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NOVEMBER 2011
November 2011
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 @ 8:30 PM
Samarth Nagarkar, a hindustani classical (North Indian classical) vocalist, is a disciple of Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Pandit Dinkar Kaikini. A former scholar of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, he was head of the K. K. Kapoor Sangeet Reseach Academy, Lucknow as Founder Faculty. Pursuing a full-fledged career as a performing vocalist, Samarth is hailed as one of the most promising young artistes of today.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 @ 11:30 PM
Lee Torchia, vocalist from the Kirana Gharana sings Raga Malkauns Alap.
Fifth Annual Concert Celebrating the Birthday of her Guru, Pandit Pran Nath
Live Cable TV:
TWC on Channel 67
RCN on Channel 85
FIOS on Channel 36
MNN 4 Culture Channel: Simultaneous Live Broadcast on the Internet
http://www.mnn.org/live/4-culture-channel
For more information on Lee: http://www.jazzraga.com
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4 @ 7:00 PM
Drs.Rita and Surendra Sharma presents in Consortium with OCC Newburgh,and
Padmaben of Geetmaala a Jugalbandi concert with Steve Gorn on Fluteand Samir Chatterjee on Tabla.
Steve Gorn is a well known flute (bansuri) player. He is creating a new music, which combines the essence of classical Indian tradition with a contemporary world music sensibility. The strength of this music is grounded in a virtuoso mastery
Suny-Orange
Kaplan Hall Bldg. Grand Street,
Newburgh, NY
Free indoor parking at the ground floor lot.
Wine and cheese reception to follow.
RSVP required at: smr596@aol.com or 845-863- 6800
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4 @ 7:00 PM
Dhwani, Academy of Percussion Music presents a benefit Concert for the visually challenged in India!
Abhijit Banerjee,
Snehasish Mazumder,
Goutam Shom,
Haroon Sarwar
and Shomnath Roy will be presenting songs of Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary.
Club Sanm,
35-15 36th Avenue, Astoria, NY.
More details: 347-612-6966SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 @ 7:30 PM
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents "Shakuhachi", Koto and
vocal concert with T M Hoffman on shakuhachi, koto and voice and Daniel Weiss on tabla.US-born, four-decade Asia resident artist and ethnomusicologist T M Hoffman has trained in vocal since 1984 under Pdt Ganesh Prasad Mishra ( Benares/Lucknow); from 1977 in Japanese flute shakuhachi under late Living National Treasure Yamaguchi Goro; adapted 13-stringed koto into veena, violin, santur and swarmandal styles. Graduate in music from universities of four nations, 20-year university lecturer, numerous international awards. Concerts of authentic Hindustani classical music rendered on shakuhachi and koto, and vocal music with Indian and Japanese classical poetry self-accompanied on koto have been well received in NCPA, SRA, IGNCA, BHU, IITs, Santiniketan, Princeton, London, A.I.R., VOA... www.ijmea.com
Interview on National Network of Education (India):
http://www.indiaedunews.net/ conversation/Tim_Hoffman.asp
Daniel Weiss has been under the guidance of Pandit Samir Chatterjee for nearly five years. He has accompanied instrumentalists and vocalists in the field of Indian classical music. Apart from tabla, Daniel is an established drum set player and has toured USA and Europe in the past five years.Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Suite 618 (5/6 Aves)
New York, NY 10036www.Tabla.org
Tickets: $20, $16 (Students w/ID and seniors)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 @ 8:00 PM
The Navatman Anamika Project presents an Instrumental Jugalbandi Concert.
The exceptional artists
Arun Ramamurthy (violin),
Jay Gandhi (bansuri),
Nitin Mitta (tabla),
Akshay Anantapadmanaban (mridangam)
come together for an explosion of Hindustani and Carnatic pleasure. Their daring compositional work, vast knowledge-base, and duality of presence in both Eastern and Western spheres makes this one concert you won't want to miss.
Mandala at Anamika-Navatman344 W 38th St, 5th floor, NYC
Tickets: $15 presale, $20 at the door ~www.navatman.org/ticketsSATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 @ 8:00 PM
Banaras Soul Music 2011 by
Rabindra Goswami,
sitar and Ramu Pandit, tabla.
