http://www.artists-india.com Art related event updates en-us March 10, 2009 March 10, 2009 http://www.artists-india.com Custom editor webmaster@artists-india.com webmaster@artists-india.com Renowned vocalist Pt. Vikas Kashalkar (Gwalior style) will be in performance at Jalvihar, Gwalior on Mar 26 at 6:00 pm. The concert is organized by Sanskarbharati on the eve of Gudipadava. He will be accompanied by Milind Pote on Tabla, Makarand KLharavandikar on Harominum. Vishal Moghe and Mukul Kulkarni will provide vocal support to the artist. March 22, 2009 Mahagami has announced Registration for its 10th Sadhana Gurukul Camp scheduled from 1st to 15th May 2009. The full day training starts with yoga at 6 am followed by dance, music, sanskrit, visual arts and many interesting lectures. Accomodation is arranged for out-station participants. <br /> Forms could be downloaded from our website www.mahagami.org March 10, 2009 Bhushans Academy of Performing Arts and Visual Presentation, headed by Renowned Bhartanatyam dancers Guru Shri Badari Divya Bhushan & Guru Smt Anjana Bhushan, Mysore will be conducting a 3 day Classical Male & couple dance festival Purush Bhushana-2009 in April-2009 at Jagan Mohana Palace,Mysore, the cultural capital of Karnataka. <br /> For more details & submissions contact the academy at: <br /> 894, 4th main, Saraswathipuram, Near New Kantha Raj Urs road, Mysore-570023 <br /> phone: 0821-2544082, 09342178049, 09342116365, 09844857948 March 10, 2009 Ardhnari, dance by Santnu Chakraborty on the occasion of Maha Shiva Ratri, Composed & choreographed by Guru V Krishnamoorthi<br />Venue: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road <br />Date: Feb 23 '09 at 7:00 pm February 21, 2009 Renowned Bhartanatyam Dancers Shri Badari Divya Bhushan & Smt Anjana Bhushan, directors of 'Bhushans Academy Of Performing Arts & Visual Presentation' will be performing for Inaugurals of Bruhan Natyanjali to be held at Tanjore Bruhadeshwara Temple on 23rd Feb-2009 ,at 7 pm They will be presenting a Margam choreographed specially for the occassion. They will also perform at KUMBHAKONAM on the same day at 9.30pm February 21, 2009 Pancham Nishad presents a concert in the loving memory of Pandit C.R.Vyas. <br /> Venue: <br /> Start Time:Friday, February 27, 2009 at 6:30pm<br /> End Time:Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 6:30pm <br /> Location:Jal Sabhagruh South Tukoganj- Indore <br /> Street:Jal Sabhagruh South Tukoganj- Indore <br /> City:Indore, India<br /> Contact Phone: 09811771134, 01126026736 February 19, 2009 It gives me immense pleasure to cordially invite you to a Kuchipudi dance recital on 27th February 2009, 6:30 pm, at Smritinandan auditorium, Palace road, Bengaluru. Organized by Smritinandan in association with Sri Raja Rajeshwari Kalaniketan. <br /> For any further details on the performance contact 9448252701 ....Surya Rao February 19, 2009 Renowned Kathak artiste Madhu Natraj will be in performance at the Samskriti foundation's national dance festival.