THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 @ 8:00 PM

 

Brookyln Raga Massive is very excited to be hosting Dr Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi.

 

 

Dr. Dhrubesh Chandra Regmi (Sitar): Dhrubesh is a rare exponent of sitar belonging to the illustrious musical family of Nepal. His great grandfather Dev C Regmi is credited for pioneering sitar in Nepal. Dev (who was researching on Samveda in Varanasi (India) was summoned by the erstwhile Rana ruler Maharaja Bir Shumsher to Nepal. His grandfather Krishna C Regmi was the recipient of coveted Indra Rajya Laxmi Award for his contribution to the Nepali music.

 

Tea Lounge Park Slope

837 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

 

 

 

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 @ 6:00PM

 

Presented by AAICM... Vocalist Sanjoy Banerjee' students recital  

 

 

Featuring:
Vocal: Luis Alvarez, Harry Einhorn, Dibyakalyan Basu, Shampa Chanda & Roshni Basu
Violin: Prasad Ramanan
Tabla accompaniment will be provided by Sri Dibyarka Chatterjee.

All are welcome...

 

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music

4 West 43 Street, Suite 618, NY 10036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12 @ 8:00 PM

 

Oded Tzur Quartet opening up for Brooklyn Raga Massive

The Oded Tzur Quartet returns to the Tea Lounge this Thursday, Sept 12 2013, to open the Brooklyn Raga Massive Jam Session. Oded bring his unique voice on Tenor Sax to the North Indian Classical and Jazz cross-over genre! Don’t miss this this great ensemble expand your ears, mind and soul!

Brooklyn Raga Massive every Thursday

8:30pm Oded Tzur – Tenor Saxophone, Petros Klampanis – Bass., Ziv Ravitz – Drums

9:30pm – The Raga Jam Session

 

Tea Lounge, NYC (Park Slope, Brooklyn NY)

837 Union St. Brooklyn, New York 11215

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15 @ 4:00 PM

 

Shruti Laya invites you to a grand concert by Abhishek Raghuram.

 

Accompanied by B.U.Ganesh on the violin and Neyveli Narayanan on mridangam

 

PS24 auditorium

141-11Holly Avenue, Flushing, Queens, NY

Tickets: $15 - Children under 18, free

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21 @ 4:00 PM

 

ShrutiLaya presents, Carnatic Music Concert:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prasanna Venkataraman  (Vocal)

Rajeev Mukundan  (Violin)

 

P. S. 115 Auditorium

80-51 261st St.

Floral Park, NY 11004

Brought to you by: Shruti Laya NewYork, NY www.ShrutiLaya.Org

Admission: $15  (General Admission) Free  (Members & Children)

 

 

 

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21 @ 6:30 PM

 

 

UDGAM Presents:

 

A Tabla Solo by

Shri Prithvi Bhattacharjee

and Pt. Ramesh Misra on Sarangi

 

Shri Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee, among the most accomplished and leading tabla players today, is a disciple of legendary Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Blessed with incredibly dexterous fingers and innate creativity, he is ably carrying forward the rich Punjab gharana tradition and legacy. He has performed in many solo concerts and traveled extensively all over India and abroad accompanying many eminent artists.

 

Pandit Ramesh Mishra is widely acclaimed   as the leading exponent of Sarangi. His aesthetic sense and tuneful music has enthralled the global audience for years. His total dedication, depth and maturity has earned him recognition both at home and aboard as an eminent soloist as well as an adept accompanist.

 

Venue :1 Gatehouse Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583

Dinner will be served at 6:30 PM and followed by the concert. 

Admission: $35 (Includes Dinner) Free for members

For more details: Snehal Kothari skothari0404@gmail.com

 

 

 

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21 @ 7:30 PM

 

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents:
 

Hemang Mehta - Vocal

 

Hemang Mehta comes from a family of Gujarati businessmen, steeped in culture, religion and music. Soothing strands of music fell on his ears from infancy, ever since he can remember. Inspiration came from the priceless music played around him of Padmabhushan Pandit Jasrajji. He received intense training from his Guru Sri Chandrashekhar Swamy under the strict guidance of Pandit Jasrajji as a result of day to day association with the maestro. Inspiration turned into ambition under the encouragement given by his parents. This ambition to reach the pinnacles of our rich musical heritage in turn, sparked off a burning desire to get high class training and untiring “riyaz” right from the tender age of nine.  Hemang excels in the high watermarks of the ‘Mewati Gharana’ such as ‘meend, layakari, kan-gayaki’ and proper bandish presentation. He has several awards to his credit such as the ‘Surmani’ award. He has performed widely in India as well as abroad, at prestigious festivals and has received a good press all over.

