Hindustani Music @ the Playhouse: Absolute Focus with Cellist Chris Votek at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Dates: 8/16/2026
📍 Theatre: Sierra Madre Playhouse
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Cellist Chris Votek joins Absolute Focus — the husband-and-wife duo of santoor virtuoso Kamaljeet Ahluwalia and tabla master Jas Ahluwalia — for an evening of traditional Hindustani raga. The program traces the classical raga arc from stillness to movement, featuring a meditative alap unfolding into intricate, rhythmically charged interplay between the three musicians. Kamaljeet Ahluwalia trained under sitar maestro Dharambir Singh and the late Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, while Jas Ahluwalia studied tabla under world-renowned Ustad Tari Khan. The concert is presented as part of the Sierra Madre Playhouse Hindustani Music Series, which highlights Los Angeles-based artists devoted to the living tradition of Indian classical music.
Cast and Creative Team for Hindustani Music @ the Playhouse: Absolute Focus with Cellist Chris Votek at Sierra Madre Playhouse
Cast
Chris Votek
Cello
Kamaljeet Ahluwalia
Santoor
Jas Ahluwalia
Tabla
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