SUNDAY APRIL 17 2011, 5PM

Maestro Shashank

Indian Bamboo Flautist

HarmoNYom

is proud to present its 3rd Baithak Concert as part of

The Music Room!

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR JAPAN!

A performance by virtuoso

Maestro Indian Bamboo flutist

Shashank

  Accompanied by Akkarai Subbulakshmi/violin & Parupalli Phalgun/mridangam.

Opening Concert by

Miya Masaoka

& Akiko Sasaki.

Duet on Japanese Koto.

Maestro Shashank

stormed into the music world at the age of seven.  He was the youngest musician to have been invited by The Music Academy, Chennai to perform the senior most slot of The Music Academy, (often performed by Legends of Indian Classical Music), at the age of 12  - a record yet to be broken in the history of South Indian Music.

With scintillating, primal tones he truly sings through the most organic and ancient of all instruments. His logic-defying virtuosity is the result of a magical innate talent coupled with the best possible training. Shashank has propelled the Bamboo flute into an enviable position by his playing techniques of which “the multi flute transposed fingering technique” and the dual octave production”” have won him world acclaim. http://www.shashank.org/

Akkarai S. Subbulakshmi is a violinist of the 21st Century in the field of Carnatic music. She is the daughter of renowned violinist Akkarai Swaminathan.

Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi, a child prodigy started giving violin solo and vocal programmes at eight. She had her initial two years training at Nadha Brahma Vidyalaya of the late guru V. Janakiraman, New Delhi. She is now under the guidance of Swara Raga Sudha Violin School run by her father Akkarai S. Swaminathan. She is not only an expert violinist but also a well recognized vocalist. She is learning vocal music from Padma Bhushan P.S. Narayanaswamy and Chithra Veena N. Ravikiran.

Parupalli Phalgun - Mridangam

An extremely talented and dynamic youngster, Phalgun was trained from the age of five by the Late Radhakrishna Raju and later under his son M.L.N. Raju of AIR Vijayawada. He hails from a family of great musicians such as Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu, the guru of vocal Maestro M. Balamurali Krishna. He has accompanied many stalwarts in the field of South Indian music including Shashank and he is currently on the faculty of The Govt. Music College, Vijayawada.

The concert will be followed by a lively conversation with the artists. The evening includes complimentary Chai and Indian-inspired gourmet snacks.

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As part of the Fund-raising 10% of all revenues will be donated to IBREA Japan!

The Center - Lerner Auditorium

208 West 13 Stree, Room 301

New York, NY 10014 (7/8 Avenues)

Tickets (1 concert): $40

$25 (Students w/ID, Seniors & Children under 18)

Memberships (3 concerts): $115 (Individual), $220 (Pair), $65 (Students w/ID, Seniors & Children under 18)

Buy Tickets (Cash only at door)

 
Community Partners:
WKCR 98.9 FM NY, St. John Lutheran's Church, Mukti Kitchen, Music Basti, The Anamika Navatman Project, DooBeeDooBeeDoo, Sidart Photography, Dawoud Kringle, Marcus Simpson, The Epoch Times, Vishesh Sharma, Saregama, India Abroad, I Meditate NY, IBREA

For more details: Veronique Lerebours or Girish Raj at contact@harmonyom.org

On behalf of HarmoNYom,

THANK YOU to Shashank, Akkarai Subbulakshmi & Parupalli Phalgun

for their magical performance on Sunday April 17 in NYC!

(Photo courtesy Marcus Simpson)

To Miya Masaoka & Akiko Sasaki for their wonderful Koto duet;

As well to our members, music lovers, volunteers, friends, Community Partners & Media to be part of THE MUSIC ROOM project & supporting our 3rd successful fund-raising for IBREA Japan!

It was an exceptional evening... one not to be missed!

Shashank performing at The Music Room - April 17 2011 accompanied by Akkarai Subbulakshmi & Parupalli Phalgun.

(Photo courtesy Marcus Simpson)

Video Clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5_OOfazxY