TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 8PM

New York Chamber Music Festival is presenting
Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan on Sarod
with
Elmira Daravova on violin
And Salar Nader on Tabla

Peter Norton Symphony Space
West 96 Street and Broadway, NYC

All info and tickets: http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/8706/Music/sarod-superstars-amaan-ali-khan-ayaan-ali-khan

The brothers Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan are world-renowned seventh-generation sarod (a 19-stringed Indian lute) virtuosi, part of a musical lineage that includes their father - the legendary Indian classical musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. The brothers' dazzling technique enables them to flow effortlessly between the sarod's sweet melodic tones and explosive rhythmic dynamism. Having performed at all major concert venues all over the world, such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, London's Barbican Centre, Vienna's Konzerthaus and the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and having collaborated with major symphony orchestras such as the London Philharmonia, as well as with prominent stars of folk and rock music, these sarod superstars chart new musical paths and share the sublime sound of the sarod with audiences around the globe.

The New York Chamber Music Festival, Music For Life International and the Indo-American Arts Council are proud to present this fabulous performance, which includes internationally renowned New York violinist Elmira Darvarova (former Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and acclaimed Tabla virtuoso Salar Nader.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN_Jk8w6_k4

THURSDAY MARCH 12, 7PM

US DEBUT!
Rajasthani Songs from the Desert of Pakistan:
Mai Dhai Ensemble
presented by Live@365

This concert marks a rare opportunity to hear Rajasthani music from Pakistan with Mai Dhai, a traditional Manganiyar singer and dhol player from the Thar Desert region. Hailing from Tharparkar, in the interior region of Sindh province, Mai Dhai’s driving percussion and other-worldly voice evoke the ancient rhythms of times long past.

The Manganiyars are a caste of Muslim musicians who traditionally performed for the kings of Rajasthan in the subcontinent. Their repertoire ranges from ballads about the kings to Sufi songs written by various mystics as well as songs for occasions such as birth, marriage, rains, and feasts.

Elebash Recital Hall

365 5th Ave, New York, New York 10016

Tickets:  http://www.showclix.com/event/DesertofPakistanMaiDhai

More info: http://liveat365.org/concert06.php



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SOLD OUT! THURSDAY APRIL 30, 7PM

The IRCPL, Barnard Religion Department, Barnard Center for Translation Studies, and South Asia Institute at Columbia University present a concert and discussion:
“Performing Bhakti: Surdas in Song and Translation” Concert

Featuring a Hindustani Classical and Devotional performance by:

Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar, Lead Vocals
Ajinkya Joshi, Tabla
Milind Kulkarni, Harmonium

The concert and discussion event celebrates the recent publication of Barnard Religion Professor Jack Hawley’s co-authored volume, Sur’s Ocean, which was recently published by Harvard University Press as part of the Murty Classical Library of India. The concert will be followed by a discussion on performance, song, and translation.

Professor Jack Hawley, translator of Sur’s Ocean
Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar, acclaimed vocal performer of the Mewati Gharana

The concert is hosted and curated by Yogi Trivedi, Columbia University.

Glicker Milstein Theatre
3009 Broadway, New York, 10027
http://ircpl.org/event/performing-bhakti-surdas-in-song-and-translation/

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FRIDAY MAY 1, 8PM

Robert Browning Associates presents:
FARID AYAZ, ABU MUHAMMAD & BROTHERS QAWWAL
Sufi Music of Pakistan - Part of the World in Trance Festival

Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Brothers Qawwal perform qawwali, the ecstatic devotional music of Sufi Muslims made famous in the West by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The 9-member ensemble has gained international recognition for its renditions of both the popular traditional form and the more introspective ancient classical qawwali that is seldom heard today.

Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave (at 3rd Ave), Downtown Brooklyn

Tickets online: http://www.robertbrowningassociates.com/farid-ayaz-abu-muha…

photo: Jack Vartoogian/ FrontRowPhotos

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TUESDAY JUNE 2, 12PM

Arun Ramamurthy Trio (ART) in Times Square, NYC, a special kickoff performance in Duffy Square, Broadway (between 46th and 47th Streets), NYC.

Featuring:

Arun Ramamurthy - Carnatic Violin

Perry Wortman - Cello

Dan Weiss - Percussion and tabla

Presented by Times Square Alliances and Make Music NY as part as a special edition of Times Square NYC: Music at the Crossroads.
ART is presented In collaboration with HarmoNYom and NYC Radio Live

Free - All welcome

For a full schedule of each day’s events: www.makemusicny.org/timessquare

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FRIDAY JUNE 12, 8PM

2 SPECIAL OFFERS!

1- General Admission/EARLY BIRD:

$25 until May 31

2- EXPERIENCE THE EVENING LIKE A VIP!
We could not put together this fabulous event without you...

Support the artists and we’ll treat you like a VIP. 

