In resonance with the exhibition Minimal, the Bourse de Commerce offers a program dedicated to minimalism in music. Through a series of concerts, this program presents iconic and rare pieces of minimalist music, while exploring its rich extra-Western influences and contemporary echoes.
On October 11, New York-based multi-instrumentalist and singer Ganavya, trained in singing and harmonium in South India, will perform a concert blending spiritual jazz, ambient, and traditional Indian music, drawing from the ragas of the Tamil Nadu region—a music that was a major source of inspiration for minimalist composers. Supported by a deep and ethereal voice, Ganavya develops an introspective and deeply spiritual body of work.
Ganavya is a singer and composer born in Queens, New York, and raised in India. Trained from childhood in Harikatha—the art of storytelling combining singing, music, and narration in the Hindu tradition—she grew up with the rhythms of pilgrimages, singing abhangs, sacred poems chanted continuously, alongside her family during days of walking. Her journey has led her to create a unique work at the crossroads of Carnatic music, jazz, ambient experimentation, and mystical poetry. After collaborating with Vijay Iyer, Esperanza Spalding, Shabaka Hutchings, and SAULT, she continues her personal path, releasing two solo albums in 2024: Like the sky I've been too quiet, a collection of celestial and sparse songs where electronics subtly emerge, and Daughter of a Temple, which brings together about thirty artists in a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane, made up of meditative chants and devotional hymns. Her latest album, On Nilam, released in May 2025, continues this inner quest, drawing on Tamil devotional poetry to explore our connection to the earth, the sacred, and silence.
