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Word & Violin: Sri Lankan Poet and Irish Music | SoMa

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Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm | Cost: FREE
California Institute of Integral Studies | 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco

Event Details

Weaving together poetry and music, Irish violinist Colm O Riain and Sri Lankan poet Pireeni Sundaralingam explore the rich interconnections between a host of lyric traditions, including Portugese Fado, Bayou Blues and Indian raag.

As Word & Violin, Colm composes and performs with partner-in-crime, Sri Lankan poet Pireeni Sundaralingam. They have performed across three continents, including the UN Headquarters (NYC), the Cheltenham Festival of Literature (UK), and the Irish Embassy (Vietnam), as well as appearing on national radio in Sweden, Ireland, England, and the US.

California Institute of Integral Studies — Namaste Hall (3rd Floor)
1453 Mission Street, San Francisco

About the Poet: Pireeni Sundaralingam

She has held national fellowships both in cognitive science and in poetry. Currently, she is a Resident Artist at the De Young Fine Arts Museum. Educated at Oxford, Sundaralingam was the founding director of the Number Perception Laboratory at CSULA and has held research posts at Cornell, UCLA and MIT. She is a former professor of Cognitive Development.

About the Violinist: Colm O Riain

Classically, a former leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, he is also a well-known fiddler on the Irish music scene – in San Francisco and beyond. He and his new Band have started to make waves in both the US and Europe exploring the connection between Irish music and Jazz, Brazilian, Cuban, Indian, Gypsy and other musical genres.

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Cost: FREE
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Categories: Literature, Live Music, San Francisco
Venue: California Institute of Integral Studies
Address: 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco