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MARCH 2012
March 2012
THURSDAY MARCH 3 @ 7:30 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents a Vocal concert as part of the
Saturday concert Series.Featuring:
Debasish Dey - vocal (from Benaras)
Amod Dandavate - tabla
Ramchandra Joshi - harmoniumDevashish Dey is a talented Hindustani classical vocalist based in Varanasi. He has studied with Pt. Pashupati Nath Mishra (Disciple of Pt. Mahadev Prasad Mishra - Banaras Gharana), and Pt. Mukund Vishnu Kalvint (Disciple of Padmabhushan Pt. S.N.Ratanjankar - Agra Gharana & Pt. Rajabhaiya Puchwale - Gwalior Gharana). His areas of interest are classical vocal (Khayal), light classical (Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, Chaitl, Kazri etc.), and others (Bhajan & Bengali Songs).
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Suite 618 (5/6 Aves)
New York, NY 10036Tickets: $20, $16 (Students w/ID and seniors)
SATURDAY MARCH 3 @ 8:00 PM
Asia Society and the Aga Khan Music Initiative present "In the Footsteps of
Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals".A local tradition of Hindustani raga has existed in Kabul since the 1860s, when Amir Sher Ali Khan brought a number of classically trained musicians from India to perform at his court. The present-day avatar of this tradition is Homayun Sakhi, the greatest Afghan rubab player of his generation. This concert pairs Homayun Sakhi and his Afghan rubab with sarod player Ken Zuckerman, the leading disciple of the late Ali Akbar Khan, and a consummate master in his own right. They will be joined by the young Afghan tabla virtuoso
Salar Nader, a student of Zakir Hussain.
There will be a free pre-performance lecture by Theodore Levin, Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music, Dartmouth College, at 7:00 pm. This program is part of Asia Society's ongoing initiative Creative Voices of Muslim Asia
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue @ 71 Street
New York, NY 10065
For more details and tickets online
Tickets: $25, $20 Members, $22 Students and Seniors
SUNDAYS MARCH 4 AND MARCH 11 @ 3:00 PM
Lotus Music and Dance presents 'I'm iN series'.
Indian Carnatic classical vocal music workshops and performance by Shobana Raghavan
accompanied by Vivek Rudrapatna on violin and Akshay Anantapadmanabhan on mridangam.
http://www.music.silenttunes.net/
Workshops on Sundays, March 4th & March 11th , 3-5pm
Lecture demonstration and performance along with students on Sunday March 18th, 3-5pm
This workshop is meant for singers, dancers, and lovers of Carnatic music of all ages, who are interested in beginning or furthering their knowledge of this beautiful, ancient art. The first session will give an introduction to Carnatic music and introduce the fundamental concepts of Ragam and thalam. The second session will focus on song structures and styles of vocal ornamentation, and students will learn to perform a short piece. You could sing or bring your instrument to play along.
Students are encouraged to attend the culminating performance on March 18th at Lotus as well.
Lotus music and dance studios
109 West 27 Street (between 6th and 7th avenues)
8th floor, New York, NY 10001 phone: 212-627-1076
Tickets available online. http://www.lotusmusicanddance.org/store/index.php/cPath/28
Lotus Membership ($15 annual fee) is required for discounted prepaid rate. All sales are final, no refunds will be issued.
Tickets: $60 for 2 sessions prepaid OR $35 per session. $75 for both sessions and the performance on March 18th.
SUNDAY MARCH 4 @ 5:00 PM
Rageshree Music Institute proudly presents an Evening Of Indian Classical Music!
Featuring Sitarist Kinaar Seen 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 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. Since coming to America, Naren 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. He has performed with artists from all three categories namely vocal, instrumental and dance music.
Tibet House
22 West 15 Street (bet. 5/6 Aves), New York City
For advance purchase please contact: Rageshree Music Inst. (718) 672-3211
Email: ageshreemusic@yahoo.com
www.rageshreemusicinst.org
Donation $25:00 at the door & $20.00 for Advanced, Members, Student & Senior Citizen
THURSDAY MARCH 8 TO SUNDAY MARCH 11
FROM 10:30AM-12:30PM & 3:00 - 5:00PM
Ananda Ashram presents a Sitar and voice workshop with
Acharya Roop Verma.
Acharya Roop Verma is an internationally respected sitarist, composer and teacher of Indian classical and sacred music, meditation and Nada Yoga philosophy. He was formally trained in the oral tradition under highly revered teachers of our time: maestros Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati and Swami Shyam of the Himalayas. Roop Verma has performed and taught widely in Europe, North and South America, India and Northern Africa and conducts Nada Yoga intensive retreats internationally. As director of the East-West School of Music, he regularly teaches and performs at Ananda Ashram.
Acharya Roop Verma shares a unique and concise system of musical training. His experience comes from observation of how we learn things. He has simplified the process for this age of technology, where less time is available, by re-arranging essential features and filtering out non-vital elements that are irrelevant to the learning experience.
