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JUNE 2009
- FRIDAY JUNE 5 @ 7:00 PM
The AAICM and Rubin Museum of Arts are proud to
present Maestro vocalist Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan.Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan will be performing North India Classical Music as a distinguished exponent of the Kirana lineage of North Indian vocal music, and is related by blood to many of the most distinguished luminaries in that tradition. He displays great invention and vocal agility in his recitals. He is a walking encyclopedia of traditional compositions ("bandishes".
Dibyarka Chatterjee will accompany on tabla and Michael Harrison on intonation piano and vocals.
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street (btw 6th & 7th Avenues)
New York, New York 10011 - FRIDAY JUNE 5 @ 8:00 PM
Akshara, the South Indian percussion ensemble led by A.R. Balaskandan, is an exciting new percussion group rooted in Indian classical musical traditions. Comprised of virtuosic performers in Carnatic and Hindustani classical genres, Akshara performs an energetic blend of classical Indian melody and rhythm highlighted with solo and scale-based improvisations. A unique feature is the use of vocal percussion, or Konnukol within the compositions. Melodic accompaniment is provided using Carnatic Violin, Flute and Vocals.
Ensemble members include AR Balaskandan, a talented performer of mridangam and Carnatic violin, Arun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu on violin, G. Balaganesh on morsing and kanjira, Zach Knight on kanjira and Thejeswini Raj and Bina Viju on konnukol.
Guest artists have included Nitin Mitta on tabla and Ilari Kaila on piano. Each member is an accomplished classical music artist and has performed worldwide as soloists and accompanists.
http://www.balaskandan.com/akshara.html
BLVD
199 Bowery @ Spring StreetNew York, NY
www.blvdnyc.com - SATURDAY JUNE 6 @ 7:30 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents Vocal Concert with Sri Ajay Jha.
Sri Ajay Jha, born into a family of traditional North Indian Classical musicians, has studied and trained under his father Shri Devendra Jha and his brother Shri Rana Jha, both highly respected musicians in Bihar and Delhi, India. Ajay and his brother Shri Rana Jha are representatives of the Panch Gachhiya Gharanaof Bihar. These days he is very famous in New York for Jagran and Mata-ki-Chauki. http://www.indiaoye.com/artists/ajayjha.htm
Samir Chatterjee - Tabla
Basir Khan – Harmonium
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music4 West 43 Street, Room 616 (between 5th and 6thAve)
212 302 0720 or chhandayan@tabla.org
www.tabla.org
Admission : $20, $16 (students and seniors with valid ID) TUESDAY JUNE 9 @ 10:00 PM
Suphala (tabla) with Special Guests at The Stone!
Suphala will be joined by violinist, Mazz Swift.Tabla Artist, Composer, and Producer, Suphala, has collaborated with a wide range of artists including Timbaland, Norah Jones, and Yoko Ono. A student of Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, Suphala has combined her knowledge of Indian classical music with a wide range of western styles which is reflected in her compositions. www.suphala.com
The Stone - Corner of Avenue C and 2nd street, New York, NY 10003 www.thestonenyc.com
Ticket: $10TUESDAY JUNE 9 @ 8:00 PM
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
The Silk Road Ensemble is a collective of approximately 60 internationally renowned musicians,
composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers from more than 20 countries. Each Ensemble member's career illustrates a unique response to what is one of the artistic challenges of our times: nourishing global connections while maintaining the integrity of art rooted in an authentic tradition.Many of the musicians first came together under the artistic direction of Yo-Yo Ma at a workshop at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts in 2000. Since then, in various configurations, Ensemble artists have collaborated on a diverse range of musical and multimedia projects, presenting innovative performances that explore the relationship between tradition and innovation in music from the East and West.
PROGRAM
Silk Road Suite
Sandeep Das: ShristiPt. Kishan Maharaj's main disciples.
Music of Azerbaijan
Zhao Lin: Yanzi
Kayhan Kalhor: Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
Osvaldo Golijov: Selections from Air to AirLincoln Center for the Performing Arts – New York, NY
Guggenheim Bandshell, Damrosch Park
(West 62ndStreet between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)
Park seating will begin at 6:45pm.http://www.lincolncenter.org/show_events_list.asp?eventcode=-66009
Concert will be broadcast on Live From Lincoln Center – local PBS airdates
FRIDAY JUNE 12 @ 7:30 PM
An evening of North Indian Classical Music with very melodious Bansuri player, Eric Fraser.
