Kadri Gopalnath is a somewhat atypical figure on the Indian classical music scene on account of his choice of instrument the also sax, an instrument he began playing as a child and that he has bent to the needs of the needs of the raga in a series of brilliant left-field interpretations. It’s a choice that runs decidedly counter to the musical culture Gopalnath grew up in where he adherence to strict canons albeit with their own internal evolution, has permitted the preservation of a thousand years old tradition. Yet thanks to his passion and ability Kadri Gopalnath has managed to insert a typically western instrument to the flow of south Indian classical music, bringing out its resources and nuances in all altogether different light.