Shawn Mativetsky - Tabla & Percussion - Montreal, Quebec, Canada


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Works for Tabla

Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
with the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble, dir. Payton MacDonald

Works for Tabla is a recording that combines ancient drumming traditions with a contemporary composer’s perspective. The seeds for this project were planted many years ago in Idaho, when as a teenager, composer Payton MacDonald first heard recordings of classical Hindustani music performed on tabla drums in his local public library. Since that time, he has immersed himself in studying this music and developing an impressive career as a composer and performer.

MacDonald composed all of the works on this recording, which incorporate the improvisatory versatility and virtuosity characteristic of classical tabla music. His three concertos for Tabla and Percussion Quartet were composed between 2002 and 2004, and his solo Alap, Jor, Jhala was composed between 2003 and 2005. They are performed by Canadian Shawn Mativetsky, who met MacDonald when they were studying tabla with the guru Pandit Sharda Sahai. Together they are seeking to develop a new kind of classical music that will stand the test of time and engage many generations of listeners.

Press reviews:

"Mativetsky really shines on this recording as he navigates his way through the vast repertoire of Indian rhythmic melodic phrases and time cycles. The solo pieces highlight his mastery of the numerous strokes, sounds and melodic facets of the tabla." Terry O'Mahoney, Percussive Notes

"Mativetsky and the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble play with easy grace and throbbing vitality. The CD should be of strong interest to fans of percussion, and of creative syntheses of Western and world musics that compromise the integrity of neither." 4.5 stars out of 5 - Stephen Eddins, allmusic.com

"...he brings a virtuosic command of his instrument to the material..." - textura.org

"The results are fascinating." - Richard Todd, Ottawa Citizen

"The work of tabla player Shawn Mativetsky and the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble is often trance-inducing." 3.5 stars out of 4 - John Terauds, Toronto Star

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The Attar Project - The Road Ahead...

Parmela Attariwala, violin
Shawn Mativetsky, tabla

The Attar Project presents a CD of new works for violin and tabla.

Oracle (for violin and hand drums - adapted for tabla by Shawn Mativetsky), Paul Frehner (2007)
Sudoku (for violin, tabla and electronics), Andrew Staniland (2008) - Audio excerpt
The Road Ahead... Is Longer Than the Trail Left Behind, Nicole Rampersaud (2009)
The Melody of Rhythm, Meiro Stamm (2009) - Audio excerpt
Never the Twain Shall Meet (for violin, tabla and tape), Christien Ledroit (2007)

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Pandit Sharda Sahai - Music Room / Jalsa Ghar

Pandit Sharda Sahai, tabla
Pandit Mannu Lal Mishra, harmonium

A limited edition release of a rare recording of a live solo tabla performance in 1976. Pandit Sharda Sahai returned to Benares (Varanasi) and performed a spectacular solo at the house of the legendary Pandit Samta Prasad in front of all the great musicians and music afficionados of the time.

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Pandit Sharda Sahai - Live in Miami

Pandit Sharda Sahai, tabla
Pandit Ramesh Misra, sarangi

A limited edition release of a live performance in Miami, during the summer of 1998.

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Audio Clips

Audio clips are available on MySpace.

Video Clips

Benarsi Tabla Solo in Vilambit Teentaal

Palta, composed by Bob Becker

1st Concerto for Tabla and Percussion Quartet, composed by Payton MacDonald

Discography

	Payton MacDonald - Works for Tabla 2007 Label: Atma Classique		the Attar Project - The Road Ahead ... 2010 Label: Hornblower Recordings


La Nef - Déserts 2009 Label: Fidelio	Nicole Lizée - This Will Not Be Televised 2008 Label: Centrediscs	alcides lanza - Canadian Composers Portraits 2008 Label: Centrediscs	Yann Perreau - Un serpent sous les fleurs 2009 Label: Bonsound


Suzie Leblanc - Tout Passe - Chants d'Acadie 2007 Label: Atma Classique	Mathieu Lippé - Là où le coeur mène 2007 Label: Independent	Galitcha - Blé d'Inde - Celebration 2006 Label: Independent	Galitcha - Satrang 2002 Label: Independent


Ramasutra - The East Infection 1999 Label: Tox Records Winner of the ADISQ Félix Techno Album of the year. Nominated for a Juno.	Gaïa - Gaïa 2005 Label: Jajou Productions Nominated for a Juno Award (World Music Album of the Year).	Thomas Hellman - Stories from Oscar's Old Café 2002 Label: Independent	Thomas Hellman - Something Wrong 1998 Label: Independent


McGill Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Music from the Americas Pierre Beluse, director 1980-1996; McGill Records #7500-52-2	McGill Symphony Orchestra - Gustav Mahler, Symphony #5 1997 Disques Fonovox Nominated for a Felix / nominé pour un Félix (ADISQ)	McGill Symphony Orchestra - Youth, Magic and Mahler (DVD) 2001 National Film Board of Canada / Prometheus Productions Ltd.	Trio Chanteclair - Canadian Premiere Performances 2002 Label: Centrediscs

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