Harvest Harmonies of Guitaritude by Ria Modak with Naren Budhakar on Tabla
Sat, Nov 28, 2026
8:00 PM
Admission $25 / members $20 / included in overnight guest rate
The Indian-American guitarist Ria Modak and Naren Budhakar will present a guitar-tabla duologue of dream-weaving melodies and grooves through the landscape extending from folk to flamenco to classical music.
Ria Modak, a PhD student in History at Brown University has her music approach grounded in Indian, Flamenco and classical guitar. Her work has been commissioned by Harvard office for the Arts and the National Jazz museum in Harlem. Exploring Life curiously and intelligently, Ria represents a young woman’s quest for expression with a linguistic-historic-artistic lens.
Naren Budhakar was brought up in the Indian classical music tradition and began performing Tabla at a young age. A disciple of Tabla Maestro Ustad Shabbir Nisar, Naren has played with prominent instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers. He has performed at prestigious venues in the U.S. and Europe, providing Tabla accompaniment for various musical genres. He is also a disciple of Shri Aditya Khandwe, a virtuoso vocalist of the Gwalior style of classical Indian vocal music.