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Sitarist Mahunud Mirza, the first major artist of the Kirana school to appear in this country, intrigued and delighted a sparse Spingold Theatre audience Saturday night with a fascinating demonstration of his sitar virtuosity...
...Mirza's sitar seemed to wail out emotion in a vocal idiom characteristic of the centuries-old Kirana school in which he was trained. While other schools of sitar-playing emphasize greater instrumentality, Mirza's "singing sitar style offers a welcome depth of feeling to the western listener who has difficulty intellectualizing the sophisticated raga system...
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