Bhava 3

Bhava 3 is a track from the album Innovative Music Meeting, released in 2000. The composition features a collaboration between sitarist Rajesh Mehta, cellist Rohan de Saram, and mridangam artist Trichy Sankaran. The piece spans 5 minutes and 57 seconds and appears as the tenth track on the album.

The album Innovative Music Meeting was issued on CD by Haus der Kulturen der Welt, a Berlin-based cultural institution. The release documents a cross-cultural improvisational session that integrates elements of Indian classical music with Western contemporary and experimental approaches. The exact recording location and production details remain undocumented in the provided context.

Rajesh Mehta contributes sitar performances characterized by North Indian classical (Hindustani) techniques. Rohan de Saram, a Sri Lankan-British cellist, applies extended techniques to the cello, blending classical and avant-garde styles. Trichy Sankaran, a percussionist trained in Carnatic music, provides rhythmic foundations on the mridangam. The track title Bhava 3 suggests a thematic or structural connection to emotional expression (bhava) in Indian classical traditions, though no further lyrical or compositional specifics are available.

The album serves as an archival record of a live or studio-based improvisational exchange, though the precise circumstances of the recording session are not specified. The label Haus der Kulturen der Welt frequently supports interdisciplinary and cross-cultural artistic projects, positioning this release within its broader mission of fostering global musical dialogue.