2020-10-20

Hasu Patel

Hasu Patel (Cleveland, Ohio) 

Hasu Patel is a composer, performer, and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. Born in Baroda, India, Hasu plays sitar in a style known as Gayaki Ang (vocal style), and has studied with teachers including Prof. N.B. Kikani, and Ustad Anwar Khan Sahib. She has performed nationally and internationally at venues including the Beijing International Congress on Women in Music at the China Conservatory of Music. She has been honored for her achievements in music and public service with awards including the International Peace Ambassadors from the United Nations and the Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award from the Ohio Arts Council. Hasu has recorded and released multiple albums and has composed dozens of compositions in both Indian and Western Classical contexts. She served as a faculty member at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music for over twenty years, teaching students who went on to play professionally across genres. 

Interviewed by Tamar Sella, 10/20/2020.

Tamar Sella

Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic

Cleveland, Ohio

Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Society for Ethnomusicology