Ashok Roy interviewed by Peter Parkhill [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2263940
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Roy, Ashok, 1936-2007, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1998-1999
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 200 min.)
- Summary:
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Roy speaks of the Institute of Eastern Music and how he took up the position of Artistic Director, the history and aims of the Institute, non-western music in Australia and various musical traditions and the evolution of fusion music, administering the Institute, his view of some fusion music, examples of fusion music such as flamenco/Indian fusion, the modal basis for fusion project,, Japanese/Indian fusion, the lack of public exposure in Australia of some musical traditions, World Music presentations, how Indian music is performed in India and in the west, the Indian art music traditions, his arrival in Australia encountering different Indian traditions in Australia, Indian communities in Australia and some of his students, his teaching experiences including improvising and the philosophy of performance, his father and mother as musicians, his own appreciation of jazz and western musical instruments, how his father taught music and his attitude to his son as a musician, his father's musical performances.
Roy talks about how he learnt from his father such as the tabla, the sarod and singing, how he began to perform and describes some of his concerts, his scholastic achievements, the Indian musical teacher as guru and its type of learning/teaching process, conditions of employment for Indian musicians, his work at All India Radio (AIR) and its significance to his development as a musician, his work in Fiji particularly at the Indian Cultural Centre in Suva, the Indian community in Fiji, his first visit to Australia, the relation of religion to Hindustani music, the responsibilities and duties of art music performers as well as caste and class among musicians, the standard of musicians in Australia compared to imported talent, how to modulate a performance, teacher/student relations, the future of Indian music in Australia and its place in the education system, relation of Indian art music to jazz improvisation, his own identity as an Australian, the future of the Institute.
- Biography/History:
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Ashok Roy - ethnic musician.
- Notes:
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- Recorded from Dec. 1998 to Jan. 1999 at Croydon, N.S.W.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-206624261
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and transcript available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Musicians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2069 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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