Eric Fraser is a disciple of Pandit Gopal Roy of Kolkata, India and Steve Gorn,; two of the few living exponents of the Padmabhushan Pannalal Ghosh and Pandit Gour Goswami lineage. www.myspace.com/ericfraser
Accompanied on Tabla by Ehren Hanson. www.tollywoodallstars.com
Namaste Yoga
336 Grand Street
Brooklyn, Williamsburg, NY 11211
Tel: 718-874-3484
For more details email Ehren Hanson: ehren@thespacemaster.comFRIDAY JUNE 12 @ 8:00 PM
An evening of Indian classical Music with Steve Gorn on Bansuri flute.
Annual Concert: Luminous Ragas for Bansuri and Tabla, featuringBill Buchen - Tabla
Steve Gorn - Bansuri Flute
Hallie Laxshmi - TambouraEast Village Garden
6th Street & Avenue B
New York, NY 10003Free
SATURDAY JUNE 13 @ 7:30 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents Hindustani Vocal Concert with Sabina Islam.
Having studied music from the age of five under various teachers, Sabina Islam came to the Sangeet Research Academy as a scholar in 1997, studying first with Pandit Sunil Bose of the Agra gharana (lineage) and then with her guru, Vidushi Subhra Guha. Her style of rendition displays a mellow blending with vidya, devoted learning, raagdari and rich gaikee that is both creative and aesthetically appealing. Sabina has performed from many prestigious platforms in India and received numerous awards.Dibyarka Chatterjee - Tabla
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Room 616 (between 5th and 6thAve)
212 302 0720 or chhandayan@tabla.org
www.tabla.org
Admission : $15, $12 (students and seniors with valid ID)- SATURDAY JUNE 13 @ 8:00 PMQawwali Gospel Creation at BAM!
Part of 2009 Spring Season and Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas
Faiz Ali Faiz & Ensemble from Pakistan
Craig Adams & the Voices of New Orleans
With its pulsing drums and harmoniums, arduous incantations, and euphoric choral refrains, nothing induces a state of spiritual intoxication quite like Qawwali, a 700-year-old tradition of hypnotic Sufi praise music.Qawwali Gospel Creation unites one of the genres revered torchbearers, Pakistani singer Faiz Ali Faiz, and his ensemble with African American gospel music—a music tradition equally steeped in cathartic song—in a joint evening with renowned pianist/singer Craig Adams and the Voices of New Orleans, raising the spirit in ecstasy. ttp://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=865
651 Fulton Street,
BAM - Harvey TheaterBrooklyn, NY
Tel 718-636-4100 x 1
Subscription tickets: $16, 24, 28 - Full price: $20, 30, 35)- Running time: 105min, no intermission
SATURDAY JUNE 13 @ 7:00 PM
India Center of Westchester is proud to present a Sarod recital with Mallar Bhattacharya.
Mallar Bhattacharya is a student of the instumental and vocal music of the Acharya Baba Allauddin Seni gharana of Maihar and Rampur, India. Mallar began his musical training at the age of three, learning both Western and Hindustani violin from his father Dr. Jahar Bhattacharya, a viola student of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. After taking regular lessons from Ustad Aashish Khan in high school, Mallar was inspired to focus on the sarode as he began his undergraduate studies in Boston. Now a medical student in Boston, Mallar has been learning regularly for several years from Dr. George Ruckert, senior disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and he continues to study with Aashish Khan several times a year. Mallar has also spent two summers of dedicated study at Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California, learning from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
He will be accompanied by Ranjan Nandi on Tabla.India Center of Westchester Inc.
249 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
Tel: 914-909-2231 or email: indiacenter@optonline.net - www.indiacenter.us
For tickets contact: Sumita Bhattacharya: 914-592-4661 or Manju Kapoor: 914-472-5396
Ticket: $10
- SATURDAY JUNE 13 @ 7:30 to 8:00 PM
Celebrating the Urs of Pandit Pran Nath (November 3, 1918 - June 13, 1996)
Lee Torchia Invites you to a Concert of East Indian Raga with the meditative music of her Guru. www.jazzraga.com
Manhattan Plaza
Ellington Room
400 West 43 Street ( 9th Ave ), NYC 10036
Free concert - Open to public
SATURDAY JUNE 13 @ 11:30 PM
Sanjay Mishra and Friends in concert at Joe's Pub.