<br /> Venue: ADA Rangamandira, J.C. road, diagonally opposite the Town hall (parking at Ravindra Kalakshetra)<br /> Date: Feb 20 09<br /> Time: 7.15 pm till 8.15 pm. February 19, 2009 http://www.artists-india.com Program Details: <li>Vocal Recital by Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh accompanied by Shri Sanjay Deshpande (Tabla) and Pt.Arvind Thatte ( Harmonium)</li> <li>Felicitation Ceremony presided over by Shri DajiKaka Gadgil and Pt. Sharad Sathe</li> <li>Tabla solo by Taal-Yogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar</li> <br /> Date: Wednesday, 25th February 2009 <br /> Time: 6:30pm <br /> Venue: Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagriha, Kothrud, Pune February 19, 2009 http://www.artists-india.com On the occasion of the Shashthyabdi-Poorti Samaroha of Smt. Veena Sahasrabuddhe , her disciples will be performing on 21st February and 22nd February at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. <br /> Date: Saturday, 21st February 2009 Artistes: Aditi Joshi, Janhavi Phansalkar, Surashree Joshi Kashmira Joshi, Anjali Malkar, Sheetal Orpe Venue: Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune Time: 5:30 pm <br /> Date: 22nd February 2009 , Sunday<br /> Artistes: Mowna Ramachandran, Atul Khandekar,Shyamala Joshi Ranjani Ramachandran, Aparna Gurav<br /> Venue: Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune Time: 9:30 am <br /> <br /> Accompanists: Shri Milind Pote and Shri Hrishikesh Gangurde ( Tabla) Smt. Meenal Nandedkar and Shri Sanjay Gogte ( Harmonium) February 19, 2009 The Rotary Club of Bangalore in collaboration with Heritage a not-for-profit charitable trust engaged in the preservation, dissemination and propagation of Indian Heritage and Culture has organized a Bharatha Natyam Choreography competition 'Kala Kaushalam' on the 15th and 16th of February 2009. The competition will be conducted at the Rotary House of Friendship, Lavelle Road, Bangalore. <br /> We look forward to your active participation. Any questions please email us on heritage.yukti@gmail.com February 11, 2009 On the occasion of opening of new Sangeet Sankalp branch in Bokaro (Steel City), Shehnai artiste Pramod Gaikwad and Mukul Kulkarni (Vocal) will be in performance on Feb 14th. They will be accompanied on tabla by Hrishikesh Gangurde. <br /> Venue: Jagannath Temple, Bokaro. Date: Feb 14 '09 at 06:00 pm February 11, 2009 Catch renowned Jaltarang artiste Shri Milind Tulankar live on DD Sahyadri channel at 1:00 pm in Hello Sakhi. January 19, 2009 Sitar solo by Subrata De and tabla accompaniment by Tansen Shrivastava and vocal by Dr Alka Deo Marulkar on 18th Jan 09 at 4 pm, at Saraswath sanskriti bhawan, Geeta mandir, New Rajendra nagar, New Delhi -110060 January 07, 2009 Swaranjali is going to organize two days Festival of Gharana on 28th and 29th Jan 2009 at 7.30 pm, at Epi Center Gurgaon for a charitable Hospital Baba Shri Chand Charitable Hospital, Rettewal Punjab, Managed by SBBG CHARITABLE TRUST. Registered no - CIT/JL-1/TRUST/257/08-09/1632.<br /> All are cordially invited.<br /> The highlight of the festival is Pt. Mani Lal Nag on sitar, Sulekha Bhat on vocal, Dr. Avijit Ghosh on sarod, sh Mithilesh Jha and Partho das, Tansen Shrivastava on tabla, and students of Swaranjali will present the opening songs. January 07, 2009 It is with profound grief that we inform you of the sad demise of Pt. Ramashreya Jha.<br /> Pt Ramashreya Jha (1928-2009) was a distinguished composer, musician and scholar of Indian Classical Music. He was the Head of the Department of Music in Allahabad University from 1980 to 1989. He is known for his deep knowledge, creative genius and as a teacher. Pt Jha is especially known for his beautiful musical compositions, identified by his pseudonym 'Ramrang'.