Topics will include introduction to the Indian musical system of notes, rhythm exercises, simple music-making techniques, study of the science of ragas as a medium of self expression, as well as learning compositions in ragas and improvisation techniques specific to Indian classical music.Ananda Ashram - Yoga Society of New York, Inc.
13 Sapphire Road, Monroe, NY 10950
Phone: 845.782.5575 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 845.782.5575 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Tuition: $250 for 4 days or $35 per class
SATURDAY MARCH 10 @ 7:00 PM
Red Baraat's 1st Annual Festival of Colors!
Red Baraat, the 9-piece dhol 'n' brass Bhangra Funk group will be performing at Le Poisson Rouge and holding their 1st Annual Festival of Colors in celebration of Holi.
More about Red Baraat: www.redbaraat.com
158 Bleecker Street (Bet. Sullivan and Thompson Sts.)
New York, NY (map)
SATURDAY MARCH 10 @ 7:30 PM
Sitarist Abhik Mukherjee will be performing with Kumar Das on tabla.
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, 6 Floor, NYC
WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 @ 5:00 PM
The Rubin Museum of Art presents Premabhumi Duo as part of the "Spiral
Music" Program.Featuring Gian Luigi Diana, sitar and Tripp Dudley, tabla
Premabhumi is a duo based in New York City formed by G.L. Diana on sitar accompanied by Tripp Dudley on tabla. The duo explores the immensity of the Indian Ragas world while following the Hindustani Classical tradition. Diana lived for more than six years in India studying sitar and vocal Dhrupad style in Vrindavana, Uttar Pradesh.
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17 Street (@7 Ave)
New York, NY 10011
http://www.rmanyc.org/events/load/1647
Free
SATURDAY MARCH 17 @ 8:00 PM
India Academy of Performing Arts presents Ghulam Ali in Concert at Hindu Temple Auditorium! 
Hindu Temple
143-09 Holly Ave
Cross street Bowne street
Flushing, Queens, NY.
Tickets: $100, $75, $50, $35
https://mycity.sulekha.com/ustad-ghulam-ali-live-in-concert_buy_608250
SATURDAY MARCH 17@ 9:30 PM
Celebrate this St.Patricks Day with 
Charanams! Charanams will perform as part of the 8 week consecutive Saturday night in in LUCID: Awake in the Dream Series.
"Charanams" is a young, world music, cross-genre band that performs a blend of carnatic (South Indian classical), jazz, improvised music with contemporary rhythms. "Charanams" perform original compositions of Nivedita ShivRaj based on Indian ragas.
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Marcus Cummins-Saxophone
Jason Goldstein-Guitar
Sam ShivRaj-Vocals
Tripp Dudley- Percussion
Philip Mayer - Percussion
City Life Wellness, 75 Frost Street, Williamsburg, NY , Brooklyn, NY11211
Please mention at the door that you are there for 'Charanams" performance.
For Tickets : http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/233091
For Directions: http://citylifewellness.com/friends-of-clw/33-location-and-directions
www.charanams.com
Tickets: $20 (includes one wholesome meal)
SUNDAY MARCH 18 @ 3:00 PM
The Firehouse Space presents 
Original music for Sitar and Piano by
Sitarist Gargi Shinde and Lewis Porter on piano.
The pieces presented at this unique concert include explore the distinct tradition of improvisation in Indian classical music and jazz. Although, the soloists maintain the original Indian modes, the harmonic tradition of jazz reveals the classical Indian ragas in exciting ways to the listener. An event not to be missed!
Gargi Shinde is a disciple of Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan has composed a distinctive repertory of pieces for sitar and piano, based on the taal (rhythmic cycles) and Indian classical ragas (essentiallymodes/scales). Inspired by her Guruji's legacy she explores Southern ragas like Latangi, Hemavati and Hamsadhwani in addition to exploring modal and rhythmic confluences in Flamenco through the raga system. Gargi's quest for a dialogue between the Indian and Western traditions began when she heard a recording of her Guru in concert with Dave Brubeck in 1958. She has been performing since the age of 10, winning accolades and medals at national competitions and recitals in Mumbai, India. She is currently based in New York City.
Lewis Porter, jazz pianist and author of the definitive biography to one of America’s most legendary jazz performers, John Coltrane: His Life and Music, Lewis Porter is one of the most sought after speakers on jazz. He is a frequent guest on NPR, WNYC and WBGO, and occasionally appears on TV and film (BET, BBC). John Coltrane: His Life and Music was awarded the 1999 Jazz Research Award from the Association of Recorded Sound Collections, as well the prestigious Prix du Livre de Jazz from the Academy of Jazz in Paris.