All contributions of $100 are tax-deductible and include

1 VIP ticket to the Concert.

TICKETS ONLINE RESERVATION:

www.aashishkhan2015.eventbrite.com

For Parking lots in the area:

http://en.parkopedia.com/parking/underground/177_9th_ave/10011/new_york/

THANK YOU!

A full house on Friday June 12, 2015 for our Grand Hindustani Sarod concert in NYC!

HARMONYOM - Indian Classical Music - New York is very proud and honored to have had the wonderful opportunity to present a magical evening of Indian Classical music featuring maestros Ud. Aashish Khan (sarode), Pt. Anindo Chatterjee (tabla), Pt. "Manik Munde" the Pakhawaj Legend and Shri Anupam Shobhakar (sarode) at the beautiful St. Peter's Chelsea Episcopal Church in NYC! They were accompanied by Roshni Thompson on tanpura.
Presented In collaboration with Brooklyn Raga Massive.



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SATURDAY JUNE 20 - WKCR - Radio 89.9 FM

SUNDAY JUNE 21 - MMNY - Central Park - NYC

Ragas Live Festival - 2015 

The Ragas Live Festival 2015, one of radio’s most ambitious events, expands in it’s fourth year on SATURDAY JUNE 20th. Over 70 world-class musicians will perform Indian Classical Music over a period of 24 hours, all broadcast on WKCR.
This year it will now by now be followed on SUNDAY JUNE 21st by free concerts in Central Park.

1- On SATURDAY JUNE 20th (midnight to midnight) WKCR will broadcast 24 hours of live performances throughout New York City at 89.9 FM-NY and internationally at www.wkcr.org

The festival will be recorded and made available on both the WKCR archives online

at www.wkcr.org and at www.nycradiolive.org.
2- This will be followed by free concerts, workshops and Mass Appeal of Indian Drums (open to everyone) in Central Park - Dairy Lawn, mid-park on West 65 Street (5/6 Aves) New York, NY from 1:30-8pm on SUNDAY JUNE 21st as part as Make Music NY (MMNY).

The event is produced by WKCR in collaboration with 14 leading organizations:

AAICM, Afro Roots NYC, Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla and Indian Music, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Carnatic Sundays, Chhandayan Center for Indian Music, HarmoNYom, Krishna Bhatt’s Gurukul, Navatman, NYC Radio Live, Shastra & Taalim School of Indian Music.

This year’s festival will feature some of the greatest maestros of the Indian Classical Music’s field, many of whom reside in India.
Pandita Tripti Mukherjee, Ustad Aashish Khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pandit Krishna Bhatt, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Sanghamitra Chatterjee, and Pandit Samir Chatterjee.

The title Pandit, Ustad, and Pandita is one reserved for masters of this music.

Alongside these great maestros there will be performers reflecting the exciting new genres and collaborations that are blossoming in New York City. Yacouba Sissoko the great Kora player from Mali will perform the amazing bansuri player Jay Gandhi representing the monthly Africa/India Collaboration concerts produced at Brooklyn Raga Massive events. Chamber Raga, a form being explored in NYC will be represented by Karavika. The astounding prodigy Vivek Pandya who made his Ragas Live debut with a 45 minute solo at 8 years old, will now perform at 10 years old with the maestros Samarth Nagarkar (vocal) and Abhik Mukherjee (sitar).

Over the years, many fans and performers have requested that they can attend the festival in person. This year, Ragas Live will continue outside of WKCR at Central Park. As part of Make Music NY (MMNY), there will be live performances and workshops in Central Park’s Dairy Lawn, mid-park on West 65 Street (5/6 Aves), New York, NY from 1:30-8pm on Sunday June 21st. These shows will be anchored by youtube sensation Shankar Tucker and the explosive Arun Ramamurthy Trio which brings South Indian compositions some hundreds of years old into the context of a jazz trio.


1- SATURDAY JUNE 20 (24 Hours)

From midnight to 11:59pm

Ragas Live Festival Radio - WKCR Broadcast

You can tune in to WKCR on 89.9FM in the NYC area or online at www.wkcr.org.

Any questions about tuning in can be sent to board@wkcr.org.

