Raga Puriya- Alap | Utsav Lal | Live Piano Concert-San Francisco

Raga Puriya-Alap, solo piano-performed live by Raga Pianist Utsav Lal at Old First Church, San Francisco.

Indian pianist Utsav Lal has been making waves in the global music circuit for over two decades now with his unique and original piano voice. Utsav Lal’s work on the piano has been deeply influenced by Dhrupad and Indian classical music, putting in the rigour to do the impossible on the piano makes him push the instrument in a very different direction to the way other pianists have chosen to.
Aware that the relationship between the piano and Indian classical music is complex, he added, “Deciding to play this music on the piano is like an asymptote – the closer you get, the further away you realise you are. I think I sort of stumbled into it and perhaps not being hyper-aware of the vast challenges ahead, kept exploring. Now with every step forward, I realise how many more steps there are to go.”