Navatman Music Collective
Press Kit
Navatman Music Collective (NMC) is a one-of-a-kind choir that explores the depth and beauty of Carnatic (South Indian classical) music while imbuing it with diverse, contemporary influences. Known for their "lavish, paradigm-shifting choral sounds" (New York Music Daily), the choir finds joy in the pure act of singing. Based in the cosmopolitan New York City, NMC brings to Carnatic music new presentation formats, cross-genre collaborations, original compositions, and a sense of diverse, judgement free community.
NMC has performed in several venues such as Symphony Space, Roulette, and Museum of the Moving Image, as well as festivals including the American Folk Festival, Make Music New York, Ragas Live/Brooklyn Raga Massive, and Drive East. Navatman was honored to be one of the choirs featured in the Mile Long Opera, the ambitious public installation project staged on the High Line in 2018. Navatman released its album An Untimely Joy in the fall of 2016.
NMC has performed in several venues such as Symphony Space, Roulette, and Museum of the Moving Image, as well as festivals including the American Folk Festival, Make Music New York, Ragas Live/Brooklyn Raga Massive, and Drive East. Navatman was honored to be one of the choirs featured in the Mile Long Opera, the ambitious public installation project staged on the High Line in 2018. Navatman released its album An Untimely Joy in the fall of 2016.
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his group challenge themselves to take this music to yet another level testifies to their collective fearlessness and irrepressible joie de vivre." |
NMC is available for:
Please email preferred set length (20 min- 2 hours,) available tech resources, and audience size with your booking details and we will get back to you with availability and pricing. |
Featured Content
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Isane Koti Surya: an Ode to the Radiant Lord
In this composition in Raga Nalinakanthi by Muthu Thandavar, NMC celebrates the radiance of Lord Shiva, while taking in the expansive grandiosity of New York City from a sun-kissed balcony. |
Be Petrunko: Collaboration with Bulgarian Voices Trio:
This original cross-genre arrangement of the Bulgarian song Be Petrunko weaves Indian classical raga Keeravani and swaras (melodic syllables) into the layered harmonies of Bulgarian vocal music. |
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Varnam in Raga Mohanakalyani
Through this unique varnam - the musical form traditionally sung at the beginning of Carnatic concerts - the composer Lalgudi Jayaraman gives us the warm, buoyant sounds of raga Mohanakalyani. |
Be Petrunko: Collaboration with Bulgarian Voices Trio:
This original cross-genre arrangement of the Bulgarian song Be Petrunko weaves Indian classical raga Keeravani and swaras (melodic syllables) into the layered harmonies of Bulgarian vocal music. |