Complete schedule (subject to changes):

12am to 1am
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan (vocal) + Sandip Bhattacharya (harmonium)

+ Nitin Mitta (tabla)
1am to 2am
Camila Celin (sarod) + Ehren Hanson (tabla)
2am to 3am
Max ZT (hammered dulcimer)
3am- 4am
Sandip Bhattacharya (Vocal) + Shampa Bhattacharya (harmonium) and Anirban Roy Chowdhury (tabla)
4am-5am
Arjun Verma (Sitar)
5am-6am
Indro Roy-Chowdhury (sitar) + Anirban Dasgupta (sarod) + Mike Lukshis (tabla)
6am-7am
Suhas Joshi (vocal) Gopal Kalluri (tabla) Neeraj Joshi (harmonium)
7am-8am
Payton MacDonald, Dhrupad Trance; Dan Weiss, drumset;

Reena Esmail, violin & piano
8am-9am
Achyut Joshi (Vocal)
9am-10 am
Karavika Amali Premawardhana (cello) Trina Basu (Violin) Perry Wortman (bass) Sameer Gupta (tabla)
10am-11am
Samarth Nagarkar (vocal); Abhik Mukherjee (sitar); Vivek Pandya (tabla)
11am-noon
Steve Gorn (bansuri), Eric Fraser (bansuri), and Ehren Hanson (tabla)
noon-1pm
Navatman Music Collective:

1pm-2pm
Namaskar: Sameer Gupta: drumset, tabla - Arun Ramamurthy: violin - Rashaan Carter: violin - Neel Murgai, sitar
2pm-3pm
Om Gam: Michael Gam (bass), Kane Mathis (kora), Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Shivalik Goshal (tabla)
3pm-4pm
Jay Gandhi (bansuri) & Arun Ramamurthy (violin) with Abhi Seetharaman (mridangam)
4pm-5pm
Chhandayan Tabla Ensemble: Avinash Bose, Aditya Shinn, Rafi Hakim, Ronak Seth, Noelina Arciniegas, Kedar Gangopadhyay and Benjamin Stewart); Aditya Phatak (tabla solo); Chhandayan Vocal Ensemble: Roshni Basu, Shampa Chanda, Adwaitaa Goswami, Dibyakalyan Basu, Andrew Shantz, Harry Einhorn and Anand Prashad-tabla
5pm-6pm
Pradhanica:Jin Won (Kathak), Mike Lukshis (tabla), Kaumil Shah (djembe), and Vincent Pierce (cajon);

Taalim Tabla Duet: Mike Lukshis (tabla), Kaumil Shah (tabla)
6pm-7pm
Yacouba Sissoko (Kora), Jay Gandhi (Bansuri), David Ellenbogen (guitar)
7pm-8pm
Pandit Krishna Bhatt (Sitar) and Nitin Mitta (tabla)
8pm-9pm
Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod) and Nitin Mitta (tabla)
9pm-10pm
Sanghamitra Chatterjee (vocal) with Samir Chatterjee (tabla) and Tabla Duet - Samir Chatterjee and Tejas Tope
10pm-11pm
Ustad Aashish Khan (Sarod), Anupam Shobhakar (Sarod) and Dan Weiss (tabla)
11pm-midnight
Pandita Tripti Mukherjee (vocal) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla)

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2- SUNDAY JUNE 21st in Central Park, NYC

LIVE events from 1:30pm to 8pm

Ragas Live:

A solstice summer of Indian Music in Central Park!

Presented by HarmoNYom, MMNY, WKCR and NYC Radio Live

In collaboration with Navatman, Taalim School and Brooklyn Raga Massive

MASS APPEAL - Make Music NY (MMNY)
1:30PM - Introductory Tabla / North Indian Rhythms Workshop (taught by Mike Lukshis / Taalim School)
2 - 3:30PM: Indian Classical Drum Circle
All ages and playing levels welcome.
www.makemusicny.org/summer-schedule/2015/features/mass-appeal/

CONCERTS:
4PM - Taalim Youth Tabla Ensemble
4:15 - 5:15PM: Navatman Music Collective
5:45PM - Arun Ramamurthy Trio (ART) - Presented by Brooklyn Raga Massive
7:15PM: Shankar Tucker Ensemble

Venue:
Central Park - Dairy Lawn Mid-Park - 65 Street (Entrance on 59 Street/6Ave)
http://makemusicny.org/summer-schedule/2015/locations/293

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Direct press inquiries to:

Executive producer:
David Ellenbogen, davidellenbogen@gmail.com
Publicity Director, WKCR:
Zachary Hap Seligman Karen board@wkcr.org

Organizers:
AAICM - www.aaicm.org
Afro Roots NYC
Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla - www.schooloftabla.viewcy.com
Brooklyn Raga Massive - www.brooklynragamassive.com
Carnatic Sundays - www.arunramamurthy.com/carnatic-sundays
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music - www.tabla.org
HarmoNYom - www.HarmoNYom.org
Krishna Bhatt’s Gurukul
Navatman - www.navatman.org
NYC Radio Live - www.nycradiolive.org
Shastra - www.shastramusic.com
Taalim School of Indian Music - www.taalim.com
WKCR 89.9 FM NY - www.wkcr.org

Community Partners and Sponsors:
Make Music NY (MMNY) - www.makemusicny.org
Sunny Thakkar

THANK YOU!

The Ragas Live Festival organized by WKCR-FM 89.9 in collaboration with 14 local organizations including HARMONYOM - Indian Classical Music - New York on June 20 and June 21 2015, has been a fantastic success!