Two of the best known North Indian classical musicians of Banaras wil be stopping through NYC on their Banaras Soul Music Tour. Don't miss this opportunity to hear traditional North Indian classical music by two of its finest exponents. Ravindra Goswami is rare among sitarist in that he performs the ancient drupad style, and he was also my first sitar teacher! This duo has been performing together for over 20 years and have a deep connection to each other and the music, performing in a very traditional manner.
Sitarist Shri Rabindra Narayan Goswami has been a professional musician for over 40 years and is recognized as a senior artist in Banaras (Varanasi), India. Goswami-ji is a disciple of the late Smt. Amiya Devi, and also studied the ancient Dhrupad style with Pandit Ramakant Mishra. Later in life, he studied the advanced intricacies of raga with the great Dr. Balchandra Patekar of Bombay and Banaras. He has won a number of national awards in India. Goswami-ji has also recently taken up playing surbahar and jaltarang and is also one of Banaras's foremost sitar teachers.
Tablaist Shri Ramchandra "Ramu" Pandit is a long-time professional performer of classical, semi-classical, folk, and popular music and a life-long disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai.Culture Hub
47 Great Jones St. / 3rd Floor
New York, NYEvents page: http://www.culturehub.org/events1
RSVP: http://banarassoulmusic.eventbrite.com/Tickets: $15
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 @ 8:00 PM
The Amit Chaudhuri Band and Qian Yi and the Du Yun Quartet!
Presented by the Asia Society.
Amit Chaudhuri's band is not fusion, but a hybrid meeting of his musical worlds, which collide in Hindustani vocals with hints of Derek and the Dominoes. Chaudhuri has not only studied classical Hindustani music, but also focused many of his novels on Indian singers. His music is a hybrid of this classical form, as well as Western popular music.
Qian Yi was the star of her generation of Kun performers, but more recently been experimenting with new forms. Composer Du Yun creates an avant-garde soundscape in which Qian Yi and Li Liqun retell the story Slaying of the Tiger General.
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
http://asiasociety.org/calendars/amit-chaudhuri-band-and-qian-yi-and-du-yun-quartet
Free! The box office is now closed. Tickets are still available at the Asia Society front desk
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 @ 9:00 PM
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble presents Pandit Pran Nath 93rd Birthday Memorial Tribute!
Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari in the contemporary Kirana gharana (style) of North Indian Classical Music in the MELA Dream House. Saturdays October 29, November5 and 12 at 9 pm in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment.
The Ensemble willperform Pandit Pran Nath's special arrangement of a traditional composition, "Hazrat Turkaman" set in Raga Darbari.
Featuring:
La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CDLa Monte Young and Marian Zazeela premiered The Just Alap Raga Ensemble on August 22, 2002 in a memorial tribute to Ustad Hafizullah Khan, the Khalifa of the Kirana Gharana and son of Pandit Pran Naths teacher, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan Sahib.
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor (between Franklin & White Streets), NYCTickets: $36. MELA Members, Seniors, Student ID, $28.
Limited seating. Advance reservations recommended.
Info and reservations: 212-219-3019;mail@melafoundation.orgSUNDAY NOVEMBER 6 @ 4:00 PM
East Indian Music Academy presents a Classical Vocal Concert featuring
Esha Bandyopadhyay and Avirodh Sharma on Tabla.
East Indian Music Academy, Concert Hall
126-10 111 Avenue
South Ozone Park, NY
Donations Accepted.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6 @ 5:00 PM
Shruti Laya cordially invites you to the last major concert of 2011, by the prodigy Abhishek Raghuram.
He will be accompanied by Vittal Ramamurthy on the Violin, and Trivandrum Balaji on the Mridangam.
Abhishek Raghuram Through the unique guidance of his legendary grandfather, Padmasri Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. Palghat R. Raghu, and as a disciple of Sangeetha Kala Acharya Shri P.S. Narayanaswamy, Abhishek Raghuram is emerging as a defining contemporary vocalist. The "Best Senior Vocalist" title awarded Abhishek by Music Academy for the 2010 music season is a fitting tribute to a musician some critics have called “food for intellect, mind, heart and soul”. Abhishek hails from a family of legendary musicians and was declared a child prodigy when he gave his first concert at 9 years of age. He has accumulated many awards, recognitions and accolades.
