Shantiniketan in concert October 2014

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