http://www.artists-india.com Art related event updates en-us July 08, 2008 July 08, 2008 http://www.artists-india.com Custom editor webmaster@artists-india.com webmaster@artists-india.com A Unique Kathak Dance Workshop July 12 & 13 by Internationally renowned Kathak exponent Pt. Chitresh Das. <br /> Venue: Nupur Zankar Center, Samaj kalyan kendra, Videocon Tower Lane, Thakur Complex,Kandivali East,Mumbai-400101<br /> For Registration contact: phone: 91-22-28542772/98212 18386 July 08, 2008 Renowned vocalist of Gwalior Gharana will be in performance at Dnyanganga Hall, Sinhgad Road Pune. He will be accompanied by Shri Kadgaonkar on tabla, Shri Pravin Kaslikar on Harmonium. Disciples Hrishikesh Gangurde and Mukul Kulkarni will accompany him on Tanpura. July 08, 2008 Mrs. Anjali Malkar will present a lecture demonstration on 'Tarana in Hindustani classical vocal music' at Bharat Gayan Samaj, Pune on July 3. The program includes performances by Anjali Malkar, Gauri Karambelkar and Mukul Kulkarni. They will be accompanied by Pravin Kaslikar on harmonium and Prashant Phatak on tabla. July 02, 2008 Padmaja Suresh,dancer ,choreographer and Director of Kalpataru Kalavihar,Bangalore is all set to go on a tour of Korea and Hongkong . Besides Bharatnatyam shows ,she is on another important assignment as a Phd research student of the University of Mysore .She has been invited to present her paper on Hinduism and Bharatnatyam at the conference hosted by the International Federation of Theater Research -I.F.T.R ,Chung Ang University ,SEOUL ,Republic of Korea between the 14th and 19th of July. This paper has won her a scholar's runner-up prize and will be presented at the Scholar's Forum under the category of 'Stage Forms - Choreography and Corporeality'. June 30, 2008 The Natya Stem Dance Kampni opens up admissions for exciting new classes with a highly trained faculty starting in July '08. Contact email: stemdance@hotmail.com June 30, 2008 Date: 6th July 2008 <br /> Time: 10:30 am <br /> Venue: Vishveshvaraya Hall, Karnataka Sangha, Matunga Road (W.R.)<br /> Organised by: Amad Pratisthan and Kala Bharati<br /> Entry: FREE. June 30, 2008 Worlds first-historic first: Bharatnatyam on Wheels performance by artistes with disabilities. On 13th July 2008, at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi. <br />Time: 6.30pm June 23, 2008 On 22nd June, Rani Khanam and her troupe is performing "The Vision of Kabir" at India Islamic Cultural Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi at 6.30 pm and talk on Kabir by Muzaffar Ali. June 17, 2008 Bangladesh Academy is going to presents two day classical musical evening by the eminent artiste from INDIA - Subrata De, Kishore Chakraborty on sitar, Amit Chaterjee, Piyal Hossain, Debashis Chaoudhury on tabla, Rupam Ghosh on violin, Nabendu Bhattacherjee, Girish Chataerjee on vocal , Suman Laha on guiter. Zahid Hossain, director will preside over it on June 14th and 15th '08, at 3717, Kenmore 3rd steet, LA CA- 90020 at 8:00 pm. June 13, 2008 You are cordially invited for an evening of classical dance and music.<br /> Venue: Stein Auditorium,India Hanitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. <br /> Time: 6:30 pm <br /> Programme: <BR /> Hindusthani Vocal- Subhadra Desai<BR /> Kuchipudi- Kaushalya Reddy<BR /> Odissi- Ranjana Gauhar<BR /> Mohiniyattam - Jayaprabha Menon May 30, 2008 1) Harmonium Solo - Chaitanya Kunte (Disciple of Dr. Arawind Thatte)<br /> 2) Violin Solo - Swapna Datar (Disciple of Pt. Vasant Shewlikar)<br /> Date: Friday, 30th May 2008, Time: 6.30pm<br /> Venue: c/o Mr. Baba Joshi, Saudamini Apartments, Third floor, Near Sudarshan Rangamancha, Shaniwar Peth, Pune.