Featuring:
Sanjay Mishra - Guitar - www.mishra.net
Samir Chatterjee - Tabla - www.tabla.org
Joshua Geisler -Bansuri
Peter Locke - Bass
Joe's Pub
425 Lafayette Street (@ Astor Place)New York, NY
www.joespub.com - Tel: 212-967-7555
Tickets: $15
- THURSDAY JUNE 18 @ 8:30 PM
DIRECTIONS is very proud to celebrate his new group which features a blend of North and South Indian music as well as East and West.
DIRECTIONS featured:
Joshua Geisler - BansuriEhren Hanson - Tabla
Matt Kilmer - Percussion
Arun Ramamurthy - Violin
Nemanja Rebic - Guitar
Atmananda Yoga Studio324 Lafayette Street (East Houston/Bleecker Street)
7th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 625-1511
Ticket: $20
Review by Veronique Lerebours - June 18 2009:
"DIRECTIONS tonight in Concert: The perfect synergy of the genius musicians, orchestration, and coordination -- all combined -- made their first show unique and memorable! Bravo..."
FRIDAY JUNE 19 @ 7:00 PM
The AAICM and Rubin Museum of Arts are proud to present an exceptional EVENING RAAG concert with Maestro vocalist Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan.
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan will be performing North India Classical Music.
s a distinguished exponent of the Kirana lineage of North Indian vocal music, and is related by blood to many of the most distinguished luminaries in that tradition. He displays great invention and vocal agility in his recitals. He is a walking encyclopedia of traditional compositions ("bandishes") and has an erudite concept of ragas and a keen understanding of the various aspects of the Kirana style, which emphasizes numerous creative permutations of the notes of the raga.
Dibyarka Chatterjee will accompany on tabla and Michael Harrison on vocals.
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street (btw 6th & 7th Avenues)
New York, New York 10011Tickets: $25 - Member $22.50 https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/7163245
FRIDAY JUNE 19 @ 7:00 PM
Indo-American Arts Council presents the launch of “Roohani Choond Sindhi Kalaams” by Jaya
Manju Mirchandani. A Book reading, performance, sale and signing.
Reading, vocal: Jaya Manju Mirchandani
Vocal: Dinesh Mirchandani
Tabla: Maitreya Padukone
Harmonium: Kawal Mirchandani
Sindh is the land of Sufis – mystics and wanderers who spend their lives in a quest for truth. Sufi Fakirs wander the land singing and reciting kalaams.
Kalaams are Sufi divine poetry conveying spiritual messages thru haunting melodies as well as simple folk songs.. Sufi Kalaam poets of Sindh include Sachal Sarmast, Saeen Sachal (also known as Abdul Wahab), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Nawab Saif, Sadiq Fakir, Qualandar….
Utsav Festive India Restaurant
1185 Avenue of Americas, (between 6th & 7th Aves)
New York, NYEmail: admin@iaac.us. Web: www.iaac.us.
Phone: 212 594 3685
Tickets: $75 (includes dinner, open wine/beer bar, performance and book launch)
Visit: https://www.sulekha.com/ticketsV3/buytickets.aspx?cid=569977SATURDAY JUNE 20 @ 8:00 PM
Harrice Miller entertainment presents an Indian Classical Concert with harmonium solo by accomplished musician Kedar Naphade.
A vocal solo by the well-known Usha Kallianpurkar will follow, accompanied on harmonium by Kedar Naphade. Both artists will be accompanied on tabla by the talented young master Dibyarka Chatterjee.
This concert is dedicated to the memory of Kirana gharana legend, Pt. Firoz Dastur, who was Usha Kallianpurkar's guru.
Nurture New York1123 Broadway @ 25 Street, Suite # 1205
New York, NY
Tickets at door (cash only): $20 $15/students & seniors w/ID
Advance purchase: $15 $12/students & seniors w/ID
https://www.sulekha.com/ticketsV3/buytickets.aspx?cid=568971SATURDAY JUNE 20 @ 7:30 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents a South Indian Violin (Karnatic) Concert with:
Sri Arun Ramamurthy - Violin (Karnatic)
Arun has trained originally with the esteemed A. Ananthakrishnan. Later Arun got the good fortune to learn from the celebrated violin brothers, Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath.
Sri Bala Skandan - MridangamAs a Mridangist, he belongs to the school of Sruthilaya of Sri Karaikudi R. Mani of Chennai, where he has received advanced training from Guru Karaikudi Mani.
