SUNDAY MAY 1 @ 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Charanams, the Carnatic Jazz band will be perform "Mystic Earth" at the Arbor
Festival.

Celebrate this Spring with family and friends, listening to live music and enjoying nature at the beautiful Queens Botanical Gardens.(http://www.queensbotanical.org/programs/ParkingGarden_EarthDays) (From 11:30am to 4:30pm)

Charanams' Performance: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena (www.charanams.com)
Samyuktha ShivRaj - Vocals
Jason Goldstein - Jazz Guitar
Marcus Cummins - Jazz Saxophone
Tripp Dudley - Cajon, Frame Drums
Advait Shah - Tabla

Queens Botanical Gardens,

43-50 Main Street, Flushing,

NY 11355

Free



SUNDAY MAY 1 @ 3:00 PM

Ranganatha Temple presents an afternoon of Carnatic Classical Concert with: 

Subhashini Parthasarathy & Nirmala Sundararajan.

Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan has trained under eminent gurus M.S.Soundarammal, Sri Ramnad Krishnan, Sri P.N.Raghava Rao, T.Mukta and Sangeeta Kalanidhi Sri T.M.Thyagarajan and has a Ph.D with the Thesis "Compositional Diversities in Karnatic Music". She has received many awards and titles such as Sri Hastigirinatha Gana Kokila, Nadakanal, Sangita Sironmani and Sangita Kala Jyothi from various sabhas.

Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy Trained and tutored by eminent scholars like Sangita Kalanidhi Sri T.M. Thiagarajan, the great Padam exponent Smt. T. Mukta and Sri.P.N.Raghava Rao and nurtured by her mother Dr. Nirmala Sundararajan, Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy exhibits amazing erudition in Karnatic music. She has several awards to her credit, including the Yuva Kala Bharati, Dr.S.PInakapani Award, Suryakantha Memorial Award, Kuwait Musician of the year 2007.



Accompanied on violin by Ravi Srinivasan and by Dhamodaran Srinivasan on mridangam.

RanganathaTemple,

8 Ladentown Road, Pomona, NY 10970

www.ranganatha.org

More Info: Usha Chari 845-364-9790 (RanganathaTemple)

Donations welcome.



SUNDAY MAY 1 @ 5:00 PM

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents a Percussion concert!

The Madhyala Ensemble - Hindustani Music Ensemble
Featuring:

Akhilesh Gundecha - Pakhawaj
Anoop Singh Borliya - dholak
Manij Bolia - duff
Brian Silver - sitar
Himanshu Mahanti - tabla

Akhilesh Gundecha  is the youngest of the Gundecha Brothers, among the world's leading performers of Dhrupad.  In 2005 he founded The Madhyalaya Percussion Ensemble, which has performed at many of the most prestigious classical music festivals in India to high acclaim from both audiences and the press. This is the ensemble's first U.S. tour, bringing to American audiences the rich variety of Indian folk percussion instruments in an exciting exchange with the classical pakhawaj and tabla, all within the framework of the traditional tala (rhythmic) system of Hindustani music.  www.dhrupad.org/wp-content/ downloads/madhyalaya.pdf

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Aves), #616

New York, NY
Tickets: http://www.chhandayan.com/concerts/at-ccim-in-nyc
Tickets: $20, $16 (Student w/ID)

SUNDAY MAY 1 @ 7:00 PM

WKCR 89.9 FM presents "Raag Aur Taal" a live performance!

Hosted by Sriharsha Arhadya.

Solo Tabla Concert by Prafulla Athalye presented by SangeetSabha in New York City on March 26 2011 at the Manhattan Sikh Center and recorded by WKCR 89.9 FM.