<br /> Ramashreya Jha was born on August 11, 1928, near Darbhanga in the Mithila region of Bihar. His early mentors were his father, Sukhdev Jha, and his uncle, Madhusudan Jha. After that, most of his learning was in the 25 years he spent in Allahabad at the ashram of his guru, Bholanath Bhatt. Ramrang mastered the fundamentals of all the forms of classical music, namely, Dhrupad, Dhammar, Khayal, Thumri,etc. He also had the benefit of instruction from other gurus such as B.N. Thakar of Allahabad and Habib Khan of Kirana. He also spent about 15 years of his youth with a drama company in Varanasi, which gave him a taste of the popular folk music as well.<br /> Ramrang passed away on January 1, 2009, in Kolkota, following complications wrought by heart surgery. January 07, 2009 Lalit Kala Kendra has organized a seminar on Aesthetics, History, Society: the Case of North Indian Music will be held at University of Pune. <br /> Speakers at this seminar: Sataysheel Deshpande, Amlan Dasgupta (Jadvapur Univesity Kolkata and an archivist) Tejaswini Niranjana (Cultural Studies Scholar Bangalore), Partho Datta (Historian New Delhi), S Kalidas, Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan, Ashok Ranade and G P Deshpande. Entry is open to all. <br /> Venue: Namdeo Hall, Arts Faculty, University of Pune <br /> Date: Jan 2, 3 '09 <br /> Entry open for all. December 30, 2008 Ananya and academy of Music present Laya Lavanya-an instrumental ensemble on December 30th at Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore 6.30pm onwards.<br /> Direction: Ganakalasri Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma<br /> Ananya Arogya Dhare is a health help line to musicians who have striven for Music and are in need of support for health, carried out through a network of medical specialists and hospitals who have offered their services for the cause and the financial support extended by the ArogyaDhara fund as decided by a committe meant for the purpose.Attempts have been on to rise funds and strengthen the scheme. So far several Musicians have benefitted from this facility. Besides Free consultancy, a considerable rebate is offered on treatment as well as hospital expenses, if any. December 19, 2008 Mumbai's performing arts festival 'Nrityam' is back for its 5th edition on the 29th Nov. from 7.00 p.m onwards at the I.E.S Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra Reclamation.<br /> For details visit www.nrittam.8m.net November 21, 2008 Sura Bharati in association with Swaranjali, Delhi presents Swar Utsav, an evening of music and dance at Centinary Hall, Uttarapara Colleges, Hoogly, WB, India on Nov 30 Nov at 6.30 pm. <br /> Artists: Us Moir Sepas from Afghanistan (Ghazal and Afgani songs) <br /> Ramlal Mishra (Sarangi), Sanjib Kumar Pal (Tabla), Subrata De (Sitar), Amit Chatterjee (Tabla), Shreyasi Chatterjee (Kathak)<br /> November 15, 2008 Pt. Ram Marathe Smruti Samaroh, one of the most prestigious and huge music festicals in India presents: <br /> Fusion music concert of the group Saaz<br /> Date: Nov 14 '08 (Fri)<br /> Time: 10.00 pm <br /> Venue: Gadkari Rangaytan Auditorium, near Thane station, Thane, Mumbai <br /> Artists: <br /> Sitar by Sameep Kulkarni, vocal by Saniya Patankar, Synth by Sourabh Bhalerao, tabla by Prasad Karambelkar, drums by Hrishikesh Datar<br /> Aritist on Nov 15: Pt. Ramnarayan Sharma <br /> Artist on Nov 16: Us Rashid Khan November 13, 2008 Dnyanesh Sangeet Vidyalay, Alandi has organized Gurupujan of Pt. Vikas Kashalkar. On this occasion, disciples of Shri Vishnubuwa Solunke will perform early in the evening. Later in the evening renowned vocalist Smt. Padma Talwalkar (Vocal) and Shri Rajan Kulkarni (Sarod) and Guru Pt. Vikas Kashalkar will perform. All are invited.