Firehouse Space
246 Frost Street. Brooklyn, NY 11211
(The L train to Graham Ave. in Williamsburg)
http://www.thefirehousespace.org/thefirehousespace.html
SUNDAY MARCH 18 @ 4:00 PM
Lotus Music and Dance presents 
'I'm iN series'.
Indian Carnatic classical vocal music performance and lecture demonstration by Carnatic vocalist
Shobana Raghavan, accompanied by Vivek Rudrapatna on violin and Akshay Anantapadmanabhan on mridangam.
Shobana Raghavan learnt Carnatic vocal music from revered music gurus, including Nanganallur Shri Ramanathan, Smt. Visalakshi Ramachandran and continued advanced music study from Smt.Suguna Varadachari, Senior Professor of Madras University Music Department and renowned music gurus Smt. Padma Chandilyan and Shri Srimushnam Raja Rao in Chennai. She also received training in Bharathanatyam and in Kuchipudi.
She also began learning to play the violin from Smt. Srilakshmi Venkatramani, senior disciple of Ms. A. Kanyakumari in India and continue to learn under the tutelage of Guru Shri A.R.Balaskandan in the U.S. and training in Mridangam basics from Shri Vijayan, senior disciple of the mridangam maestro Karaikudi Shri R. Mani. http://www.music.silenttunes.net/
Lotus music and dance studios
109 West 27 Street (between 6th and 7th avenues) 8th floor
New York, NY 10001 - Tel: 212-627-1076
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 (members/students/children)
http://www.lotusmusicanddance.org/store/index.php/cPath/31
SUNDAY MARCH 25 @ 6:00 PM
In observance of National Woman's History Month, Anamika-Navatman collaborates with the Taalim School of Music to bring an evening celebrating women in the performing arts!
Featuring Taalika, an all female tabla ensemble, Navatman Dance, Kathak dance by Jin Won, and more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3z0Ca2NppGUle, $20 at the door. Children under 12 are free!
On this video: This performance was one of the first editions of female tabla ensemble Taalika, created by Pandit Divyang Vakil. Taalika in this performance features Indian artist Maitree Mewada, Indo-Canadian artist Heena Patel, South Korean artist Jin Won on tabla accompanied by Jignesh Sheth on harmonium.
This women's drumming ensemble performed in the summer of 2011 for Guru Poornima. All artists have been trained at Rhythm Riders Music Institute / Taalim School of Indian Music under Pandit Divyang Vakil and his team.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
405 West 55 Street, New York, NY 10019
www.navatman.org/tickets
Tickets: $15
SUNDAY MARCH 25 @ 6:00 PM
Unity Concert of contemporary Hindustani music hosted by Alex Samuel and Kalavant.
Kalavant Center and friends for a presentation of Unity, a new ensemble blending the best of Hindustani music and jazz, in an intimate atmosphere, as we introduce the musicians to New York City.
Residence of Alex Samuel
464 W Broadway Apt 4 (ring "Soho Zendo" buzzer) New York, NY 10012
Donations to support Kalavant Center and the musicans are gratefully accepted.
Light refreshments will be served.
SUNDAY MARCH 25 @ Set 1 - 6:00 PM | Set 2 - 7:30 PM
This month Carnatic Sundays presents carnatic vocalist 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xnrDdRWEA
Brinda will be accompanied on the violin by a new comer to Cornelia Street, Smitha Krishnan. Smitha is the student of the illustrious and world renowned violinist, Delhi P. Sunderrajan. She also learns vocal music from the experienced Padma Srinivasan. Smitha is a growing violinist who has been featured in many parts of USA and India.
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, who has been the house regular at Cornelia since the initiation of Carnatic Sundays, will be accompanying on mridangam.
Cornelia Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (@ Bleecker Street), NYC
FRIDAY MARCH 30 @ 7:00 PM
The Rubin Museum of Art presents Falu in Concert as part of the "Naked Soul" 
Program.
After a sold out concert in 2011, Falu is back by popular demand for a special Naked Soul concert featuring new, all-acoustic songs.
Falu is a classically trained Indian vocalist whose diverse musical repertoire captures both her traditional roots as well as her unique ability in combining Hindi music with an inventive rock.Falu has served as an ambassador of Indian music from Carnegie Hall, and her live performances have been featured nationally on FOX TV and internationally on National Geographic TV. Her voice has also been captured in multiple films, including Angelina Jolie's directorial debut A Place in Time. One of Falu's most stunning performances was at the Time 100 Gala where she was invited to perform a duet with Slumdog Millionaire composer A.R. Rahman in front of Time Magazine's most influential people in the world of 2008, which not surprisingly included First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. Falu was also invited to perform at the White House in November of 2009, where she sang alongside A.R. Rahman again at President Obama's first State Dinner in honor of the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17 Street (@7 Ave)
New York, NY 10011
http://www.rmanyc.org/events/load/1529
Tickets: $22.50 in advance / $25.00 day of the event.
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MARCH 31, 8:30 PM
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