, American and British folk traditions alongside wider global folk influences and collaborations, the rich sonic languages of the Afro-diaspora and the improvisational spirit of jazz.

Her transatlantic journey and evolving collaborative practice inform a sound that is both rooted and exploratory, moving across cultural and musical traditions while remaining grounded in voice, memory and lived experience. Through layered vocal and string textures, Germa’s work explores the ways sound can carry personal and collective histories across places and generations.

Her album Borderlines & Bloodlines was named one of Folk Alley’s Best Trad Albums of 2023 and described by Songlines as ‘unlike anything else out there'

Harjinder Singh
Harjinder is a UK-based sarangi player trained in the Moradabad/Senia tradition of North Indian classical music. He began his sarangi training in 2003 under Kamal Sabri, son of the renowned sarangi maestro Ustad Sabri Khan, who he later became a disciple of. His musical development continued through the traditional guru–shishya parampara. In 2009, Harjinder undertook an intensive period of study at Ustad Sabri Khan’s residence in Delhi, spending many hours immersed in the technique and traditions of the sarangi and the wider heritage of Hindustani classical music.

Harjinder has performed as both a soloist and accompanist in the UK, India and Europe. His classical work has included a series of performances and collaborations within the Hindustani classical tradition, while his wider practice has brought the sarangi into dialogue with artists working across different musical and cultural traditions.

These events are made possible through our partnership with B:Music and their continued support.

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