Sangat is a raga-based fusion music ensemble featuring members from UT-Austin and guest musicians from National Academy of Performing Arts, Pakistan). As a core member of Sangat, Eddie played Chinese dizi and Indian bansuri in this ensemble, highlighting a unique way that fused music in East and South Asia together. Sangat is a term from Sanskrit word ‘saṃgatam’ that literally translated as “a coming together,” referring to an alliance, association, or friendship. The members of the Sangat use this term to draw attention to the collaborative aspects and cross-cultural nature of our musical fusions.
2018
March 15, SXSW – Russian House, Austin, USA
2016-17
Dec. 28~ Jan. 11, Tour to NAPA in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan
2016
March 11~21, Tour to NAPA in Karachi, Pakistan
2015
Nov. 15, Planet Music Series at Asian American Resource Center, Austin, TX
Nov. 29, Cheer Up Charlies, Austin, TX
Dec. 1, Flamingo Catina, Austin, TX
Dec. 4, UT-Austin, Jessen Auditorium
Dec. 13, University of Houston, Student Center Theater, Houston, TX
Ethnos
World fusion music (Oct. 2013 – present). ethnosband.com/
ETHNOS was created in 2013 by a group of musicians who were looking for a platform to collaborate and share their knowledge of and love for different music traditions around the world. Band members also enjoy showing how diverse music practices can be combined to create new aesthetic “fusions.” ETHNOS seeks to entertain, educate, and enlighten audiences by exploring the diversities and commonalities of the different music practices of the world.
The name “ETHNOS” comes from the Greek root meaning “people.” We believe that our music is a story about people—a story about people overcoming the challenges of diversity and coming together as a community in the name of music.
Ethnos website: ethnosband.com/
Cross-Strait Trio
(Chinese flute, with Martina Li on accordion and Yu-Xin Mei on Pipa) Featuring traditional and folk music in China and Taiwan)
2014
Sep. 13, International Accordion Festival, La Villita, San Antonio, TX.
GO:Organic Orchestra (Austin ensemble) – directed by Adam Rudolph
2014, 2015, 2016
GO: Organic Orchestra, Salvage Vanguard Theater; Blanton Museum; The North Door, Austin, TX. (Chinese flutes dizi and xiao)
Ask-i Mesk & Bereket
(UT Middle Eastern Ensemble) (Sep. 2013 – present): nay – directed by Sonia Seeman
Eddie Chia-Hao Hsu 