Shruti Laya is proud to present a pre-concert by young American artists. Siddharth Sriram will be singing, accompanied by L.Ramakrishnan on the violin and Arvind Venkataraman on the mridangam.
Queens High School of Teaching
74-20 Commonwealth Blvd, Bellerose, NY 11426
Tickets: $15 (Members + children Free)
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 6 @ 7:00 PM
WKCR 89.9 FM NY presents “Raga-Live” under Raag Aur Taal that will broadcast a live performance by
Anupama Bhagwat - Sitar
Nitin Mitta - Tabla
Concert recorded live by WKCR at HariNYC Studio in NYC on October 7 2011. Concert presented by HarmoNYom.
Hosted by Sriharsha Aradhya.
The In All Languages Department Email hosts of the program: raagaurtaal@gmail.com or ial@wkcr.org
Tel: 212.854.9920 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 212.854.9920 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. On the radio, tune on 89.9 FM or to listen to the program over the Internet: www.wkcr.org.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 @ 7:00 PM
Kiran Ahluwalia CD Release concert .
Co-presented in association with HarmoNYom and IAAC.
Expressing her muse through ghazals and Punjabi folk songs, award winning Indian singer, Kiran Ahluwalia explores the language of the heart with beautiful artistry and smoldering intensity. Her enchanting and seductive music has garnered glowing praise from critics around the world; Hers "is a voice destined to enchant more than one generation" fROOTS. Most of all, Kiran Ahluwalia is a unique and inspiring performer and composer, whose legion of fans continues to grow with every captivating performance. With each successive recording, Kiran has moved ever onward from her own musical upbringing, reaching well beyond her extensive training in the genres of traditional ghazal and Punjabi folk music, shaping a style completely her own. On her latest CD, aam zameen : common ground, Kiran successfully merges her contemporary Indian song with Saharan desert blues. www.KiranMusic.com
On stage, Kiran is accompanied by a stellar group of musicians: cutting edge NYC guitarist, Rez Abbasi, rising tabla star, Nitin Mitta, hard grooving bassist, Nikku Nayar and superbly melodic harmonium player, Babloo. Together, they are one of North America's most exciting and creative world music groups.DROM (Doors Open at 6pm Concert at 7pm)
85 Avenue A (5/6 street), NYC
Discount tickets: $15 (For HarmoNYom members with discount code 24911)
http://www.boomset.com/apps/eventpage/446
Tickets at door: $25; Advance tickets online: $20
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 10 @ 8PM
World Premiere of Digital Buddha II (2011)
Conceived by Jin Hi Kim, video mandala by Joel Cadman, digital images by Benton-C Bainbridge Interpretations Concert with two innovative projects integrating traditional instruments of Japan, Korea and India.Performed by:
Composer Jin Hi Kim (komungo/electric komungo, Buddhist barrel drums)
Samir Chatterjee (tabla)Thomas Buckner (voice)
Ralph Samuelson & Yoko Hiraoka.
Jin Hi Kim’s “Digital Buddha" begins with a hypnotic, contemplative video mandala and the ancient 4th century acoustic komungo that is rooted in Buddhist meditation. The collaboration between komungo and tabla presents an Eastern calm in a contemporary time sense. Kim's solo on the world's only electric komungo has her processing the komungo sound through a personal computer program, electrified and altered sounds via MIDI foot pedal control of a custom MAX/MSP program. While staying true to the nature of the instrument, her electric komungo solo performance interweaves the timeless tradition with space-age blips. The collaboration between voice and electric komungo is an attempt to express the longevity of the sun. The program ends with a drum duo pounding for the dark energy of universe. The concert performed without breaks has a range of interlocking and overlapping images and music from quiet contemplation to romping ecstasy.La Roulette
509 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11201
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11 @ 8:00 PM
The Navatman Anamika Project presents "Anatomy of a Concert"
Ever wondered why the structure of a concert is the way it is or what to look for when a percussionist takes on his solo? Within this concert, you'll find the answer. Interspersed throughout an evening of music by teachers of The Anamika-Navatman Project will offer fun, and thought-provoking insights into the anatomy of a concert.