 

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music,
4 West 43rd Street - Suite 618, NYC (between 5th & 6th Avenues)

$20 General Admission - 16   Students & Seniors
Tickets may be purchased online at www.tabla.org or at the venue. 

 

Watch this concert streamed LIVE online at  http://viewer.dacast.com/broadcaster/22452/c/25727. The price is $6.

 

 

 

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22 @ 3:00 PM

 

MAHARISHI GANDHARVA VEDA CONCERT FOR WORLD PEACE with Sitarist

Subroto Roy Chowdhury.

 

Subroto Roy Chowdhury is an award-winning sitar player, musically groomed in the vedic tradition. Inclined from his teens towards authentic traditional music forms, his style is reminiscent of 19th-century sitar music. He has performed at Maharishi Gandharva Veda Concerts at TM centers in Europe and at a Washington, D.C., World Peace Assembly that Maharishi addressed. He has recorded numerous CDs and continues to perform throughout India and around the world.

Come enjoy the powerful, harmonizing influence of this peace-creating music.

 

NYC TM Center Downtown

26 Beaver Street -  212 779 9933

Light refreshments will be served.

Suggested Donation: students $10; others $20

 

 

 

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 to FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27

@ 5PM to 10PM

 

SPK Academy of Music presents a Sitar Workshop with maestro Sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan in NYC for 4 days only!  Book your sessions now.

Studios353

353 West 48th St., 2nd Floor, New York NY 10036
Cost: $100 per session
RSVP: Tel: 480.329.5672

 

 

 

 

TUESDAYS - SEPTEMBER 24 until NOVEMBER 20 @ 7:00 PM

 

A weekly Singing class with Vocalist teacher Sandip Bhattacharjee (Kirana Gharana), discipile of Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, in New York!

Born in 1980, Sandip Bhattacharjee initiated his training under his mother Smt.Krishna Bhattacharjee at the age of four and continued his talim under Smt. Amita Dasgupta. He became residential scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy Under the able Guidance of Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan & Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan, the guru of Kirana Gharana from May 2002. He secured the second position at All India Radio Music Competition (1999) in Khayal besides standing First at the West Bengal State Music Competition 2001 in Bhajan. He was also a recipient National Talent Search Scholarship, Govt. Of India in 2001. An “A" Grade Performer of All India Radio, Doordarshan & ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Tollygunge ,Kolkata.

 

Also available for solo class, group class, workshop and concerts. Contact: 718-509-5734 - AAICM: www.aaicm.org

 

Residence:

102 Eagle Street #1R, Greenpoint Brooklyn, 11222

Subways are the G to Greenpoint Avenue (5 minute walk) and the 7 to Vernon-Jackson (10 minute walk over the Pulaski Bridge).

This event is by RSVP only. Please RSVP  at 818-512-9488.

Admission: $20/Class

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 @ 9:00 PM

 

Tongues in Trees presented by Samita Sinha.

 

A new trio:

Sunny Jain

Grey McMurray

Samita Sinha

 

Nublu
62 Avenue C b/w 4th & 5th Streets

NYC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 @ 8:00 PM

 

 

Brooklyn Raga Massive rags on at the Tea Lounge in Park Slope.... Flautist Eric Fraser will be accompanying singer Sandhya Sanjana for the opening act at 8pm followed by theThursday night jam session at the Tea Lounge (9-11pm)!!

 

Sandhya Sanjana is an Indian vocalist who integrates Indian classical vocals with jazz and world music.

Sandhya was classically trained in India under various gurus. Later she discovered jazz and world music and started fusing all these styles with Indian classical vocals.

After moving to Europe, she embarked on a solo career. She has composed, recorded and performed her music embracing many styles. Living in Amsterdam and London, she is also a member of several world music bands. In the last years, she has toured and performed extensively all over the world.

Her great joy in interacting with musicians from all over the world has been made possible by collaborations with various artistes who combine her Indian vocals with modern music styles, including trance, dance, jazz and world fusion. Sandhya finds it a real challenge to give listeners around the world music which enables the spread of Indian music in its myriad forms.

She has recently recorded her solo album, Random Access Melody.

