In producing the album Confluence: Raga and Counterpoint, I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with a number of distinguished artists and professionals:
The accomplished Carnatic concert soloists Shraddha Ravindran (violin), K.R. Shrievats (veena), and R. Thiagarajan (flute), and Mannarkoil Dr. J. Balaji (mridangam).
Dietz Tinhof, mixing engineer, whose credits range from major Austrian symphony orchestras to Hans Zimmer
Christoph Stickel, mastering engineer and Grammy nominee for Best Mastering Engineer (Classical)
Shanthi Chandrasekar, award-winning abstract artist, whose visionary artwork appears across the website, on the album cover, and in the videos for Field of Dharma — https://www.shanthic.com/
Stephen Malinowski, renowned for his graphic visualizations of works from the Western classical canon, who created the videos for Fugue-Kriti — https://www.youtube.com/c/smalin
Above all, I’m deeply grateful to Prof. Justin Boyer: for many years an extraordinary teacher, and later a mentor and invaluable sounding board
Other Acknowledgments and Credits
Particular thanks to my sister Geetha Raja, for her encouragement and perceptive feedback, and for her guidance during the Chennai production process.
Surang Studio, Chennai, where the Carnatic musicians were recorded by Senthil Kirubakaran and his team.
Western classical instruments use samples recorded by the Vienna Symphonic Library.
Gregor Beyerle, whose expertise has been vital across many fronts — from music and video technology to systems and software.
Translations of the Bhagavad Gita used in the video for Field of Dharma are composites I prepared, based primarily on the translation by Eknath Easwaran, and secondarily on the translations by Stephen Mitchell, and by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood. The Sanskrit text and related resources at shlokam.org were also helpful. Some citations have been abridged or lightly adapted for brevity and context.
The album’s liner notes were written by Prof. Maya Krishnan (University of Chicago), Karen Mazze, and me (excerpts appear on this website).
Website Credits:
Melakarta ragas chart: Basavarajtalwar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Painting titled Dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra: San Diego Museum of Art / Bridgeman Images.
Photo credits to Karen L Richard Photography for my photos.
Photo credits to Tony Ventouris for selected photos of Shanthi Chandrasekar’s artwork.
With thanks to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for permission to use images of Shanthi Chandrasekar’s paintings in their collection.