<br /> Contact: 9422306088.<br /> Entry free to all ! May 29, 2008 Salaam Bahrain presents Sufi Kathak by Manjari Chaturvedi on Saturday 31st May, 2008<br /> Venue: Gulf International Convention Centre, Bahrain May 29, 2008 Swaranjali presents Marathi songs composed by Dr. Mohankumar Darekar on 25-5-08 Sunday at 5.30 <br /> Venue: Garware collage Sabhagriha, Karve Road<br /> Artists: Shrimat Anuradha Marathe, Dr. Mohankumar Darekar, Tabla: Raju Jawalkar, Sinth: Mandar Deo, Harmoniam: Pravin Kaslikar, Tal: Rajendra Salunkhe, Nivedan: Avinash Paygude. <br /> Swaranjali will felicitate Shree Ram Sathe, Shree Muli Takalkar and Dr. Sunita Khadilkar on this occasion.<br /> President: Shree Chandrakantji Mokate(Vice Mayor)<br /> Guest: Renowned poet Shree Gangadhar Mahambare<br /> All are cordially invited. May 22, 2008 Tune in to the Mi Marathi channel at 9:30 pm on Wednesday, May 14th to catch an hour long exclusive interview of Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande on their popular talk show, Ashi Maanase Yeti. <br />Shashi Vyas, the son of the famous singer Pt.C.R. Vyas hosts the show and queries Satyasheelji about his life, his gurus, his music. <br /> The show will be repeated on Thursday, May 15th at 4:30 pm. May 10, 2008 Mukul Kulkarni will be performing at Dadar Matunga Cultural Center, Mumbai on May 18th at 05:00 pm as part of scholarship holders annual program. <br /> Venue: Dadar Matunga Cultural Center, Opp. Bombay Glass Works, J.K. Sawant Marg, Mahim<br /> Date: May 18 '08 at 05:00 pm May 09, 2008 Tune on Pune Radio to listen to Shri Mohan Darekar's recital on AIR. <br />Pune Radio on Apr 29 '08 at 10:30am & 10:30pm. April 26, 2008 Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki Mahotsav<br /> Artists : Anjali Malkar , Hemant Pendse<br /> Date : Apr 27th '08<br /> Venue : Karnatak Sangha , Mumbai<br /> Time : 10:00 a.m April 23, 2008 1. Fusion of Bharatanatyam by Gyanendra Bajpai & his disciples with Balenese Dances by Ayu Agung Manik & her disciples at 14:00 ~ 15:00 hrs. on 19th April, 2008 at Suginami Kokkaido, Ogikubo, Tokyo.<br /> 2. Bharatanatyam dance performance by Gyanendra Bajpai & his disciples in 'Indian Day' at 12:00 ~ 12:30 hrs. & 14:30 ~ 15:00 hrs. on 3rd May, 2008 at Yomiuri Land Park as part of Golden Week Festival.<br /> 3. 'Shiva - Parvati' a dance ballet based on Indian & Balinese dance in collaboration of Indian Culture Centre & Bali Pusaka at 18:00 ~ 20:00 hrs. on 30th May, 2008 at Suginami Kokkaido, Ogikubo, Tokyo. April 20, 2008 Poonam Joshi from Udaipur will peform her Sitar Recital at Bhopal in Sangeet Sankalp National Level progrmme organised by Bhopal Shakha of Sangeet Sankalp on 19th April at 6.30 pm at Manas Bhavan Concert Hall , Polytechnic Chouraha Bhopal . contact Rajesh Bhat Secretery Sangeet Sankalp 09425012367. <br /> Madhup Mudgal will perfrom his vocal recital at Saptam Progrmme at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal on 20th at 6.30 pm organiser Bharat Bhavan Bhopal. April 17, 2008 You are invited for the jugalbandhi (Duet) concert : 'Adwait'. Jugalbandhi of Instrumental and Vocal music in Pune.<br /> Performance by Artists: Sitar by Sameep Kulkarni (Disciple of Ustad Shahid Parvez), Vocal by Saniya Kulkarni-Patankar (Disciple of Dr.Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande)<br /> Tabla by Harshad Kanetkar (Disciple of Pt. Suresh Talwalkar), Harmonium by Tanmay Deochake (Disciple of Pt.Pramod Marathe)<br /> The concert will be the blend of instrumental and vocal music.<br /> Venue: Sudarshan Rangmanch, Near Ahilyadevi HIgh School, Shaniwar Peth, Pune.<br /> Date: Apr 24th 08 Thursday <br /> Time: 6.15 p.m. onwards<br /> Entry: Open for all (Donation is optional) April 17, 2008 We are happy to invite you to celebrate "World Dance Day' on April 27th 2008, Sunday from 9.30 am onwards at 'Purva' Baroda. Kindly go through the attachment for the details. <br />The celebration would include a Bharatanatyam dance presentation, Odissi dance presentation as well as elocution competition. April 16, 2008 It is with great excitement that I inform you about the premiere of my newest contemporary Indian dance work - Vajra- reclaiming brilliance at the Grey Festival. on the 27th of April 2007 at the Substation,45 Armenian Street,Singapore.<br /> Dr Maya Rao, will be part of a panel discussion the same afternoon -'Contemporary Asian Dance- negotiating the past' <br /> For information on tickets,workshops and all events, please call The substation box office @ 6 3377 800 April 14, 2008 Dept of Culture Govt of MP and Ujjain Development Authority honoured Sulekha Bhat a classical vocalist of Bhopal with prestigious Award Samrat Vikramaditya Alankaran for Indian Classical Music in Vikramotasva-2008 at Ujjain. Kumar sanu has been given the same award for Film Music. The Award was given away by The Cabinet Minister of MP Sri Babulal Gour and former Union Minister Sri Vikarm Verma. Farmer Home Minister Shri LK Advani and Chief Minister of MP Sri Shivraj Singh Couhan were present on final day of Vikramotava on a unique Stage made on the River Shipra where Sulekha perfomed her classical vocal recital. April 13, 2008 You are cordially invited to our painting exhibition RangResha - Paintings by Girish Chaudhary, Aarti Bagade, S. Chandra.<br /> Date: 15 to 21 April '08<br /> Time: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm<br /> Venue: Aperture India Art Gallery<br /> 1st Floor, Millennium Plaza, Opp. Fergusson College, Pune. <br />For more details call: 0 98500044321 <br /> April 13, 2008 Skrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Sarwajanik Ganapati Trust, Pune has organized a Santoor recital by Pt. Shivkumar Sharma at 7:00 om tonight. <br /> Accompanists: Tabla: Vijay Ghate, Pakhawaj: Bhavani Shankar Venue: Ganesh Kala Krida Manch, Swaragate<br /> Date: Apr 13, '08 at 07:00 pm April 13, 2008 Mukul Kulkarni, disciple of Pt. Vikas Kashalkar will be in performance at Gandharva Mahavidyalay as part of Annual Sangeet Programme by Lalit Kala Kendra, Pune University. He will be accompanied by Shri Hrishikesh Gangurde on Tabla and Shri Suyog Kundalkar on Harmonium. <br /> Venue: Vishnu Vinayak Hall, Gandharva Mahavidyalay, Pune<br />Date: Apr 15, '08 at 05:20 pm April 10, 2008 11th Fri: 7:30pm Dance: Chandrachura - Bharatanatyam recital by Santnu Chakraborty and disciples based on compositions by Saint Purandaradasa, dedicated to the lord of Kumbhakonam.<br /> 12th Sat: 10.00 - 11.00 P.M at Adhya Shakti Pitham, New Delhi. March 28, 2008 Apratim Majumdar will perform a solo Sarod Concert organized by Swar Sadhana Samiti, Mumbai: <br /> Venue: Mumbai Maratha Sahitya Sangh, Girgaum, Mumbai 400 007.<br /> Date: April, 27.2008 <br /> Time: 06.30 pm. March 27, 2008 Pt. Sharad Sathe of Gwalior Gharana on his 75th B'day was felicitated by Dadar Matunga Cultural center, Mumbai on Mar 23 for his great contribution to music. On this occasion Shaunak Abhisheki, Shruti Sadolikar performed and the two day event was concluded by Pt. Sharad Sathe's recital.