 

Tea Lounge

837 Union Street

Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

http://brooklynragamassive.wordpress.com/

 

 

 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 @ 7:30 PM

 

The Biryani Boys, ACST and Soapbox Gallery presents
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee - Tabla Solo Performance

 

Opening act by Camila Celin on Sarod and Ehren Hanson on Tabla.

 

 A rare luminary of Indian Classical Music, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee has attained new heights in the art of tabla playing. Trained from his early childhood by Guru Padmabhusan Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Anindo has developed a unique style expanding upon his vast knowledge of the tradition. Both technically and artistically, he is a milestone for future generations to follow, for whom he is a devoted Guru with some very promising disciples, including his son Anubrata. He is equally regarded as a soloist and an accompanist and has shared the stage with almost all the great musicians of India. In acknowledgment of his immense contribution to music, he was awarded the “Sangeet Natak Akademy Award” in 2002, presented by His Excellency The President of India.

 

Harmonium accompaniment Sanddep Jadoonana.

 

Soapbox Gallery 
636 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY

www.thebiryaniboys.com
Admission $20

 

 

 

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28 @ 7:00 PM

 

Shanti Mandir presents sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan in concert.

 

Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan is one of the finest sitar players alive today. His dazzling virtuosity and innovative genius have earned him a legacy as a giant of the sitar. He is a seventh generation heir to the sitar’s first family.

www.shahidparvezkhan.com

 

Accompanied on tabla by Amit Kavthekar, disciple of Ustad Allarakha.

 

 

Shanti Mandir

51 Muktananda Marg

Walden NY 12586

1-845-778-1008 - www.shantimandir.com

Admission: $25 donation

 

 

 

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28 @ 7:30 PM

 

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music presents:
 

Sri. Apratim Majumdar - Sarod  www.apratimmajumdar.com

Sri. Amit Chatterjee - Tabla  www.amitchatterjee-tabla.com

 

Apratim was born (on June 14, 1978) and raised in a middle class family of Kolkata (India). He was initiated to vocal music at the age of five under the guidance of his mother. At the age of nine he preferred to switch over to instrumental music - Sarod, a 25 string fretless ethnic Indian musical instrument of Senia Maihar Gharana.  For next two decades he was tutored and groomed by Prof. Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan.During this period he also received training for about two years from Shri Partho Sarothy disciple of Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Bharatratna Pt. Ravi Shankar. Apratim’s entire training in music for over 26 years is in Guru-sishya-paramparastyle in the lineage of  Senia Maihar Gharana. His studies in music is still continuing uninterruptedly. Presently he is under guidance of Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, one of the senior most disciples of Bharatratna  Pt. Ravi Shankar. He is “Sangeet Bhaskar” (Master in Music) from Pracheen Kalakendra, Chandigarh. “Sur Mani” title was conferred upon him by Sur Singar Akademi (Mumbai). Apratim is an empanelled artist of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).  

 

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music,
4 West 43rd Street - Suite 618, NYC (between 5th & 6th Avenues)

$20 General Admission - 16   Students & Seniors
Tickets may be purchased online at www.tabla.org or at the venue. 

 

Watch this concert streamed LIVE online at http://viewer.dacast.com/broadcaster/22452/c/25727. The price is $6.

 

 

 

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29 @ 5:00 PM

 

An evening of Hindustani Classical Music Recital.

 

Pt.Nagaraj Havaldar, Vocal

Pt. Samir Chatterjee, Tabla,

Shri Madhu Vora, Harmonium

 

Dr Havaldar hails from a family of artistes. Both his parents sing devotional music in a traditional way. His elder brother also is a singer, a painter, and a professor of history. Fortune chose Dr Havaldar for a methodical traditional training in Hindustani Classical Music. From childhod he was attracted by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and his songs which were rendered in Kannada films. As a student in the college he was a member of the local orchestra group, where he had the chance of learning intruments like guitar, drums and so on. When he went to Dharwad for his post graduation in History and Archeology, there he discovered a new world and ocean of music. His command on guitar guided him to choose the sitar for his classical expression, but soon his sitar teacher Ustad Bale Khan after hearing him sing, immediately suggested that he should take up vocal music. http://www.pandithavaldar.com/

 

Residence: 4-74 48 Avenue, LIC, Queens , NY

Contact: srcvsm@gmail.com 

Tickets: $20

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30

 

Eric Fraser's CD Release "Kaal Chakra" (cycles of time) - Indian Bansuri Flute

 

Contribute NOW to the IndieGogo Campaign - (IT WILL END ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30 2013) and DONATE for Eric's first CD!

