Sax Duo - Phil Scarff & Priyank Krishna

• Concert Date: Sunday 30 March 2025
• Concert Time: 5 - 7 PM EST
• Concert Venue: FSW Rush Auditorium, J-103 , 8099 College Parkway, Fort Myers, FL 33919
  

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Here are some clips from the concert.

Phill Scarff and Priyank Krishna present deeply meditative ragas and beautifully intricate rhythms. Soaring flights of melodic exploration and intuitive improvisational interplay of the centuries old Indian art form.
Anoop Banerjee accompanies them on the Tabla.
Priyank Krishna and Phil Scarff have toured in India and performed concerts at the Jaipur Literature Festival (150,000 attendees) and Jawahar Kala Kendra (Jaipur); Goenka Public School and Vaibhav Palace (Agra); Allahabad University, Music Care, Allahabad Degree College and Kathak Kendra (Prayagraj); and Assi Ghat (Varanasi), with very enthusiastic audience and media response. Here are video links of performances:

Short clips:

Full length performances and longer clips:

 Press reviews:

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Reviewers rave about this unique and compelling collaboration:

“Musical delights… Soul-stirring melodies by… Phil Scarff… Priyank Krishna and Pandit Anoop Banerjee.” - Keshari Darpan, review of Jaipur Literature Festival concert, India

“Thank you… for your brilliant performance at the… Jaipur Literature Festival!” - Avik Roy, Teamwork Arts, organizer of Jaipur Literature Festival, India

“American Saxophonist Phil Scarff and… Indian Saxophonist [Priyank Krishna] presented Raag Basant (Spring raga)… and filled the atmosphere with colors of Spring.” - Dainik Swadesh, Agra, India

“Performed Raga Kirwani… spiced up the evening with the flavor of modern music.” - Hindustan, Prayagraj, India

Phil Scarff is a pioneer of the performance of North Indian classical music on soprano saxophone, and exquisitely captures the music's subtlety and depth. His performance at the famed Tansen Samaroh, Gwalior, India, with Saskia Rao de Haas was "The highlight of the festival." [Dainik Bhaskar]. Indian classical appearances include India's Nehru Center, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and Dadar-Matunga Cultural Centre (Mumbai); Saptak School of Music (Ahmedabad); Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (Kolkata); ICCR Theater and India Habitat Centre (Delhi); JKK (Jaipur); and Pt Chatur Lal Festival (virtual); as well as in USA, LearnQuest Festival (Boston), Raaga Inc. (virtual), Dhvani (Columbus, OH), Sangeet Mahotsav (New York City), Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam (virtual), and Portland Balaji Temple (OR).
Phil has performed with icons of Indian classical music including Ronu Majumdar, Shashank, Kadri Gopalnath, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Trichy Sankaran, and Chitravina Ravikiran. He is featured in the music video, “Vaishnav Jan To” (music director Dhruvit Shah), awarded “Best Music” in the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival and “Best Music - Jury” in the Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival.
Phil is also a master jazz saxophonist and is featured on 45 acclaimed CDs/DVDs. “Phil Scarff… weaving magic through his saxophone with Raga Puriya… soul-stirring… sonorous… Raga Bihag was refreshing and delightful. He played… with great finesse and mesmerized the audience.” - Deccan Herald, Bengaluru, India. 
Raaga welcomes Phil back to a live concert in Fort Myers!

Eminent Indian classical saxophonist Priyank Krishna has delighted audiences in India and abroad. In India, he has been featured in festivals and venues including Taj Mahotsav, Agra; Uttaradhikar, Bhopal; India International Centre and India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Swami Haridas Sangeet Mahotsav, Vrindavan; Mahakumbh, Allahabad; and Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jalandhar. His appearances abroad include Dranouter Festival, Belgium; Confluence/Festival of India, Australia; Embassies of India, Ukraine and Berlin; India by the Nile/Festival of India, Cairo, Egypt; Klangtage Festival, Berlin; Institut Francais de Madagascar, Madagascar; Shared History Festival, Johannesburg, South Africa; and JLF, London.
He is the first and only North Indian classical saxophonist to be awarded the rigorous “A” grade from All India Radio. His recognition and awards include “Samraat Yuva Puraskar,” “Sangeet Kala Gaurav,” “Naad Sadhak;” Scholarship for Young Artiste from Ministry of HRD, New Delhi; first prize in Shree Baba Harivallabh Music Competition in Senior Category (Non-Percussion), Jalandhar, Punjab; second prize in Inter-University National Youth Festival, Kalyani University, Kalyani, W.B.; and first prize in saxophone and flute at Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy Competition.