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. He has also received advanced training in Carnatic Vocal from Sri Seethrama Sharma and in general Percussion Techniques from Prof. T. V. Gopalakrishnan. www.balaskandan.comChhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Room 616 (between 5th and 6thAve)
212 302 0720 or chhandayan@tabla.org
www.tabla.org
Admission : $15, $12 (students and seniors with valid ID)- SUNDAY JUNE 21 @ 2:00 PM
Make Music: Veenas in Concert!
Make Music New York is back for a third year of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on the first day of summer. On Sunday, June 21, from 11 in the morning until 10 at night, musicians of all ages and musical persuasions — from hip hop to opera, Latin jazz to punk rock — will perform on streets, sidewalks, stoops, plazas, cemeteries, parks and gardens. http://newyork.timeout.com/make-music/section/musicNivedita ShivRaj leads 5 to 7 veena players in traditional and contemporary pieces for 60 minutes. The veena is an ancient multi-stringed instrument from South India, with a complex construction including seven strings and twenty-one metallic frets. Hosted by Flushing Town Hall. A Mass Appeal event.
137-35 Northern Blvd (at Main St)
Flushing, Queens718-463-7700
Subway: 7 to Flushing–Main Street
http://www.niveditashivraj.com
Free
- SUNDAY JUNE 21 @ 11:00 AM
AR Balaskandam presents Akshara Percussion Ensemble at the MMNY - Make Music New York
Akshara, the South Indian percussion ensemble led by A.R. Balaskandan, is an exciting new percussion group rooted in Indian classical musical traditions. Comprised of virtuosic performers in Carnatic and Hindustani classical genres, Akshara performs an energetic blend of classical Indian melody and rhythm highlighted with solo and scale-based improvisations. A unique feature is the use of vocal percussion, or Konnukol within the compositions. Melodic accompaniment is provided using Carnatic Violin, Flute and Vocals.Ensemble members include AR Balaskandan, a talented performer of mridangam and Carnatic violin, Arun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu on violin, G. Balaganesh on morsing and kanjira, Zach Knight on kanjira and Thejeswini Raj and Bina Viju on konnukol.
Guest artists have included Nitin Mitta on tabla and Ilari Kaila on piano. Each member is an accomplished classical music artist and has performed worldwide as soloists and accompanists.
http://www.balaskandan.com/akshara.html
Think Coffee
1 Bleeker Street (& Bowery)
New York, NY
http://www.thinkcoffeenyc.com
FREE!! WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 @ 8:00 PM
An evening of Indian Classical Music with two Bansuri!
Eric Faser - Bansuri
Ehren Hanson - Tabla
Steve Gorn - Bansuri
Omega Institute
Lake Road
Rhinebeck, New York
www.eomega.org
FRIDAY JUNE 26 @ 8:30p
Hosted by The Episcopal Actors' Guild, Sitar Concert by Maestro Ikhlaq Hussain and Naren Bhudakar onTabla.
Sitarist Maestro Ikhlaq Hussain is one of the leading musicians of his generation, exhibiting great proficiency and originality. Trained by his father, Ustad Imdad Hussain and later by the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar in India, Ikhlaq's lineage dates back to a centuries-long line of prominent musicians of the Delhi Gharana of Hindustani classical music. www.ragasitar.com
He will be accompanied by Maestro Naren Budhakar on Tabla. www.naren.org
The Episcopal Actors' Guild Hall
1 East 29 Street @ 5 Avenue
New York, NY 10016
www.actorsguild.org
Tel: 212-685-2927
Tickets: $25
SATURDAY JUNE 27 @ 6:00 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents an Hindustani vocal Concert with Maestro: 
Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas is an Hindustani Vocalist and a contemporary exponent of the Paluskar style of North Indian classical singing. He belongs to the prestigious Gwalior Gharana and the illustrious lineage of Sangeet Maharshi Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar contributed to his background. His molding of creative thinking, artistic approach and aesthetic research in the gharana gayaki with his arduous riyaz, he matured as a maestro in his own right.
Samir Chatterjee - Tabla
Stan Scott - Harmonium
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Room 616 (between 5th and 6thAve)
212 302 0720 or chhandayan@tabla.org
www.tabla.org
Admission : $20, $16 (students and seniors with valid ID)
SATURDAY JUNE 27 @ 8:00 PM
Simlahouse is proud to present a Summer Solstice Memorial Concert For Ustad Ali Akbar Khan by Hindustani Vocalist Shubra Guha.
