(Stevin says : "Steve Gorn is one of a handful of Western musicians who have had the dedication and
talent to grasp and master Indian Music - what a privelege to have him agree to be part of the Hafiz project.")
Steve Gorn Bio
( Steve can be heard on Hafiz - the Scent of Light)
Steve Gorn has performed Indian Classical Music and new American Music on the bansuri bamboo flute,
soprano saxophone and clarinet in concerts and festivals throughout the world. Well known to audiences in
India and the west, he has been praised by critics and leading Indian musicians as one of the few
westerners recognized to have captured the subtlety and beauty of Indian music. An innovator in the field of
contemporary world music, he is featured on Paul Simon's Grammy nominee, You're The One, and he has
also recorded with Richie Havens, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Levin, Glen Velez, Simon Shaheen, Peter Kater,
Alessandra Belloni, Layne Redmond, Badal Roy, and Nana Vasconcelos. Steve was featured in Jerome
Robbins' Ballet, Watermill, and Julie Taymor's Transposed Heads. He has received critical acclaim for his
Indian music recordings, Luminous Ragas, and Parampara, and the classic world music recording, Asian
Journal.
His 'ethno-tech' sound designs for dance and theatre include Ranjabati Sircar's Cassandra, premiered in
Calcutta, and Jean-Claude van Itallie's La Mama Etc. production of The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Video
scores include Sense of the Sacred, for Parabola Magazine, Zion/Exile, for the New York Jewish Museum,
Promised Land, for the Philadelphia Jewish Museum, and the Quiet Revolution for PBS.
" Steve Gorn has adapted Indian Classical Music on the Bansuri so nicely and properly that one should feel
proud of him"...................Hari Prasad Chourasia
"Steve Gorn performed exquisitely and evocatively on the bamboo flute.".............The New York Times
"Steve Gorn plays with liquid grace. He is a master of sound-magic; may the world discover his gift."
.................Paul Winter
"......an astonishing treatment of raga....Gorn went beyond the notes to reach a place where his instrument
was more effective than the human voice.".................... Anand Bazar, Calcutta, India
Selected Discography:
Paul Simon, You're the One, (Warner Bros) 2000,
Krishna Das, Live on Earth (Triloka) 2000
Garden of Eden (Narada) 2000 with Tony Levin
A Gift of Love (Rasa) 1998 Deepak Chopra and Friends
Parampara (Wergo) 1998 Indian Classical Music; Steve Gorn & Samir Chatterjee
From the Caves of the Iron Mountain (Papa Bear) 1997 with Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta
Dancing With Nature Spirits (ECM) 1997 w/ Jack DeJohnette
Sihiva Station, (Triloka) 1997, Beggers And Saints, (Triloka) 1994 with Jai Uttal,
Forbidden kiss (Shanachie) 1996 w/ Najma
Celtic Soul (Living Music) 1996 w/ Noirin Ni Riani and Paul Winter
Doctrine of Signatures, Assyrian Rose & Seven Heaven, (CMP) 1987-92 with Glen Velez
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