<br /> Venue: Dnyanesh Sangeet Vidyalal, Bhinitijawal, Alandi<br /> Date: Nov 13 '08 at 05:00 pm November 13, 2008 Apratim Majumdar will perform a solo Sarod Concert organized by IMG,St.Xaviers College, Mumbai.<br /> Venue: St.Xavier's College, Mumbai<br /> Daste: November 22, 2008<br /> Time : 4.15 pm November 13, 2008 Megh-Sagar Sangeet Mahotsav has been organized on Nov 9 from 05:00 pm at its school premises. Shri Shrinivas Joshi (son and disciple of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi) will inaugurate the function. Renowned artists from all over India perform here every year. A treat for Music lovers in and around Pune !! Artists performing: <br /> Shri Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai)<br /> Mrs Sulekha Bhat (Vocal)<br /> Shri Subrata De (Sitar)<br /> Dr Vikas Kashalkar (Vocal)<br /><br /> Accompanists: Sanjay Deshpande, Nikhil Phatak, Pravin Kaslikar, Rajesh Bhat.<br /> Venue: BoB Priman School, Chandkhed<br /> Date: Nov 9 at 05:00 pm <br /> Bus facility from Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium, Kothrud & Chatushrungi temple, Pune <br /> All are cordially invited. November 06, 2008 Apratim Majumdar will perform a solo Sarod Concert organized by Eastern Zonal Cultural Center, Kolkata:<br /> Venue: AIKATAN,Salt Lake City,Kolkata.<br /> Date: November 10,2008<br /> Time: 06.00 pm November 03, 2008 Sulekha Bhat will be in performance at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal , on the occasion of Deepawali, presents vocal recital by Sulekha Bhat on Oct 31 at 07:00 pm. She will be accompanied on Harmonium by Dr. Vivek Bansod (Ujjain) and on Tabla by Shri Ulhas Telang (Indore)<br /> Venue: Bharat Bhavan (Antarang Hall) , Shamla Hills , Bhopal Date: Oct 31 '08 at 07:00 pm<br /> October 24, 2008 Renowned Kathak exponent Rani Khanam will conduct Spic Macay 's Kathak Dance workshop at DPS, Dwarka from 3rd Nov to 7th Nov '08. October 21, 2008 Swaranjali, on the occasion of Deepawali, presents vocal recital by Pt. Rajan Mishra and Pt. Sajan Mishra accompanied by Dr. Mohankumar Darekar on Oct 27 at 06:00 am. The renowned vocalists will be accompanied on Harmonium by Shri Chaitanya Kunte and on Tabla by Shri Arvindkumar Azad <br /> Venue: Garware Hall, Karve Road, Pune<br /> Date: Oct 27 '08 at 06:00 am October 20, 2008 Renowned Kathak exponent, Aastha Godbole will be in performance in Pune. <br /> Venue: Vishwa Bhavan Auditorium, Symbiosis Campus, Pune, Maharashtra<br /> Date: Oct 24 '08 at 06:30 pm <br /> For details contact 020 25667909,25667910.<br /> October 15, 2008 An exciting compilation of excerpts from choreographic works spanning the last 13 years!<br /> Date: 21st of October 2008<br /> Time- 7.15 pm<br /> Venue: The Chowdiah memorial hall, 16th cross, Vyalikaval, Bengaluru.<br /> Created & performed by- Madhu Nataraj, Ponnamma Deviah, Janaradhan Raj Urs, Surya Rao , Somashekhar With Prathama Prasad, Rakshita Ksheersagar, Keerthi Kumar, Vineet Nigam October 14, 2008 Renowned vocalist Dhananjay Hegde is performing in Pune on 11th October 2008 at 6 pm for Abhigyaan Mandal. <br />Venue: Bharat Gayan Samaj. October 06, 2008 Temple of Fine Arts takes great pleasure in presenting an evening of Hindustani classical vocal concert by Pt Arun Kashalkar, the renowned Guru of Gwalior-Agra Gharana.<br /> Venue: Temple of Fine Arts <br /> For reservations, please call 65350509. Seats limited. October 03, 2008 Renowned vocalist Mrs. Anjali Malkar will be performing in Ganj Golai Navratri Music festival at Latur on Oct 8th.<br /> She will be accompanied on tabla by Pandurang Mukhade and by Jagtap Guruji on harmonium. October 02, 2008