Amelia Maciszewski

Amelia (Amie) Maciszewski (born 1954) is an American sitarist.

Biography

Amelia Maciszewski was born to Polish-American immigrants Teresa and Arthur Maciszewski, and grew up in New Mexico. Like many western sitar players, she first became interested in the instrument after hearing it used in songs by The Beatles.cite news
url=http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc040112/inidan_music.html
publisher=PittChronicle
title=Visiting Professor Weaves Many Threads in Indian Music
author=Blake, Sharon
date=2004-01-12] Maciszewski first travelled to India in the 1970s, where she studied Hindustani music with Suresh Misra, Aashish Khan, and Girija Devi.cite news
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In 1998, she received a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Texas. She produced a documentary film in 2000, "Our Stories, Our Songs: North Indian Women’s Musical Autobiographies". She also produced "Guria, Gossip, and Globalization" (2004), another documentary film, this time with the subject of Indian courtesan musicians. Much of her scholarship revolves around feminism, gender issues, and the position of women in post-colonial India.cite news
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Besides the sitar, she also plays the esraj and the tanpura, and is an accomplished vocalist. She currently resides in Austin, Texas.

References

External links

* [http://www.sangeetmillennium.org/ Sangeet Millennium] Official Website
* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/media/pcc040112/inidan_music.html Visiting Professor Weaves Many Threads in Indian Music] PittChronicle Article
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050120/asp/calcutta/story_4271693.asp Chronicler of a dying tradition] The Telegraph, Calcutta, India.