The Un-Recital and qinara
by Sahil Vasudeva
The Un-Recital is a concert recital that will be set in an intimate black box space and will include works from Schumann, Satie, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff along with Sahil’s own compositions. ‘The Un-Recital’ aims to juxtapose the pianist’s journey as a musician with the chaos of his home city; New Delhi.
It has elements of art and storytelling. The performance is interspersed with a range of mixed-media elements, displayed on two screens put up in the performance space. These include films, photography, light, sound, vintage television commercials, news reports and documentary footage.
Qinara echoes the gradually evolving and melodic nature that has seeped into the pianist’s own introspective compositions, which he describes as “written from a personal space” and therefore, ready to offer an emotional relatability that listeners will easily respond to.



