by Kabir Sehgal | Jun 23, 2023 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Astor’s Place is part biography and part geography. It’s a biography in that we learn about Dimitri Landrain, an acclaimed French composer and pianist based in New York City. He began studying classical piano at age eight, and he soon...
by Kabir Sehgal | Jun 20, 2023 | All, Music
Why do I enjoy producing music? 🎵 NBA Champ Nikola Jokić said this: 🏀 “Assists make 2 people happy, points make only 1 happy.” Watching him play during the NBA finals, I noticed how this superstar was pass-first. ⬆️ He was trying to elevate the team. ⬆️...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 7, 2023 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Samba for Tarsila By Ben Sher Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal To know Ben Sher is to recognize a virtuoso. An acclaimed jazz guitarist who hails from Pittsburgh, Sher has toured the world as an artist and now resides in New York. That he has crisscrossed the globe is...
by Kabir Sehgal | Apr 6, 2023 | All, Music
I recently completed an executive education course at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century.” It was a module offered by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to Young Global Leaders (YGLs). Last year, I went...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 24, 2023 | All, Music
1. Why are you a musician? My earliest memories are as a toddler sitting on the piano bench and just improvising. As a child during the Vietnam War Era, playing the piano was my safe space from the rest of the world and I was delighted when I learned that you could...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 24, 2023 | All, Liner Notes, Music
Metamorphosis By Yumi Kurosawa Liner Notes By Kabir Sehgal Crossing over is usually something an artist does when they want to embark on a new project or collaborate with another artist. But for Yumi Kurosawa, crossing over is her aesthetic and compositional journey....
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 15, 2023 | All, Music
1. Why are you a musician? As Beethoven said: “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy; music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents.” In my childhood I was lucky to have outstanding teachers: Anna Stolyarevich and...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 8, 2023 | All, Music
1. Why are you a musician? My brother was practicing drums with headphones, he gave me a tambourine. At some point much later I realized this was the best way for me to contribute positively to the world. 2. Who are your musical inspirations? John Coltrane, Bob...
by Kabir Sehgal | Mar 2, 2023 | All, Music
1. Why are you a musician? Music speaks for me. But you don’t choose your nature, you either have the talent to be a musician or not, you can only choose to do something good with that. In any case, music shows a different world to me, and I like to live there....
by Kabir Sehgal | Feb 22, 2023 | All, Music
1. Why are you a musician? It is hard for me to remember a time when I didn’t want to be a musician. I often think we don’t really have a choice in what we become. I hope my music and playing makes people smile, or at least consider smiling. As I get older...