Featuring:Kamini Dandapani (Carnatic vocal), Anupama Komaravolu (veena),Murali Balachandran (mridangam),Samarth Nagarkar (Hindustani vocal),Jay Gandhi (bansuri),Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury (sitar)Mandala at Anamika-Navatman
344 W 38th St, 5th floor, NYC
Tickets: $15 presale, $20 at the door www.navatman.org/tickets
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ 6:30 PM
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA presents a SAROD JUGALBANDI by
Anirban 
Dasgupta & Soumya Chakraverty. Tabla accompaniment - Debu Nayak.
Anirban is the youngest son and disciple of Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta. A wonderful product of innate talent, years of grueling toil and delicate musical nurture. Anirban has performed widely in India as well as in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and USA.
Based in Washington DC, Soumya is the disciple of Pt. Samarendra Nath Sikdar of Shahjahanpur Gharana. For more than a decade, Soumya has been performing throughout the US, and collaborated with other forms of world music such as Flamenco dance Latin American percussion, Middle Eastern vocals and Indian Classical instrumental music.
Devapriya Nayak (Debu) began learning tabla from his grandfather, Chaudhury Kausalya Nandan, and later, became a disciple of Pt. Radhakanta Nandi of the Benaras Gharana. In the US he continued his tabla taalim from Maestros like Ustad Zakir Hussain , Pandit Anindo Chattergee and Pt. Samir Chatterjee. Debu is an accomplished soloist and accompanist.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Romanti Auditorium,
305, 7th Avenue 17th Floor (between 27th & 28th streets), New York NY 10001
http://www.bhavanus.com/bhavanusa/events_current.php
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ 7:00 PM
SangeetSabha proudly presents a Sitar Concert featuring 
Purbayan Chatterjee
accompanied by
Anubrata Chatterjee on Tabla.
Purbayan has learned Sitar from his father Parthapratim Chatterjee. His music combines the tone and richness of the Nikhil Banerjee style and a contemporary touch of his own urbane sensitivity. He is also an astounding vocalist in his own right. He was recipient of the President of India Award for being the Best Instrumentalist of the country at the age of 15, and later has received the prestigious Aditya Vikram Birla Award for being a leading name in the field of music in his generation
in India. Purbayan has accompanied tabla stalwart Ustad Zakir Hussain many times, and has performed in several prestigious venues in his international career spanning 25 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA4NHUqHUSw&feature=related
Son of the world-renowned tabla maestro, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Anubrata was nurtured from day one to be a tabla player. He had the rare fortune of being the youngest and last "Ganda-Bandh" disciple of the great Guru Padmabhushan-Deshkottam Jnan Prakash Ghosh in 1992. Later on Anubrata continued to study under his father.
Renee Weiler Concert Hall
46 Barrow Street, NYC
(West Village, near 1, 9, A, C, E, B, D, F subway trains)
Tickets: $20, $30 (Premium)
http://purbayanchatterjee-efbevent.eventbrite.com/
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ 9:00 PM
The Just Alap Raga Ensemble presents Pandit Pran Nath 93rd Birthday Memorial Tribute!
Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari in the contemporary Kirana gharana (style) of North Indian Classical Music in the MELA Dream House. Saturdays October 29, November 5 and 12 at 9 pm in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment.
The Ensemble will perform Pandit Pran Nath's special arrangement of a traditional composition, "Hazrat Turkaman" set in Raga Darbari.
Featuring:
La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, voice
Jung Hee Choi, voice
Naren Budhkar, tabla
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela premiered The Just Alap Raga Ensemble on August 22, 2002 in a memorial tribute to Ustad Hafizullah Khan, the Khalifa of the Kirana Gharana and son of Pandit Pran Nath’s teacher, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan Sahib.
MELA Foundation Dream House
275 Church Street, 3rd Floor (between Franklin & White Streets), NYC
Tickets: $36. MELA Members, Seniors, Student ID, $28.
Limited seating. Advance reservations recommended.
Info and reservations: 212-219-3019; mail@melafoundation.org
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 @ 9:30 PM
Karavika @ Cafe Vivaldi! 
This is a wonderful group of Cello, Violin, Double Bass and Tabla. Its based mostly in carnatic music. www.karavika.com
Featuring:
Trina Basu - violin
Amali Premawardhana - Cello
Perry Wortman - bass
Tripp Dudley - tabla
Caffe Vivaldi
32 Jones Street (@ Bleecker Street)
New York, NY
Donations welcome!