Prafulla Athalye is one of the leading Tabla players of India and is one of the most senior disciples of Tabla Maestro Late “Ustad Allarakha.” Prafulla started taking his initial training from “Shri. Vasant Vishnupurikar” when he was 6 years old. After studying first 5 years from him, he studied about 14 years from “Ustad Allarakha” and currently, Prafulla is studying under his son, Tabla Maestro  “Ustad Zakir Hussain” and “Pandit Arvind Mulgaonkar”. Overall, he has been learning since more than 28 years. Prafulla is the recipient of many awards.

Accompanied by Pandit Ramesh Mishra on Sarangi.

To listen online: www.wkcr.org or at 89.9 FM NY





FROM MONDAY MAY 2 TO JUNE 30

Gurukul School for Indian Classical Music

presents Sitar and Vocal Classes with Maestro

Pt. Krishna Bhatt.

Starting May 2 to June 30, a new series of music classes will begin in New York City for those interested in learning sitar and North Indian classical vocal and instrumental music.

Led by sitar maestro Pt. Krishna Bhatt, the classes will introduce students to the techniques and compositions of the Maihar Gharana (school) of the legendary Baba Ustad Allaudin Khan.

Sessions will begin Monday, May 2 at 7:30pm.

Fees are for the two-month session.
$400 – 1 Class per week. (8 classes)
$700 – 2 classes per week. (16 classes)
$900 – 3 classes per week. (24 classes)

Auditors can attend all classes for $400.

Please contact Andrew Mendelson (andrew@ragamalaproductions.com) to register.



WEDNESDAY MAY 4 @ 8:00 PM

The Shahi Qawwals from Ajmer Sharif (India) - Concert by The Chishty Sufi Sema Ensemble

Night of qawwali, an extraordinary evening of music! The Dergah al-Farah is blessed to host the Shahi Qawwals, a troupe of traditional Chishty Sufi Sama singers from Dargah Ajmer Sharif of 6th Century saint Haz-rat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, located in Northern India. The Qawwali tradition is a form of Sufi devotional music that stretches back 700 years. It is per- formed mainly at Sufi shrines, but was popularized by the late Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Please come to show support for the Shahi Qawwals and the representatives of the saint, Syed Riyazuddin Chishty & Syed Salman Chishty.

Dergah al-Farah - Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community

245 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013 - Tel: 212 9669773

$25 | Advance Tickets $20

FRIDAY MAY 6 @ 7:00 PM

SangeetSabha is proud to present a living legend of Indian Classical Music, 

Ustad Shahid Parvez on Sitar!

Ustadji is an exponent of the Gayaki Ang, a style that transfers the emotional directness and tonal nuance of the human voice to the instrument. He is renowned for both, his lyricism and complelling rhythms. Ustad Shahid Parvez is the leading light of Etawah Gharana in our generation. His father and Guru was Ustad Aziz Khan, a great musician of his time and a noted composer. Ustadji is the grandson of Ustad Waheed Khan Sahab, the legendary Sitar and Surbahar player.

Accompanied on Tabla by Pandit Nayan Ghosh.Son and disciple of the Tabla maestro, Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and nephew of the great flute player, Pandit Pannalal Ghosh, he is one of the few tabla players who had a chance to learn from the Great Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa Khan Sahib.

Helen Mills Theater,

West 26 Street (6/7 aves)

New York, NY

Tickets: $20/$35/$45 (Tickets are limited (120), so please do get them well in advance.)

Tickets online: shahidparvez.eventbrite.com



FRIDAY MAY 6 @ 7:00 PM

The Rubin Museum for the Art presents

Snehasish Mozumder & SOM (sound of mandolin) Harlem in the Himalayas Series!

Snehasish Mozumder- mandolins

w/ Vin Scialla -drums.

Nick Gianni- winds.

Dan Asher -bas.

