American violinist Ariana Kim visits India to explore Carnatic music

Fred de Sam Lazaro:

The violinists come from musical traditions as distant as their respective hometowns.

Sumanth Manjunath home is right here in Mysuru, a rising star in Carnatic music who has performed across the world.

Ariana Kim from St. Paul, Minnesota, Grammy nominated, a violin professor at Cornell University, far more familiar with the musical scores of Bach or Handel than this raga in the Carnatic tradition improvised entirely.

Kim is spending a sabbatical in India learning a very different adaptation of her instrument, learning that’s taken some unlearning, like posture.