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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 @ 7:30 PM
Sitar Concert with Ikhlaq Hussain.
Ikhlaq Hussain Khan is a virtuoso sitarist from a centuries-long line of influential musicians of the Delhi Gharana, dating back to the very creator of the instruments 'sitar' and 'tabla' in the early 13th century, Sufi Saint Hazrat Amir Khusrao.
While his lineage is known for their proliferative work in the field of tabla and rhythmic expression/composition, Ikhlaq's grandfather, Ustad Ahmadi Khan, was the first to choose a different instrument, sarangi. In turn, Ikhlaq's father, the eminent Ustad Imdad Hussain, chose to devote his musical life to sitar. Ikhlaq's immediate family was relocated to Pakistan during partition, and still resides in Karachi.
Ikhlaq Hussain, now a resident of New York City, was granted permanent residency in the U.S. on the basis of his extraordinary music ability; a category reserved for individuals with unusually exceptional talents. This has been a testimony to his virtuosity. Ikhlaq Hussain has followed in the footsteps of his forefathers, captivating audiences worldwide with his highly artistic sensibilities and skillful playing.
Ikhlaq plays in the Gayaki Ang (or vocal manner of playing). It is perhaps the most difficult form of playing the sitar. It involves 'sytematic use of pitch deflecting technique, where by pulling the strings across the frets and varying their tension, the player can produce intricate melodie phrases from a single stroke of the plectrum. Thus, emulating the human voice to a degree normally unattainable on plucked instruments'.The Gershwin Hotel
More details: www.ragasitar.com
7 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016
Tickets: $ 25 ; Students $20
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4 @ 8:00 PM
The World Music Institute presents "Masters of Indian Music"
Sitarist Kartik Seshadri.
Arup Chattopadhyay, on Tabla.
Kartik Seshadri, whose performances are noted for their “expressive beauty, rich tonal sensibility and rhythmic intricacy” (Washington Post), is a world-renowned sitar virtuoso, composer, and disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. A child prodigy in India, he first attracted widespread attention after he began performing full-length solo recitals at the age of six. Since then he has been regarded as a musical powerhouse, performing in the world’s most prestigious festivals and venues. Accompaniment provided by Arup Chattopadhyay, an outstanding tabla player of the younger generation.
“breathtaking” --LA Times.
Arup Chattopadhyay, one of the premier disciples of maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh, has established himself as a brilliant accompanist as well as a formidable soloist. He began learning tabla at the age of six from his father, the eminent Shri Pankaj Chattopadhyay, and then came under the tutelage of Pandit Shankar Ghosh with whom he continues to train.
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
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http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 @ 4:45PMThe Rubin Museum of Art presents "Spiral Music".
Sundar Das Ruben Giron (Bansuri Flute) and Andrew Rai (Sarod)Traditional Classical Indian ragas subtly influenced by western devotional music. Their sound is "personalized" through improvisation and intended to create a meditative state that transmits a mood of ecstasy. Free
Rubin Museum Of the Art
150 West 17 Street (@7 Ave)
New York, NY
http://www.rmanyc.org/events/load/1585
Free
Arun Ramamurthy Quartet at NYU's 4th Annual Global South Asia
Conference.
"Investing in the Future of Global South Asia: Identity, Justice and Progress" at the Stern School of Business.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 @ 7:30 PM
Ragehree Music Institute proudly presents An Evening Of Indian Classical Music!
Kinnar Kumar Seen on Sitar
and Naren Budhakar on Tabla.
Kinaar Kumar Seen is the eldest son of the well-known musical authority Ustad Lachhman Singh Seen of the Punjab Gharana. He started learning music from his father at an early age in the traditional style of Punjab Gharana. Kinaar completed a Master's degree in music with a Sitar major and was awarded gold medals for his proficiencies in Sangeet Visharad examinations in both tabla and vocal music.
Kinaar Seen gave his first solo performance at the age of fourteen. Since then he has been performing in major music festivals all over the world including the famous Harvallabh Sangeet Sammelan in India in 1979 and 1980. He has had numerous performances all over the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and the West Indies. He is recipient of several prestigious awards and recognitions in India and abroad.
Naren Budhakar was born in Pune, the cultural capital of western India to a musical family. His father, as a violinist, provided Naren his earliest exposure to Indian classical music. His cousin, Shashikant Purandare, was a lifelong student of the Delhi style of percussion. Naren took his initial lessons with him. He further studied with Samir Chatterji , the renowned tabla maestro from Kolkata and Shabbir Nissar, the tabla wizard from Hyderabad and the son of legendary Ustad Shaikh Dawood.
Performing with Various Artists: Pundit Jasraj, Dr.Alka Deo Marulkar, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Anup Jalota, Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Pundit Tulsidas Borkar, Krishna Bhatt, Barun Kumar Pal,Ustad Ashish Khan,Pundit Ramesh Mishra,Ulhas Bapat...
Studio 39, NYC
216 East 39th Street (between 2/3rd Ave.), 3 Floor, New York, NY 10016
Advanced purchase and confirmation is highly recommended due to limited seating.