DeepSingh - tabla.
a real unplugged set! http://bit.ly/f7vSkD

Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street, NYC

www.rmanyc.org

Ticket: $18 (Advance), $20, $5 (Students)

FRIDAY MAY 6 @ 8:00 PM

The Shahi Qawwals from Ajmer Sharif (India) - Concert by The Chishty Sufi Sema Ensemble

Night of qawwali, an extraordinary evening of music! The Dergah al-Farah is blessed to host the Shahi Qawwals, a troupe of traditional Chishty Sufi Sama singers from Dargah Ajmer Sharif of 6th Century saint Haz-rat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, located in Northern India. The Qawwali tradition is a form of Sufi devotional music that stretches back 700 years. It is per- formed mainly at Sufi shrines, but was popularized by the late Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Please come to show support for the Shahi Qawwals and the representatives of the saint, Syed Riyazuddin Chishty & Syed Salman Chishty.

Dergah al-Farah - Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community

245 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013 - Tel: 212 9669773

$25 | Advance Tickets $20

SATURDAY MAY 7 @ 7:30 PM

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents an Hindustani Music Ensemble
Music!

Featuring:

Neel Murgai - sitar

Sameer Gupta - tabla

Arun Ramamurthy - violin

Trina Basu - violin

Mat Maneri - viola

Marika Hughes - cello

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Aves), #616

New York, NY
Tickets: http://www.chhandayan.com/concerts/at-ccim-in-nyc
Tickets: $20, $16 (Student w/ID)

SUNDAY MAY 8 @ 5:00 PM

Mother’s Day Let’s Celebrate Together - Come Experience An Evening Mehfil of Romantic Ghazals &
Songs in An Intimate Setting! By Highly Accomplished Ghazal Singer:

Dattaprasad Ranade (Disciple of Mehdi Hassan)
(And Highly Talented Musicians from India)

Ghazals of Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, and Many Others
Time Permitting, Artists Will Honor Farmaish.

VENUE:

3 Phillips Lane, Lake Grove, NY 11755

RSVP ASAP by Email or Phone: Achyut Tope (631)645-1438, Priti Joshi (631)813-6765
Suggested Contribution: $40/family, $20/person – Dinner Included

MONDAY MAY 9 @ 7:30 PM

Presented by The Heyman Center for the Humanities/Columbia

University "The Legacy of Legends", a Sitar Concert by Ud. Shujaat Khan (sitar), 

and Samir Chatterjee (tabla), Madhu Vora (harmonium).

Smt. Purvi Parekh (vocal - Opening Concert)

Shujaat Husain Khan is perhaps the greatest North Indian musician of his generation, and the son and disciple of the legendary sitarist Ustad Vilayat Khan. His musical pedigree continues back through his grandfather, Ustad Inayat Khan; his great-grandfather, Ustad Imdad Khan; and his great-great-grandfather, Ustad Sahebdad Khan - each one a legend of his generation.

Opening act by the brilliant vocalist Purvi Parikh of the Kirana Gharana, the daughter of the celebrated sitarist Arvind Parikh, himself a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan, and the distinguished Kirana vocalist, Kishori Parikh.

Miller Theatre, Columbia University
116^th Street/Broadway, New York, NY

Tickets: $35: General, $20: Columbia Faculty & Staff*, $15: Columbia Students w/ID 

Click here to purchase online tickets

TUESDAY MAY 10, 11 and 12 @ 7 to 9:00 PM

SATURDAY MAY 14 @ 4:00 PM

Shruti Laya presents Maestro Indian Bamboo Flautist Shashank.

Accompanied by Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin) & Parupalli Phalgun (Mridangam) 

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.

Trained by father Subramanyam and vocal maestros R.K. Srikantan and Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, he is presently considered one of the best Bamboo Flute artists and is hailed so by the Indian and international media alike.

PS 115 Elementary School

80-51 281 Street, Floral Park, NY 11004

www.shrutilaya.org

Tickets: $15 - Free for members

SATURDAY MAY 14 @ 7:00 PM

until SUNDAY MAY 15 @ 5:30 AM

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents the

12th All-Night Concert!

