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The artist Dr. Bee Seavers, born in Germany,(German Mother and US<br />
Father) is Germany`s and Europe`s most distinguished musician on<br />
Santoor in Indian classical music and<br />
founder of the Worldmusic Group Shantiniketan in 2014. Recognized as<br />
a world renowned musician Bee Seavers carrier started as Jazz musician<br />
in 1965 till 1978 in the USA and Germany. The ancestor of his father<br />
was a Pathan from Kashmir and immigrated to the US in 1895. Since<br />
1979 he learned the ancient instrument Santoor from India. As a disciple<br />
of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, soon he became Europe‘s most distinguished musician on Santoor<br />
and expert of North Indian Classical Music. He is decorated with different awards. including the<br />
‘Roshan Ara Begum Award, the highest decoration in Pakistan for outstanding musicians. While<br />
keep on lecturing as Ethnomusicologist, he followed many invitations round the world for playing<br />
concerts. He also was honoured as German Ambassador for intercultural music relationship<br />
between India and Germany by Mercedes Benz. Today Bee Seavers is Europes outstanding santoor<br />
artist. He performed with many outstanding musicians from India like Kumar Bose, Hariprasad<br />
Chaurasia, Sandeep Popatkar. His interpretation of Indian Classical Music combined with his<br />
western influence established a new field in classic and modern music interpretation. Since<br />
Millennium he works also as novelist and script writer. His lates novel `blue ants never sleep` ( a<br />
love and crime story of Bollywood 1950) is written as movie script (title: shades of Fame) for<br />
Indias popular director Deepa Metha.<br />
Andrew Lenz started guitar playing when he was eight years old. He studied<br />
classic guitar first followed by Latin and Jazz lessons. At the music<br />
conversatorium of Hamburg in Germany he was awarded for his first public<br />
latin/classic &jazz pop concert. Later he came under the tutelage of the<br />
prominent virtuose spanish guitar player Rafel Cortes and Paco de Lucia. Today<br />
Andrew is one of the leading flamenco and jazz guitar players. In spring 2014 he<br />
was called by Bee Seavers to join Shantiniketan for his unique guitar style.
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