Bringing together two of the planet’s most virtuosic and innovative percussionists, tonight’s world première of their first collaborative creation, The Rhythm in Me, was commissioned by Celtic Connections to celebrate the 70th anniversary of India’s independence in 2017. A double Grammy winner, Scotland’s Dame Evelyn Glennie, CH, DBE has premièred more than 200 works by leading international composers, alongside live and studio performances with artists as diverse as Béla Fleck and Björk, while Trilok Gurtu’s likewise lengthy and glittering CV includes projects with Jan Garbarek, Zakir Hussain, Salif Keita, Huun Huur Tu, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Gilberto Gil and Annie Lennox, among myriad others. Joining these two maestros are pioneering Indian violinist Kumaresh Rajagopalan and top classical pianist Philip Smith.
