Bold Serenity: Tranquility

How do we find calm?
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Bold Serenity opens with a cross-cultural musical dialogue between composer and author Anthony Brandt and Indian Carnatic musician Chitravina Ravikiran, the “Mozart of Indian Classical Music.”

Centered around two interwoven commissions — Resting States (Brandt) and Illusion to Resolution (Ravikiran) — the program explores the challenges of contemporary life and the modern mind’s search for calm amid overstimulation and distraction.
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Together, these works trace a journey from darkness to light, confusion to clarity, and anxiety to tranquility, creating a compelling conversation between neuroscience and spirituality and Western contemporary music and Eastern Carnatic tradition.

​Featured Artists:
Anthony Brandt
Composer • Rice University
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Chitravina Ravikiran
Composer • Chitravina Performer

​Program:
Anthony Brandt
Resting States (2026)
for string quartet
World Premiere
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Chitravina Ravikiran
Illusion to Resolution (2026)
for string quartet & chitravina
World Premiere