On behalf of HarmoNYom, THANKS to the 80 musicians for their incredible performances; To WKCR 89.9 FM's Team (David Ellenbogen, Manisha, Zachary, Hap, Seligman, Karen and everyone else) for their initiative and great organization; To Make Music New York (MMNY) to give us again the chance to present 4 beautiful concerts, workshops and Indian Drum Circle at Central Park on June 21; To our community sponsors, to the musical community and our worldwide audience for their support and love!

It was such a joy to share this great experience again this year, all together through this unique event! To the Collective of organizers (AAICM, Afro Roots NYC, ACST: Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla and Indian Music, Brooklyn Raga Massive, Carnatic Sundays, Chhandayan Center For Indian Music, Krishna Bhatt's Gurukul, Navatman, Inc, NYC Radio Live, Shastra and Taalim School of Indian Music... THANK YOU!

To listen to the 24 concerts recorded on June 20, they will be broadcasted on www.nycradiolive.org - More infos: NYC Radio LIVE

We are looking forward to the next Festival in 2016! Ragas Live Festival is rocking.... 



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WEDNESDAY JUNE 24, 6:30PM

A Benefit for World Music Institute--an intimate evening with the renowned and amazing Pandit Ramesh Misra (Sarangi) and Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (Tabla) in a loft in South Street Seaport, in New York City.

Supported by HarmoNYom

For ticket purchase

RSVP Required by email fnact@aol.com - Daisy Paradis to receive exact location of the private residence. If you cannot attend but would like to contribute to the benefit, purchase tickets through the ticket's link and send an email to fnact@aol.com - Daisy Paradis.



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SATURDAY JULY 11, 7:30 PM

 Sunny Thakkar presents

Planet Shankara Live at Lincoln Center

Supported by HarmoNYom

World's #1 percussionist and the Drummer of Slumdog Millionaire & Jai Ho - the legendary Anandan Sivamani (https://goo.gl/qRRFos) jams with 

Vocalist of YouTUBE's fastest growing Indian Classical video Anurag Harsh (https://goo.gl/eD4GIm) who recently sold out Carnegie Hall and 

AR Rahman's favorite & India's #1 Keyboardist and Keytar player Stephen Devassy (https://goo.gl/9UPtGC) at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts

Last few tickets left for this unique midsummer night jam of lightening fast Raga based songs & rhythms at one of the hottest venues in NYC.

Tickets:

Purchase at www.LincolnConcert.com (no fee)

Venue:

Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

165 West 65th Street - New York, NY 10023

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 1, 9:30PM



FRIDAY OCTOBER 16, 8:30PM

Carnegie Hall Presents

In association with Robert Browning Associates

Supported by HarmoNYom

Kaushiki Chakraborty’s Sakhi

Women in Indian Music 

Kaushiki Chakraborty has shot to the forefront of India’s classical vocalists. Her group, Sakhi, brings together five young Indian artists to explore the ancient role that women played in Indian music.

The program is dedicated to the female aspect in Indian culture, deriving from mythology and religion. Kaushiki Chakraborty (vocals) is joined by Nandini Shankar (violin), Debopriya Chatterjee (bansuri flute), Savani Talkwalkar (tabla drums), Mahima Upadhyay (pakhawaj – barrel drum) and Bhakti Deshpande (kathak dance).

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall,
Seventh Avenue between 57th and 56th Street, NYC
Tickets: $45, $38

Use promo code CMY22715 for 10% off* tickets.

BUY TICKETS [link to: http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2015/10/16/0830/PM/Kaushiki-Chakrabortys-Sakhi/]



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FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 8PM

South Asia Institute presents:

Supported by HarmoNYom

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan - Sitar
Amit Kavthekar - Tabla

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan descends from six generations of sitarists, and is one of the leading exponents of the Etawah Gharana, a musical tradition or "family" committed to the sitar. He is the grandson of Waheed Khan, the surbahar and sitar virtuoso, who was the younger brother of Inayat Khan. Shahid was first introduced to vocal and tabla by his father Aziz Khan, before he was initiated into the art of playing sitar. In 2007, the New York Times called him “one of India’s more celebrated younger musicians, prized especially for the vocalistic phrasing of his raga improvisations.” http://www.spkacademy.org

Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Broadway and West 116 Street, NYC
Tickets: $15-$30
http://www.millertheatre.com/events/ustad-shahid-parvez-khan

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CANCELLED! SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 3:30PM

Pandit Jasraj Institute celebrates “TaanRang” in honor of Mian Taansen

with a melodious vocal recital.

Supported by HarmoNYom

Padmashri Honored Pta. Tripti Mukherjee
Accompanied by
Shri Anirban Roy Choudhary (Tabla)
Smt. Lalita Mathur (Harmonium)