Summer on the playlist with Sophian Fanen and the history of rudra vina

Each month, Sophia Fanen offers 5 new products, artfully dissected, starting with the new Greek darling Marina Satti. Then we will receive Philippe Brughère, author of his book on a traditional instrument, “A 17th century Vina, a reflection of Mughal splendour”.

– Marina Satti, Spito ke venzinifrom the album Yenna (Walnut Entertainment, 2022) see the clip

-Mohammed Lamouri, Angui or Selmitaken from the EP No problem (Almost Music, 2022)

– Wilma Vritra, If Possiblefrom the album Grotto (Bad Taste, 2022)

– Obongjayar, I wish it was mefrom the album Some Nights I Dream of Doors (September Recordings, 2022)

– Noori & His Dorpa Band, Al-Amalfrom the album Beja Power (Ostinato Records, 2022).


Vina Bin from the 17th century.

Then we receive Philippe Brughiere, author of the book”A 17th century Vina, a reflection of Mughal splendor”, Philharmonie editions.

The notoriety of sitar in India in the 19th century eclipsed in a few decades an illustrious instrumental tradition, that of the bin Where vina. Crowned with prestige for centuries within the Hindu and Muslim courts, she embodied there the quintessence of the musical art. Curator of the non-Western collections of the Music Museum from 1994 to 2019, Philippe Bruguière reveals in this book the rich history of the instrument.

On January 4, 1890, appeared in London a new issue of the literary and artistic review Tea Athenaeum. Included was the review of a book entitled Musical Instruments and their Homes. Its authors, Mary E. Brown and her son William A. Brown, offered a documented panorama of non-Western musical cultures, as an introduction to the catalog of a personal collection of 266 musical instruments from all over the world. To support Brown’s erudite and admiring remarks on the music of India, the article by Tea Athenaeum mentioned a recital of “been” – Where binthe original name of the instrument now called rudra vinaperformed by a musician from the court of the Maharaja of Jaipur on the occasion of the Colonial and indian exhibition (London, 1886). The instrument, then unknown in Europe, had however in the past aroused the curiosity of scholars and travelers who had stayed in India, who had brought back pleasant impressions of it in their correspondence and travelogues. Continued on the site.


Prince with musicians and servants.

Songs played:

– Zia Mohiuddin DagarRaya Yaman Alap

– Shamsuddin Faridi Desai -Dhrupad- Raga Puriya

– Jyoti Hegde Raag Poorvi composition see the clip

-Asad Ali Khan- Raga Jaijaivanti Jor and Jhala.

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