Featuring:
- Veena Sahasrabuddhe - Vocal
- Shujaat Khan - sitar
- Sanjeev Abhyankar - vocal
- Kaushiki Chakraborty - vocal
- Alam Khan - Sarode
- Rabi-Shashtriya - Songs of Rabindra Nath Thakur related to Indian Classical compositions
Anirban Dasgupta (sarod), Stanley Scott and Tandra Das (vocal), Stephen Cellucci and Kedarnath Havaldar (tabla), Trina Basu (violin)

Accompaniment : Samir Chatterjee, Subhojyoti Guha, Kedar Naphade, Rohit Mujumdar, Tanmay Deochake and others...

Live streaming (live webcast/internet broadcast) of this year's Chhandayan All-night concert to be held in New York on May 14th from 7 pm until May 15th 5.30 am (NY time). First hour of the broadcast will be free. After that it is a flat fee of $6 for the rest of the program. They will have coverage of all of the performances, except that of Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar. For watching live telecast you will need to visit www.tabla.org - go to the all-night concert page and chose the $6 payment option from the drop box. Once you make the payment the system (links) will lead you through.

NY Society for Ethical Culture

West 64 Street/Central Park West

New York, NY
Tickets : $100, $75, $60, $40 (10% discount on all prices to students, seniors and groups of 10 and  over). Tickets are selling at http://www.chhandayan.com/concerts/at-ccim-in-nyc/?id=91&eid=19

SUNDAY MAY 15 @ 7:00 PM

WKCR 98.9 FM presents a live interview and performance by maestro Dhrupad vocalist Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar.

Recorded in New York City, April 13 2011at WKCR 89.9 FM.

Accompanied by Laurence Bastit on Tanpura.

(Photo courtesy Darbar Festival).

Hosted by David Ellenbogen.

Transport yourself to ancient India with deeply devotional dhrupad singing. Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar represents the 20th unbroken generation of dhrupad singers in the Dagar family. Traditionally his family has always performed dhrupad as a duet, but Wasifuddin successfully presents the dynamic of a duet in a solo performance.

To listen online: www.wkcr.org or at 89.9 FM NY



TUESDAY MAY 17 @ 7:00 PM

Indo-American Arts Council & Misha Nicole present

RAAGAS IN REFLECTION by Mala Ramodorai.

Versatile and multifaceted Mala Ramadorai is the student of the great master of Gwalior Gharana, Pt. Yeshwant Bua Joshi . Having had rigorous training in the Carnatic style in her early years with Shri Ayyalore Krishnan, Mala went on to do her Masters in Hindustani Classical Music at the SNDT University.  Her forte is Khayal Gayaki. Mala is continuing her exploration in Hindustani music with the renowned Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande. At the same time she continues to reacquaint herself with the intricacies of Carnatic style under the guidance of the legendary Carnatic maestro Shri. Lalgudi Jayaraman. 

Accompanied by: Pandit Ramesh Mishra on Sarangi
Shri. Anirban Roy Chowdhury on Tabla
and  Shri. Madhu Vora on Harmonium



Misha Nicole

303 Bowery, NYC

RSVP: nida.iaac@gmail.com
Suggested Donation:  $15.00



WEDNESDAY MAY 18 @ 8:00 PM

Join BZH New York (supported by Voila NY and HarmoNYom) for a evening of musical exchange of traditional and contemporary cultures between Brittany and India with jazz as a horizon from 8pm - 12am at Shrine, world music venue in Harlem, NY. www.bzh-ny.org

5 talented musicians coming from Brittany, France with locally based Indian sitarist

Gargi Shinde & Naren Budhkar on tabla.

http://www.reverbnation.com/conversationsintaal
http://www.naren.org/new/?page_id=2

Shrine

2271 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd (7 Ave) (134 Street)

Harlem, NY

Directions: http://shrinenyc.com/

By Donation

FRIDAY MAY 20 @ 6:00 to 9:00 PM

Master Class with Sarod maestro Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar.

Open for tabla players and main instrumentalists as well for listeners.