<br /> Pt. Sharad Sathe started his recital with Raag Purvi followed by Yaman. After interval he performed Raag NatKedar, a tappa in Des and Bhajan in Bhairavi. He was accompanied on Tabla by Pt. Suresh Talwalkar, on Harmonium by Ajay Joglekar and on Tanpura by Naidu, Sameer sathe and Mukul Kulkarni. March 26, 2008 Evening of Indian Classical music organized by Sur-Sagar Music Society. <br /> Sitar Recital Shri Ramprapanna Bhattacharya <br /> Tabla Accompanist: Shri. Nilanjan Ghosh Venue : "Sujata Sadan"<br /> Addresss: 7, Hazra Road, Kolkata - 700 026. (near Hazra crossing) Phone- 2476-6131<br /> Date & Time: Sunday, 13th April, '08 at 7.30 pm. March 25, 2008 Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Academy is organizing a Two Day Concert in memory of great Sarod Player Ustad Rehmat Ali Khan (the Elder son of Great Sarod Player Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan) , on 24 and 25 th March 2008 at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal.<br /> On 24 th march inaugration Chief Guest - Manoj Shrivastava IAS Secretary Culture Govt of MP<br /> 1. Guitar - Debashish Bhattacharya (Calcutta) Tabla: Subhashish Bhattacharya<br /> 2. Sitar - Subrata De New Delhi Tabla - Saleem Allahwale<br /> On 25 th March Chief Guest - Lakshmikant Sharma Minister Culture Govt of MP<br /> 1. Sarod - Aamir Ahmed Bhopal abla nafees ahmed 2. Vocal - Sulekha Bhat Bhopal tabla Ramendra Singh<br /> 3. Kathak Dance- Reema Goyal (Jaipur)<br /> March 24, 2008 Renowned classical guitarist, Shri Deepak Kshirsagar will be in performance at Anuranjani, programme of Indian classical music on VividhaBharatee on 21st of March at 1-1.30 p.m. March 20, 2008 We have been chosen to perform for the Sangeet Natak Akademi's Choreography festival.<br /> 1) March 18th: Raj Bhavan ( The Governer's residence) Bangalore. For invitees only<br /> 2) The Natya Stem Dance Kampni will launch the First National Youth Games. 2) March 22nd,Town Hall,Bangalore<br /> 3) Dr Maya Rao's acclaimed production- 'The vision of Amir Khusrau' inspired by the works& life of the sufi philosopher, musician and poet- Khusrau, will be presented at the Urdu Academy awards.<br /> 4) March 24th 2008, Tagore auditorium,Ahmedabad. Madhu Nataraj and the Natya Stem Dance Kampni perform at Sangeet Natak Akademi's national Choreography festival.<br /> 5)Connect(Maulik Shah) are the festival partners. The Kampni will present 'Mandala' an interactive multimedia work and 2 of their latest choreographies at the festival. 6) March 29th, Ravindra Kalakshetra, Bangalore Kathak and contemporary Indian dance by the Kampni , presented by the Karnataka Natak Academy. March 19, 2008 Instrumental: Solo sitar concert by Sameep Kulkarni <br /> Venue: Srikrishna Dhyan Mandir,Bhakti Marg, Law Coleege Road, Pune. <br /> Time: 6.30 P.M.<br /> Date: March 22, '08<br /> Vocal performances of disciples of Dr. Shobha Abhyankar<br /> Date: March 23 '08<br /> Special Guest: Shri Sanjeev Abhyankar <br /> Entry: Free for all March 19, 2008 Renowned vocalist Pt. Prabhudeo Sardar passeed away at the age of 82 in Goa. Born in Solapur, he had training in music from Pt. Vitthalrao Sardeshmukh (Harmonium artist) and Pt. Nivruttibuwa Sarnaik. March 14, 2008 Renowned vocalist of Gwalior Gharana Pt. Vikas Kashalkar will be in performance on DD1 National on Mar 22nd at 08:30 am. He will be accompanied on Tabla by Sanjay Deshpande, on Harmonium by Makaranad Kharavandikar, and on tanpura by Hrishikesh Gangurde and Mukul Kulkarni.