This concert will be dedicate to the memory of the great Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and his enormous contribution to Indian music on the world stage. 
Vidushi Subhra Guha is a distinguished exponent of the Agra Gharana, and is today accepted as one of India's leading female singers. She has been trained by Shri Satish Bhowmik, Pandit Sunil Bose, Pandit K.G. Ginde, Pandit D.T Joshi, and Pandit Vijay Kichlu.
www.subhraguha.net
Ray Speigel -Tabla drums
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
320 Sawkill Road
Kingston, NY 12401
Unitarian Universalist Congregation (845) 331-2884
www.uucckingston.org or simlahouse@gmail.com
Tickets: $20
SATURDAY JUNE 27 @ 8:30 PM
Annual Ananda Ashram Program presents "Luminous Ragas" an evening of Indian classical Music with Steve Gorn on Bansuri Flute and Naren Budhakar on Tabla!
Preceded by Meditation & Readings from the Masters with Joan Suval beginning at 7:00PM.
Steve Gorn - bansuri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5SMAi6yyg
Naren Budhakar - tabla
Yoga Society of New York, Inc.
Ananda Ashram
13 Sapphire Road
Monroe, NY 10950
ananda@anandaashram.org or 845.782.5575
http://www.anandaashram.org
Admission $15 / members $12
SATURDAY JUNE 27 @ 4:00 PM
Mukthambar Fine Arts presents a Grand Carnatic Classical Concert by Sangitha Kalanidhi
Sri.T.K. Govinda Rao!
A torch-bearer of the Musiri bani, Sri. T. K. Govinda Rao owes his success to the blessings of his guru Musiri Subramania Iyer. Govinda Rao has had the fortune of learning from luminaries like Tiruppambaram Swaminatha Pillai, T Muktha, Mayavaram Krishna Iyer, Chittoor Subramanya Iyer and P Sambamurthi.
Accompaniment:
Sri S.P. Ananthapadmanabha on Violin
Sri Prakash Rao on Mrudangam
Sri H. Sivaramakhrisnan on Ghatam
Hindu Temple
Saraswathi Hall
45 - 57 Bowne Street
Flushing, New York 11355
http://www.nyganeshtemple.org/
More Info contact Saavitri Ramanand at 718- 479-3192
Tickets: $7
SATURDAY JUNE 27@ 5:00 PM
“Spiritual Music Evenings” with Nivedita Shivraj on the Soothing and Spiritual Music of Veena...
The "nadha" (musical sound) of veena is unique, enigmatic and leaves the listener in a trance. This hour-long musical evening is the first-of-its-kind in the USA. Nivedita ShivRaj has received special training on spiritual music and has released an exclusive music album “Veena Vibrations” for meditation. www.NiveditaShivRaj.com.
PrepMate Learning Center
143-30, 38th Ave, Suite 1-G,
Flushing (Queens), NY 11355
Please register in advance as space is limited.
RagaChitra Foundation, New York -- www.RagaChitra.org
Phone: 212-203-3555 -- EMail: info@ragachitra.org
Admission fee: $20
SUNDAY JUNE 28 @ 7:00 PM
WKCR 89.9 FM Radio - NEW YORK
Concert recorded in New York at Drom, May 17 2009 for the HarmoNYom's Launch Celebration. 
Milind Tulankar - Jaltarang (Hindustani Music Concert performed for the first time in America!)
Sunil Avachat - Bansuri
Ramdas Palsule - Tabla
& Max ZT (Intro) - Dulcimer
The performance and interviews with renowned Indian classical artists will be featured on “Raag Aur Taal”, a show that airs every Sunday from 7pm to 9pm on WKCR FM New York. The Series will inaugurate a new program “Raga-Live” under Raag Aur Taal that will feature a live performance every first Sunday of the month in order to tie our program more closely to the Indian classical music scene in NYC. The program will continue within the scope of Raag Aur Taal presenting classical, light classical, and regional folk music of India. www.wkcr.org
WKCR FM New York - 89.9 FM is a non-commercial, non-profit radio station based at Columbia University, dedicated to alternative programming, especially in jazz, world, and new music forms.