 

For this project: 2 Albums - Morning-Early Noon Ragas and Evening-Night Ragas. 

The albums were recorded in June 2013 at The Art Farm.

 

Featuring:

Eric Fraser- (bansuri flute, creator, producer)

Naren Budhakar- (tabla)

Special guest Abhik Mukherjee (sitar) featured on 2 tracks

 

Eric Fraser is an accomplished bansuri flute player based in Brooklyn, New York (and Kolkata, India, where he learns from his guru, Pandit Gopal Roy).  Eric is an exponent of a unique vocal style of North-Indian flute playing, and has performed to mesmerized audiences in America and India, including radio performances (NPR morning edition & WKCR new york)  Known for it’s purity and antiquity, this "gayaki" or vocal style vividly conjures an old world India. The "gayaki" or vocal flute tradition has roots going back to the great and legendary Pannalal Ghosh.  This pure gayaki flute lineage is in the hands of only few, and must be preserved!  After 7 years of preparation, Eric became a 2011 Fulbright senior scholar for Indian music.  He has been learning intensively in the guru/sishya parampara tradition under the training of his guru Pt. Gopal Roy since 2003.  With playing that rings with authenticity, subtlety, and lilting tone, Eric takes listeners on a journey to a timeless musical world.  Eric is a 2011 Fulbright senior research scholar for Indian music, and has a diverse background playing for Indian classical dance, as well as in projects ranging from Jazz, World, Indie and more.  Aside from playing Indian classical flute, Eric is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and a music therapist (MA, MT-BC) working with children. (www.ericfraser.com)

 

DONATE NOW and Help make it happen for Eric Fraser! INDIEGOGO WILL END ON SEPTEMBER 30 2013:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/eric-fraser-kaal-chakra-debut-indian-bansuri-flute-release

 

 

 

MONDAYS 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 @ 6:00 PM
WEDNESDAY 10/23 @ 6:00 PM
MONDAYS 11/4, 11/18, 12/2 @ 6:00 PM
WEDNESDAY12/4 @ 6:00 PM

 

OPEN VOICE - An 8-session course with Samita Sinha

 What does it mean to have an open and embodied voice?  We begin with a ground in Indian vocal music and folk and ritual (vibratory) songs from different traditions, and open into an improvisation practice where we excavate the range and possibilities of our human voice.
Our study of Hindustani (North Indian classical) vocal music will focus on pitch, deep listening as a basis for sounding, and two ragas--melodic modes that provide frameworks for composition and improvisation.  Through vibratory songs we will organically learn basic elements of vocal music, becoming channels for the songs to move through us. From this base we unlock our individual body-sound, using our voice to explore our internal movements and blocks and discovering an elemental, primal way of sounding.
This workshop is open not only to singers and movers but anyone with a curiosity to explore their voice and body as a vehicle to connect with themselves and others, and the space within and around them.
 
Space on White

81 White Street in Tribeca (1/ ACE/ NQR/ JMZ/ 6 trains to Canal Street), NYC
Price: $25 drop-in; $90 for 4-class card, $180 for 8-class card.
(work study options available, please contact samita.sinha@gmail.com for more information.)

 

 

 

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30 @ 9:45 PM

 

Mission on Mars presents:

 

The liftoff: live show bridges east and west by placing the melodies of Neel's sitar front and center, Vin's machspeed drumkit, Dr. Ullmann soundscapes & Kristin Hoffmann-ethereal vocals, surrounded by modern breakbeats, electric guitar/bass and other acclaimed guests on various instruments.
(cover artwork by ami plasse)

 

Featuring:

NEEL MURGAI-sitar/perc,

VIN SCIALLA-drums/octapad,

DR. ULLMANN-Gtr scapes,

KRISTIN HOFFMANN-vox,

PREMIK RUSSELL TUBBS-winds,

ARIEL de la PORTILLA-low freq

& Guest Dheepa Chari

Mission On Mars is a NYC-based live Global/Sitar/Breakbeat band & unexpected guests
Listen to Live in Toronto: http://youtu.be/mvg-pCY3nBI
"Ancient raga cycles meet futuristic dance style as sitarist matches his sound with drums, guitars and keyboards." (time out ny)
www.missiononmars.com

 

ROCKWOOD Musical Hall - Stage 2

196 Allen St, New York, NY

No cover charges