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Vocal Concert – Khayal Sangeet

Saturday, April 07, 2012
7:00:00 PM
Venue: Jonsson Performance Hall, University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)


Admission:
ICMC Members: Free
UTD Staff & Students: Free

General: $30
Student: $20
Manjusha Patil-Kulkarni   Vocals
Rajiv Paranjpe   Harmonium
Mayank Bedekar   Tabla
  
  
  

Manjusha Patil-Kulkarni trained under Pandit KaneBua in Gurukul system for 12 years. After that she has continued her training under the tutelage of Dr. Ashok D. Ranade and Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. Manjusha has been gifted with a forceful & seasoned voice. Tunefulness, command over lay and taal, purity in exposition of Raga, complex Taan patterns, speed & clarity of taan are a few highlights of her singing. She also excels in Semi Classical Music & Light Music, especially Marathi NatyaSangeet. Manjusha has performed at prestigious platforms such as Sawai Gandharva Music Festival, Tansen Samaroh, Kala Academy, Goa etc. and has toured extensively both in India and outside India. Recipient of many prestigious awards, including Sangeet Natak Academy’s Ustad Bismilla Khan award. Manjusha is a 'A' Grade artist of the All India radio. She will be accompanied on Harmonium by Rajiv Paranjpe. She will be accompanied on Tabla by Mayank Bedekar, a disciple of Pt. Suresh Talwalkar.


Flute and Mandolin Jugalbandi

Saturday, April 21, 2012
7:00:00 PM
Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013


Admission:
ICMC Members: Free
General: $30
Student: $20
Rupak Kulkarni   Flute
Snehashish Mozumder   Mandolin
Subhen Chatterjee   Tabla
  
  
  

With music blown into his breath by father Pt. Malhar Kulkarni, Rupak Kulkarni has blossomed under the finest tutelage of flute maestro Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, to become an outstanding exponent of Maihar Gharana. As a ganda bandh shagird of Pt. Chaurasia since the tender age of 9, Rupak with arduous training and hard work, has mastered "Dhrupad, Khayal and Tantrakari ang" equally well. With concerts across the world in many countries such as Australia, America, Russia, Japan, Africa, etc. Rupak has acquired a dignified maturity in his playing at an early age. In India, Rupak has performed in all major music festivals -Sawai Gandharva (Pune), Tansen Samaroh (Gwalior), Bharti Vidya Bhavan (Kolkata), Gunidas Sammelan (Mumbai). Rupak has lent his musical prowess to many melodies hitting the chart busters. Has worked with renowned music directors from Bollywood. Films such as Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam (K3G), Fiza, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer and many more have him playing in not just the main songs but also in the background scores, arousing emotions varying from pathos to exuberance. Rupak has collaborated with many renowned musicians from the West as well.

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. He started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grandfather late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himanshu Mozumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarod player. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb,the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj. Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Snehasish, has performed many major festivals in India like Sankat Mochan Utsav of Varanasi, Swami Haridas Sangeet Sanmelan of Mumbai,Indian Habitat Centre of Delhi, Bhowanipur Sangeeet Sanmelan, GolPark Ramkrishna Mission of Kolkata and Saltlake Music Conference of Kolkata etc, and also he has toured Europe, UK and USA and made a very good name amongst the music lovers. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards.

Subhen Chatterjee will accompany on Tabla. Subhen Chatterjee bases his style of playing to Lucknow Gharana that he learnt from his illustrious Guru tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chowdhury. Not restricting himself to one single Gharana-Subhen went on to learn the intricacies & beauty of other Gharanas that he introduced in his playing & which has made his style of playing so unique & distinctive. Subhen has also created India’s leading fusion band, KARMA, which is still the only of its kind from the eastern part of India. Subhen’s recent collaboration with renowned percussionist, SIVAMANI, has enabled him to form another unique fusion band called FRIENDS OF DRUMS whose main objective is to help the lesser known yet very talented musicians sharing stage with renowned ones.


Vocal Concert – Khayal Sangeet

Saturday, May 12, 2012
7:00:00 PM
Venue: Allen Library Civic Auditorium, 300 N. Allen Drive, Allen TX 75013


Admission:
ICMC Members: Free
General: $30
Student: $20
Jayateerth Mevundi   Vocals
Sudhanshu Kulkarni   Harmonium
Keshav Joshi   Tabla
  
  
  

Jayateerth Mevundi hails from the land of great vocalists and maestros of Hindustani Classical Music, like Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Dr. (Mrs.) Gangubai Hangal, Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur, Pt. Basavraj Rajguru and Pt. Kumar Gandharva and so on. According to many connoisseurs and critics of Hindustani Classical Music, Jayateerth is considered to be a torchbearer of Kirana Gharana. Jayateerth received his initial training in music under the tutelage of Sangeet Ratna Pt. Arjunsa Nakod of Gwalior Gharana for about 10 years. Since the year 1994 onwards he has been receiving musical lessons under the able guidance of Pt. Shripati Padegar, who is a disciple of great vocalist of this country, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi of Kirana Gharana. Jayateerth Mevundi has won many accolades and awards. Jayateerth has participated in several music conferences including the ones at Mysore Dasara Festival, Sawai Gandharva Music Festival at Pune as well as Kundgol, Alladia Khan music conference, Kumar Gandharva Music conference etc. He has performed extensively not only all over India, but outside of India in USA, Canada , Europe & middle east countries as well.

Sudhanshu Kulkarni will accompany Jayateerth on Harmonium. Sudhanshu learnt initially from Appasaheb Sakhlakar for six years. Later he became disciple of Pt.Rambhau Bijapure, a veteran Harmonium player and a great Guru of that time. Having graduated the degree od Sangeet alankar & Masters degree in Music, from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Sudhanshu is the first in country to obtain Doctorate in Music from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Mumbai, in solo Harmonium under the able guidance of Pandit Narayanrao Patwardhan of Baroda. Today, Sudhanshu is well known as a versatile accompanist as well as a Soloist.

Keshav Joshi will accompany on Tabla in this concert. Keshav started learning Tabla at the age of eight years from Shri R.M. More. After ten years, he was fortunate to have guidance from Late Pandit Karveer Mallapur & also from Pandit Ishwarlal Mishra of Banaras Gharana. Keshav is a regular performer on All India Radio & Doordarshan. Keshav has performed in many prestigious music festivals of India, as a Soloist as well as an Accompanist. Presently, he is imparting Tabla lessons to the students from Malya Aditi International school in Bangalore.


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