Donation $25:00 at the door & $20.00 for Advanced, Members, Student & Senior Citizen
More details: www.rageshreemusicinst.org
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18 @ 3:00 PM
Shruti Laya cordially invites you to open the 2012 season of music by participating in the
celebration of Thyagaraja Aradhana.Smt. Sandhya Anand is a graded professional Violinist and Vocalist having exposure to traditional Carnatic Music genre for around 20 years and performed over 800 concerts in India and abroad, having learnt and nurtured the divine art under eminent Gurus Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), Sri. T.V.Gopalakrishnan and Sri. R. Swaminathan (Violin) and Sri. K.S. Suryanarayanan (Flute). She has accompanied several leading artists on the violin - T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Suguna Varadachary, Sudha Raghunathan, Bombay S. Jayashree, P. Unnikrishnan, Sankari Krishnan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Carnatica Brothers to name a few.
Sri. A.R.Balaskandan is a performer, teacher and composer in Carnatic Violin and South Indian Percussion (Mridangam, Kanjira and Konnakkol). As a Carnatic Violinist, he initially trained under Sri Sarweswara Sarma and obtained his Teaching Diploma. He has been under the guidance of Smt. T. Rukmini of Chennai since 2000.
Dr. Bhavani is a very versatile and accomplished artist in Carnatic Music. She is an A-grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Chennai. She performs vocal music, veena and venu/ flute. She has several awards, titles and honors to her credit, notably the All India Radio National Award when she was only 17 years old, the Best Concert award from Sri Krishna Gaana Sabha, Chennai, and the Ambujam Krishnan Award from the Madras Music Academy. She has learnt from many eminent Gurus such as Dr. N. Ramani and Sangeetacharya Smt.
Vivek Rudrapatna is a second-generation Indian-American who has been a vital member of the local arts community for over 10 years now. He was fortunate to discover Carnatic Music under Mysore Sateesh, an exceptional local violinist and insightful guru.
Shenthuraan Tharmarajah began his training in mridangam at the tender age of four under the guidance of Guru Dr. C. G. Balachandran. He completed his arangetram in 2002 at the age of eleven and since then, he has accompanied the likes of Sri Maharajapuram Srinivasan, Sri Papanasam Ashok Ramani, Dr. T.V. Gopalakrishnan, and many other artists, both vocal and dance, in programs for various sabhas. The winner of numerous awards, Shenthuraan is now undertaking rigorous advanced training under Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman.
PS 115 Elementary School
80-51 261 Street, Floral Park, NY 11004
Free admission.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26 @ 7:00 PM
Presented by the Asia Society "The Last Mughal", with William Dalrymple and Vidya Shah.
Celebrated author William Dalrymple reads from his award-winning book The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857, accompanied by North Indian vocalist Vidya Shah. This evocative evening celebrates the bygone era of India's last Mughals, bringing to life a world of emperors, poets, courtesans, politics, bayonets, intrigue and love through word and music.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (@ 71 Street), New York, NY
https://tickets.asiasociety.org/public/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=31
Tickets: $15 members; $17 seniors/students with ID; $20 nonmembers
SUNDAY APRIL 22 @ 7:00 PM
The World Music Institute presents "Masters of Indian Music"
Vocalist Pandit Jasraj
The legendary vocalist Pandit Jasraj is one of the last great masters of classical Indian music from the older generation. Internationally acclaimed for his extraordinary 3 ½ octave range, he is noted for his rich renditions of khyal, the highly improvised classical style that has become the main form of North Indian vocal music over the past 200 years. He is the foremost exponent of the Mewati gharana (school) and has received India’s major honors for his contribution to Indian music, including Padma Vibhushan and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Pandit Jasraj was introduced to New York audiences at a concert presented by the Alternative Museum (the precursor of WMI) in 1982.
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
Information/tickets: 212-545-7536
http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org
WEDNESDAY APRIL 25 @ 7:30 PM
The World Music Institute presents "Sound of a Hundred Colors"
Pandit Ramesh Misra on Sarangi.
Pandit Ramesh Misra is one of India’s most popular maestros of the sarangi (literally “of a hundred colors’’), an ancient bowed lute that evokes the sounds of the human voice and is one of the most difficult of Indian instruments to master. He is the son and disciple of the great sarangi virtuoso Pandit Ramnath Misra, and is currently studying with Pandit Ravi Shankar. A highly respected soloist and a sought after accompanist to many of India’s most esteemed vocalists, he is the recipient of many of India’s most prestigious awards. His program interweaves acoustic music with informal talk.
(Photo courtesy Marcus Spimson).
Leonard Nimoy Thalia @ Peter Norton Symphony Space
Broadway at 95th Street, NYC
Information/tickets: 212-545-7536
http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org
SATURDAY APRIL 28 @ 8:00 PM
New Sufi Music of Pakistan Punjab: Arif Lohar. Presented by the Asia Society.
Arif Lohar is one of Pakistan's most beloved contemporary folk singers. Born in a small village called Aach Goch in Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan, Arif Lohar follows in the footsteps of his father, famous Pakistani folk singer Alam Lohar. Worldwide he is among the top Punjabi Folk and Pop Singers. In June 2010, COKE STUDIO released his album Jugni COKE STUDIO which became a smash hit in Pakistan and over the Punjabi music world.
Singing contemporized interpretations of traditional Punjabi songs, Lohar captures the sights and sounds of modern Pakistani culture with a unique mix of pop and folk stylings. Playing his beloved chimta, a traditional percussion instrument resembling tongs, Arif Lohar will be backed by an ensemble of talented Pakistani musicians. http://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/arif-lohar-sufi-music-pakistan
This program is part of Asia Society's ongoing initiative Creative Muslim Voices in Asia, made possible by support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (@ 71 Street), New York, NY
https://tickets.asiasociety.org/public/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=31
Tickets: $22. Members; $26. Seniors & Students w/ID; $30. Non-Members
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