BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Seattle Art Museum//Events Calendar//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:whats-on/events/sam-talks-asia-society-seattle-series-feb-20@sam.org DTSTAMP:20260508T115624Z DTSTART:20250221T013000Z DTEND:20250221T033000Z SUMMARY:SAM Talks: Asia Society Seattle Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of talks designed and dedicated to promoting understan ding of Asia and the Asian diaspora. Hear from Asian and Asian American art ists\, writers\, business and community leaders\, and others engaged with A sia\, on their work\, ideas\, experiences\, and impact. Central themes will include arts and culture\, policy and business\, technology\, sustainabili ty\, and education. This speaker series is a collaboration between Asia Soc iety Seattle and Seattle Art Museum.\nThe second speaker in our three-part series is the legendary and award-winning violinist\, Ganesh Rajagopalan! R ajagopalan will discuss his inspirations and experiences in the world of mu sic while offering a performance that will highlight his incredible skill. Rajagopalan will be introduced by local scholar and advocate\, Sital Kalant ry. \nHeralded as one of the contemporary master musicians of Indian classi cal music\, violin maestro Ganesh Rajagopalan is noted for his virtuosic to nal excellence and wide-ranging creative genius. Recognized as a child prod igy\, he has played violin since the age of seven\, rising to international fame and touring the world at first with his brother Sri Kumaresh and perf orming with other luminaries of Indian Music tradition\, including tabla ma ster Zakir Hussain.\nHowever\, Ganesh Rajagopalan's musical horizons are ec lectic and broad\, transcending classical Carnatic repertoire to create sci ntillating fusions with contemporary elements and sounds. He composes origi nal ragas and sets tunes for the lyrics of great composers as well as creat ing scores for film\, theatre\, and dance productions\, including extensive work for noted film director A.R. Rahman. An experienced educator who has taught around the world\, including at Princeton\, Stanford\, and other uni versities\, he has founded his own music schools in Portland\, OR\, and Sea ttle. He also plays with Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin in the groundbre aking fusion ensemble\, Shakti\, legendary for its marriage of Indian music and modern jazz.\nHe is also the only Indian violin player to have won a G rammy.\nRecently\, he was featured in the renowned Indian media outlet\, Bu siness Standard\, as one of the Top 50 Indians excelling globally in busine ss and the arts since 1975.\nSital Kalantry is a tenured law professor\, as sociate dean\, and founder and director of the RoundGlass India Center at S eattle University. She has written two books (Women’s Human Rights and Cour t on Trial) and published over 40 articles in major legal journals such as the Cornell Law Review and the Stanford International Law Journal as well a s peer-reviewed social sciences journals. Her opinion pieces have been publ ished by the New York Times\, Slate\, and the Hill (among others). She is a regular media commentator on reproductive rights\, law in India\, and huma n rights issues. Her writing has been cited by the US Supreme Court and Ind ian Supreme Court. She is on the Asia Society Seattle Advisory Council.\nAs Associate Dean of International and Graduate Studies at Seattle University Law School she manages (among other things) the master’s program for forei gn lawyers. The degree program grew by nearly ten times in the first year s he managed the program. She has received two multi-million dollars grants t o found centers at universities. She founded the RoundGlass India Center at Seattle University to focus on the study of contemporary India and Indian Americans with a grant of $2.2 million dollars. Previously\, she founded th e Avon Center for Women &\; Justice at Cornell Law School where she taug ht for 16 years. She teaches contract law\, comparative constitutional law\ , and business and human rights. Her teaching is informed by her scholarshi p as well as her seven years of experience as a corporate lawyer at two maj or US law firms\, Milbank and O’Melveny &\; Myers\, and by her litigatio n experience in international and foreign courts\, including the Indian Sup reme Court\, Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Constitutional Court of Colombia.\nShe has won numerous awards\, including for her book\, for he r public interest work (from the South Asian Bar Association)\, and for her mentorship and support to women students. She received the Fulbright Schol arship to teach at Jindal Global Law School in India and to conduct empiric al research on the Indian Supreme Court. Professor Kalantry has degrees fro m Cornell University (AB)\, the London School of Economics (MsC)\, and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (JD). LOCATION:Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 1400 E Prospect St\, Seattle\, WA 98112 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR