Rest With Raga and Sufi
Deniz Tuzon
Issue date: 11/27/06 Section: Entertainment
There are different ways to rest your soul. Meditating is one of the easiest paths to meditation, as is resting the soul through music.
This is the way Elizabeth Latifa Noor Anderson, a musician, prefers to rest herself and her listeners. With her experience in intimate music, she has created a musical style inspired by two different cultures, Raga and Sufi music.
Anderson has been a cellist at the New York City Opera since 2001. She started playing piano when she was five and started playing cello which became her specialty when she was nine.
Anderson was born in Fremont, California and comes from a musical family. Her mother is a cellist who plays in orchestras and in chamber music groups, and also teaches music to children.
Because of her love of music, Anderson's education took an unusual path. She did not go to high school but entered California State University in Sacramento at the age of 14, specializing in music. She then went to Julliard in New York City. She did her post-graduate work at the Eastman School of Music.
Anderson has moved often throughout her life, and she values the experience
saying, "I learned how to make friends by moving!"
Now living in Dobbs Ferry, she added, "My father was working at the Department of Transportation and he was building bridges, so every time a bridge was to be built, we would move."
Besides being a successful musician, Anderson is also a mother of an 18 year-old son, who also has talent in music. She has taught in some important schools before her City Opera career. She taught at the University of Florida, Boston Longy School, Eastman School of Music, and at University of North Carolina for 10 years. During this time she performed in chamber music groups and gave solo concerts.
Anderson decided to put all her musical knowledge and experience into an album and produced a CD. Her compositions are based on elements of Indian music, Sufism and classical music. In the recording she performs the cello and the tamboura. She also vocalizes.
This is the way Elizabeth Latifa Noor Anderson, a musician, prefers to rest herself and her listeners. With her experience in intimate music, she has created a musical style inspired by two different cultures, Raga and Sufi music.
Anderson has been a cellist at the New York City Opera since 2001. She started playing piano when she was five and started playing cello which became her specialty when she was nine.
Anderson was born in Fremont, California and comes from a musical family. Her mother is a cellist who plays in orchestras and in chamber music groups, and also teaches music to children.
Because of her love of music, Anderson's education took an unusual path. She did not go to high school but entered California State University in Sacramento at the age of 14, specializing in music. She then went to Julliard in New York City. She did her post-graduate work at the Eastman School of Music.
Anderson has moved often throughout her life, and she values the experience
saying, "I learned how to make friends by moving!"
Now living in Dobbs Ferry, she added, "My father was working at the Department of Transportation and he was building bridges, so every time a bridge was to be built, we would move."
Besides being a successful musician, Anderson is also a mother of an 18 year-old son, who also has talent in music. She has taught in some important schools before her City Opera career. She taught at the University of Florida, Boston Longy School, Eastman School of Music, and at University of North Carolina for 10 years. During this time she performed in chamber music groups and gave solo concerts.
Anderson decided to put all her musical knowledge and experience into an album and produced a CD. Her compositions are based on elements of Indian music, Sufism and classical music. In the recording she performs the cello and the tamboura. She also vocalizes.
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