Raghunath Manet
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Raghunath Manet is an Indian classical musician and dancer born in the French speaking territory of Pondicherry. He is trained in Bharathanatyam and plays the Veena
Veena
Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...

, a Carnatic
Carnatic music
Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 instrument. He has collaborated with French performers such as Antoine Bourseiller and Michel Portal
Michel Portal
Michel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...

 and is a recipient of the Chevalier
Ordre National du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...

 award.

Performances

  • November 2007 (New Morning Paris): Dance & Indian music with Archie Shepp
    Archie Shepp
    Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...

  • 2007: Tri Murti ou 7 Dances of Shiva, création with Michel Portal
    Michel Portal
    Michel Portal is a composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.Portal studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris...

  • 2006: duo with Carolyn Carlson "Lille 3000"
  • 2005: Bollywood Ballet festival d'Avignon
    Festival d'Avignon
    The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest...

  • 2004: album Karnatik with Dr Balamurali Krishna (MK2)
  • 2003: Pondichéry, with Indra Rajan.

Filmography

  • Perduto amor, movie of Franco Battiato
    Franco Battiato
    Francesco Battiato is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes...

     (2003)
  • Pondichéry, dance & music
  • Chidambaram, Raghunath Manet & l'Opéra-Bastille
  • Concert of vinâ Evening Ragas
  • Omkara, dance & music with Didier Lockwood
    Didier Lockwood
    Didier Lockwood is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin....

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