One of the best-known Sarod players of the present generation, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar has long achieved that order of excellence and popular acceptability which ensure one's place in posterity. Early initiation into music by his grandfather, the Late Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar, and later his father, the Late Ranjan Majumdar, nurtured Tejendra's considerable talent. Vocal and rhythm training under the Late Pandit Amaresh Chowdhury and Sri Anil Palit further ensured a holistic musical development. Tejendra was then accepted by the Late Ustad Bahadur Khan as his disciple. Eighteen years of intensive study under him matured his talent into true genius. After the untimely demise of his guru, he studied under the Late Sri Ajay Sinha Roy and later under one of the legends of Indian Music--the world-renowned Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. 

Residence of Ehren and Camila Hanson

65 Ocean ave #4, Brooklyn, NY

Call Camila 917-586-7729 for reservation

Admission: $60, $30 for listeners

FRIDAY MAY 20 @ 8:00 PM... SPECIAL EVENT!

HarmoNYom presents as part of The Music Room Project!

North Indian Maestro Dhrupad Vocalist

Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar.

Transport yourself to ancient India with deeply devotional dhrupad singing.

Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar represents the 20th unbroken generation of dhrupad singers in the Dagar family. Traditionally his family has always performed dhrupad as a duet, but Wasifuddin successfully presents the dynamic of a duet in a solo performance. (Photo: S. Thanthoni)

http://dagarvani.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Accompanied by Qamar Dagar & Laurence Bastit on tanpuras and by Pt. Mohan Shyam Sharma on Pakhwaj.

Venue: Mandala @ Anamika Navatman (Doors open at 7:15pm)

344 West 38 Street (8/9 Aves), 5 Floor, New York, NY - Directions  

Subways: A/C/E to Port Authority and 1/2/3, N/Q/R, 7 to Times Square/42 Street



Tickets: $40, $25 (Students w/ID, Seniors and Children - 18) (Cash only at door)

10% of all revenues will be donated to Music Basti.

Tickets online (Limited space): www.musicroom.eventbrite.com/     

SATURDAY MAY 21 @ 3:00 PM

Pandit Jasraj Institute of Music Research, Artistry and
Appreciation celebrates the Mewati Sangeet Parv with History of Indian Music.

An Enchanting, Enlightening, and an Educational Experience of Indian Classical Music from the Vedic Period to the Modern Ages, presented by disciples of Pandita Tripti Mukherjee.

Pandit Jasraj Auditorium, Shri Hanuman Mandir

111 Jerusalem ave., Hempstead, NY 11550

Contact: 732-625-0650 (Modhumita)
Tickets: $10. Tickets will be available at the Venue. www.panditjasrajinstitute.org.

SATURDAY MAY 21 @ 4:00 PM

PS 115 Elementary School

80-51 281 Street, Floral Park, NY 11004

www.shrutilaya.org

Tickets: $15 - Free for members

SATURDAY MAY 21 @ 5:00 PM

Anu Annam's Solo Art Exhibit & Fundraiser
View expressionistic watercolor paintings of Immortal Indian Icons as seen through the memory of renowned painter Anu Annam.

Plus a special concert by Grammy-Award nominated Camila Celin accompanied by Ehren Hanson on tabla.

Balance Yoga & Healing Arts

680 E Jericho Tpke. Huntington Sta, NY 11746 View map.
Phone 631-423-2055 - Email info@balanceyogaandhealing.com
$20 suggested donation. 50% of all profits go to Sphoorti

SATURDAY MAY 21 @ 7:30 PM

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents  a Vocal concert.
 

Featuring:

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik - vocal
Samir Chatterjee - tabla
Arun Ramamurthy - Violin (for his first Hindustani performance)

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Aves), #616

New York, NY
Tickets: http://www.chhandayan.com/concerts/at-ccim-in-nyc
Tickets: $20, $16 (Student w/ID)