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 13 @ 5:00 PM
Benefit Concert and Chhandayan Jyotsna Awar Ceremony 
A brief ceremeny of Chhandayan Jyotsna Awards to this year's recipients Ms. Misha Masud, as one of the most tireless and caring Gurus grooming innumerable students through decades, imparting knowledge, understanding and appreciation of Indian music in New York area and Tejas Tope as Shishya for his talent and perseverance as a student of tabla.
A brief Tabla solo by Tejas Tope.
Tablaphilia - performed by Chhandayan Tabla Symphony of 22 tabla players and 4 vocalists
Rabindra-Niritya - dance performed to three Tagore songsby Chhandayan dancers under the direction of Maya Misra.
Chhandayan Center for Indian Music
4 West 43 Street, Suite 618 (5/6 Aves)
New York, NY 10036
Tickets : $40, $25 for advance purchase / $50, $30 at door
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15 @ 10:45 PM
Snehasish Mozumder & S.O.M. (sound of mandolin) in NYC! 
Featuring:
Snehasish Mozumder, Mandolin
Nick Gianni-bari sax/flute,
Vin Scialla-drums,
Premik Russell Tubbs-winds,
Deep Singh-tabla /dhol,
Dan Asher-bass.
ww.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwx8ZrMV5w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoLyIDKup4 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoLyIDKup4> (concert at Lincoln Centre)
Free download of SOM: http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/music-hub/2010/sep/03/gig-alerts-snehasish-mozumder/
Rockwood Music Hall
New York, NY
http://rockwoodmusichall.com/
Free
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 @ 8:30 PM
Indo- Jazz with Brazilian Piano and South Indian percussion with 
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan and Luis Simas
Their compositions will be aptly presented at Somethin' Jazz. They will showcase Brazilian melodies merged with Indian rhythm, featuring the mridangam, kanjira and konnokol.
Luiz Simas (piano+vocals)
Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (percussion)
Somethin' Jazz Club
Directions: E/V train to 53rd St./Lexington, 6 train to 51st St.
Admission: $19.99 (include Cover charge, 1st drink, and Edamame,
Popcorn, Coffee, GreenTea)
Reservations: (212) 371-7657 or visit www.somethinjazz.com
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 @ 7:30 PM
Kalavant Center presents
Esha Bandyopadhyay (vocal)
Imran Khan (tabla)
Kedar Naphade (harmonium).
Ashtanga Yoga Studio
430 Broome Street, Corner of Crosby Street, Suite # 2
New York, NY 10013
Suggested donations: $10
For more information visit kalavant.org or call 212-475-2348
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 @ 3:00 PM
For the first time, Stony Brook H.E.A.L.S brings "AVARTAN," a musical journey to you to enjoy with your family and friends.
This event includes Sitar maestro Ikhlaq Hussain (http://ragasitar.com),
Kathak exponent Aditi Bhagwat (www.aditibhagwat.com)
and a renowned Tabla artist Narendra Budhkar.
This concert is being organized to help build a school for war affected children in Sierra Leone. All heartfelt donations will go towards this noble cause.
Sac Auditorium
Stony Brook, NY
Tickets: $20, $10 (Students w/ID)
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 @ 4:00 to 9:00 PM
RagaChitra's 7th Annual Day! 
RagaChitra Students, children & adults, from all over the US will be performing, showcasing there musical skills and talents.
Tamil Cultural Center
79-11 Caldwell Ave,
Middle Village (Queens), NY 11379
Free
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 @ 8:30 PM
The World Music Institute presents "Jewels of the Desert" 
The Rhythm of Rajasthan
The Rhythm of Rajasthan ensemble with its enthralling music and dance hails from the windswept Great Thar Desert in Rajasthan (“the land of kings”), a region that has one of the liveliest folk traditions in India. The musicians, from the Langa (“song giver”) and Manghaniyar hereditary groups of itinerant entertainers, return to New York with their program encompassing driving percussion, ecstatic Sufi songs, and hypnotic sarangi (bowed lute) and algoza (double flute). They are joined by the famed Suva Devi, a dancer seen in Tony Gatlif’s film Latcho Drom, who performs the sinuous Kalbeliya Sapera snake-charming dance and the spectacular Bhavai folk dance.
Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with World Music Institute.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall,
57th Street and 7th Avenue, NYC
Information/tickets: 212-545-7536
http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org
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