Free Planet Radio with Adam Maalouf and Aparna Keshaviah

Name: Free Planet Radio with Adam Maalouf and Aparna Keshaviah
Start: 2025-10-16T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Folkmoot

Schedule

Thu, 16 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Folkmoot | Waynesville, NC

Asheville’s acclaimed global-jazz duo, Free Planet Radio, will perform live at The Folkmoot Center of the Arts in Waynesville, NC on the evening of Thursday, October 16, 2025, joined by virtuosic multi-instrumentalist, Adam Maalouf, and classically trained Bharatanatyam dancer and innovative movement artist, Aparna Keshaviah.
Free Planet Radio is a dynamic and genre-defying band that blends elements of jazz, world music, and improvisation into a gorgeous and exciting musical experience. Comprising of world-renowned musicians, River Guerguerian on percussion and Chris Rosser on piano and multi-instruments, they are known for their rich and textured soundscapes, intricate rhythms, and virtuosic instrumentation. The band’s aim is always to transport listeners on a captivating journey while “exploring the infinite and seamless relationships between musical cultures through the universal language of sound.”
Adam Maalouf will accompany the duo on cello, handpan, Indian tabla, and other instrumentation. He will also share songs from his extensive personal catalog. Adam has been featured on prestigious stages around the world and studied with some of the greatest Master musicians alive. He has collaborated with River Guerguerian and Chris Rosser numerous times over a dozen years, whenever circumstances allow.
On select pieces throughout the performance, their music will also be graced with extra dazzle by the talented Aparna Keshaviah, a dancer with extraordinarily agile and elegant movement and musical awareness. Aparna Keshaviah is an American-born daughter of south Indian immigrants and grew up training in the ancient artform of Bharatanatyam as well as in contemporary Western modalities of movement. As a movement artist, she celebrates both her family’s ancestral roots and her experience as an American through hybridization and innovation.