Email hosts of the program at raagaurtaal@gmail.com or Email Ashok Ilankovan at ial@wkcr.org
Tel: 212.854.9920
MONDAY JUNE 29 @ 6:30 PM
Tamarind Art Council is delighted to host an evening of pulse-pounding rhythm with a master 
percussionist Ace-Drummer SIVAMANI, Master Percussionist from Bollywood.
Born in India, Sivamani is a gifted musician who has mastered over 100 instruments and has composed scores for numerous critically acclaimed films in India. He has worked with many distinguished musicians such as A. R. Rahman, who composed the scores for "Bombay Dreams" and academy award winner "Slumdog Millionaire." For over three decades Sivamani has been a composer for Indian films and has performed in many solo concerts all over the globe. Sivamani has performed in Singapore, London, South Africa and New York spreading the rhythm of India across the world. In the summer of 2007 when Tamarind Art presented Sivamani through a music event, Sivamani shook the New York crowd by a storm.
Tamarind Art Council
142 E. 39th Street, New York, NY, 10016
By RSVP only - rsvp@tamarindart.com or 212-990-9000 – Limited seating available
www.tamarindarts.org
Free
ON THE AIR! SUNDAYS
FROM 7 TO 9 PM
WKCR FM New York’s “Raag Aur Taal” program present ‘Ragas – Live’ Series with a performance featuring Indian Classical Maestros!
The performance and interviews with renowned Indian classical artists will be featured on “Raag Aur Taal”, a show that airs every Sunday from 7pm to 9pm on WKCR FM New York. The Series will inaugurate a new program “Raga-Live” under Raag Aur Taal that will feature a live performance every first Sunday of the month in order to tie our program more closely to the Indian classical music scene in NYC.
WKCR FM New York can be tuned in to on your dial at 89.9FM or over the Internet at www.wkcr.org.June 7:
Vocalist Mashkoor ALi Khan
June 14:
Vocalists Carnatica Brothers
June 21:
Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan - Shehnai
June 28:
Milind Tulankar - Jaltarang
FROM 6 TO 8 AM
It is the sister show to “Morning Ragas”, which airs on the same day from 6am to 8am.
WKCR FM New York can be tuned in to on your dial at 89.9FM or over the Internet at www.wkcr.org.
WKCR FM New York - 89.9 FM is a non-commercial, non-profit radio station based at Columbia University, dedicated to alternative programming, especially in jazz, world, and new music forms.
Email hosts of the program at raagaurtaal@gmail.com or Email Ashok Ilankovan at ial@wkcr.org
Tel: 212.854.9920
HINDUSTANI VOCAL CLASS: JUNE 2009
The American Academy of the Indian Classical Music (AAICM) is pleased to welcome Maestros who will be begin Hindustani vocal classes until December 15 2009.
For further questions and concerns, please contact Rachna Agrawal at nrityam@aol.com or 860-817-6379 or Michael Harrisson at michael@michaelharrison.com
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan is a distinguished exponent of the Kirana lineage of
North Indian vocal 
music, and is related by blood to many of the most distinguished luminaries in that tradition. He displays great invention and vocal agility in his recitals. He is a walking encyclopedia of traditional compositions ("bandishes") and has an erudite concept of ragas and a keen understanding of the various aspects of the Kirana style, which emphasizes numerous creative permutations of the notes of the raga. An A-grade artiste of All India Radio, he has performed in numerous festival and conferences all over India and abroad. Khan Sahib is currently a senior vocal guru with the prestigious Sangeet Research Academy in Calcutta, passing on his musical heritage to new generations of musicians. Read more at www.mashkooralikhan.com. Contact: mashkooralikhan@rediffmail.com.
In NYC from April 20 – June 22 2009
Having studied music from the age of five under various teachers, Sabina Islam came to the Sangeet
Research Academy as a scholar in 1997, studying first with Pandit Sunil Bose of the Agra gharana (lineage) and then with her guru, Vidushi Subhra Guha, with whom she now lives in Kolkata in traditional "guru-shishya parampara" (guru-disciple relationship). In addition to Khyal, Sabina also sings Light Classical music like Thumri, Dadra and Tappa, which she has inherited from her guru in the perfect style of "Poorab Ang." Her style of rendition displays a mellow blending with vidya, devoted learning, raagdari and rich gaikee that is both creative and aesthetically appealing. Sabina has performed from many prestigious platforms in India and received numerous awards. You can contact Sabina at sabinamiin@yahoo.co.in.
In NYC from April 20 – June 28 2009
HarmoNYom
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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