<br /> Details: Mar 22, on DD1 (National) at 08:30 am March 12, 2008 Natyanjali Dance Festival of shanmukhapriya trust, Mumbai presents Shiva leela darshanam (Bharatanatyam feature) by Child Prodigy Daksha Ramesh & Padam Dance Company Choreographed and Directed by Natya Visharada Guru. Smt. Ranjani Ganesan Ramesh(Kalakshetra,chennai. artistic director Ponnambalam Trust) on 7th march,2008 Friday 08:15 pm To 09:15 pm <br /> Venue: Thiruchembur Murugan Temple, Chedha Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai <br /> You are cordially invited with friends & family. March 06, 2008 Siddharth presents Rangotsav <br /> Artistes: Jasmit Kour and Dr.Mohankumar Darekar<br /> Date: March '08 (Sunday) at 06:00 pm.<br /> Venue: Garware collage, Karve Road, Pune March 05, 2008 'Shivoham' a Solo presentation in kuchipudi by Vyjayanthi Kashi as part of 'Shivaratri' at Chitrakala Parishat, Kumara Krupa, Bangalore, 8:00 pm on 5th March 2008 March 03, 2008 I take immense pleasure in inviting you and your family for SIVA DANCE FESTIVAL on March 8th Town hall, Manglore. Shivanatyam Institute of visual-performing arts, an organization working for the promotion of classical arts headed by Artistic Director Surya N Rao, is organizing "Siva Dance Festival" on March 8th, Saturday at 6:00 pm <br /> Suryanarayan Rao. For details contact: 94482 52701 March 02, 2008 Renowned vocalist of Gwalior gharana Pt. Sharad Sathe will be in a morning concert at Ajantha Avenue, Kothrud, Pune. <br /> He will be accompanied by Shri Shriram Hasabnis on harmonium and Shri Sanjay Deshpande on Tabla. Vishal Moghe and Mukul Kulkarni will provide vocal and tanpura support to the meastro. <br /> March 01, 2008 Feeb 23 & 24: Under the guidance of Dr. Karandikar, Pt. VIkas Kashalkar and Dr. Shekhar Kulkarni, a 2 day workshop has been organized. In this workshop, lectures & demonstrations by experts in the field have been arranged. The workshop will start at 06:00 am on Feb 23. <br />Pt. Vikas Kashalkar(Vocal), Shri Milind Tulakar(Jaltarang), Shri Rajendra Kulkarni(flute) will perform for the participants. Shri Anand Modak will give a talk on 'Rasa and Bhav' on the first day and Pt. Shashank Katti(Sitar)will perform on Feb 24. In addition to music, the participants will get an opportunity to see birds and enjoy the beauty of nature at Pirangut (near Pune). Interested participants can contact here: 020 25393458. <br /> Venue: Kelkar Farm House, Pirangut. February 20, 2008 World Dance Festival 2008 invites you to Bharatanatyam Dance Recital by Gyanendra Bajpai with his disciples on 1st March, Saturday at 2:30 pm <br /> Venue: Akasaka Kumin Centre, 4-18-13 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052<br /> Contact for reservation: 080-1187-1439, 0570029999 February 14, 2008 Shambhavi Dance Ensemble presents "Colors" a dance drama as part of "Khadhi Utsav 2008. <br /> Venue: 18th Cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore. <br /> Date: 10th February 2008, Time: 7.00pm <br /> www.schoolofkuchipudi.com February 05, 2008 "Blue Jackal" presented by Nupur Zankar, Directed & choreographed by Smt. Shila Mehta. A colorful Musical Children's Production in Kathak Dance style using both Indian & Western Classical Music, based on a story from Panchtantra at Kala-Ghoda Arts Festival.<br /> Date: 4th Feb '08<br /> Venue: Amphitheatre, Kala Ghoda, Rampart Row <br /> Time: 7.00pm <br /> (Entry -Free) February 04, 2008