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Local Artists Concert
November 4, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
IMS is proud to present season finale of Local Artists Series which will be a FREE Concert in two consecutive days. All the presenters are Paid Members of IMS and all of them are Classically Trained. There is so much talent among our members that we could have week long concerts by our members. Due to time limitation, IMS Board has chosen 6 members to include senior and junior artists to present 45 minutes to 1 hour long solo that MUST include a bandish in Vilambit taal.
Artists:
Varsha Halabe: has been learning classical music from childhood from 4 gurus: Mrs Shaila Datar, Dr Alka Deo Marulkar, Mrs Vandana Bhagwat and currently learning from PT B Krishna Bhat. She has performed widely in US, India, UK and India. She also teaches classical music in Katy.
Samhita Kumar: Samhita has been learning classical music since the age of 6 from several gurus. Presently she is training under Smt. Hemangi Bhagat Nene (India) – an exponent of Jaipur Atrauli Gharana. She has been fortunate to attend workshops with Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty and Pt. Shantanu Bhattacharya. She has given many solo performances to include fund raising for non profit organizations. Samhita currently attends law school at the University of Houston Law Center. She is also working towards her sangeet visharad at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.
Shamik Bose:Shamik was born to parents who are considered the foremost students of dance maestro Uday Shankar. He started to take formal training at Bengal Music College, then under Sreemati Kabita Gupta of Bishnupur Gharana and finally under Sangeet Acharya Amaresh Chawdhury of Senia Gharana. He is a geologist by profession, working in the oil industry and has been running a humble music school in The Woodlands for the last 9 years.
Surabhi Phatak:Surabhi is an 8th Grader and extremely talented and gifted artist. She was groomed from the age of 2 by her father- Shekhar Phakak – a well known musician in Houston. At the age of 3, she had memorized various Bandishes of about 8 ragas and quite a few film songs and ghazals. Her first public performance was at the age of 4. That’s when the parents decided to put her under the guidance of Vidhushi Meenal Datar (who is a disciple of Vidhushi Veenatai Sahasrabudhe). Surabhi has won many awards and honors at this young age to include first place (twice) at the Seattle Ragamala competition for her age group.
Soumya Rege: Started learning Classical music from her mother and Guru- Mrs. Arati Misra ji from Orissa who is a very well known and an A Grade Artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, and an acclaimed expert in Odissi Music. Soumya is currently under the tutelage of Guru Smt. Shruti Sample, founder of Shrut Sangeet school of music in Houston. Soumya is an Architect by education and training, and retired from a long and fruitful career at Harris County. She holds a Sangeet Visharad degree from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Pune.
Anita Borthakur: While growing up, Anita Ji was encouraged to listen to classical music by her father. Having grown up in Dharwad, the home of Hindustani Classical Music, she had the privilege of listening to some of the greatest stalwarts of Kirana Gharana like Bhimsen Ji, Gangubai Hangal, Sawai Gandharva, Basavaraj Rajguru, Mallikarjun Mansoor to name a few. She took up formal training under our own Shruti Sample Ji who groomed Anita Ji to be a solo performer in a very short period of time. She is a Physician by education and profession. She says she started training/learning to be a “better listener”!
The accompanying artists are:
On Tabla: Pt Shantilal Shah , Anuraag Shah, Jason Zinn, Nishad Kanhare and Govind Shetty
On Harmonium: Shruti Sample, Shekhar Phatak and Tejas Rode
On Manjira: Mohan Ketkar
Concert Dates:November 4 and 5 (NOTE: 5th is daylight saving – an hour early)
Venue: SKV Auditorium, 10251 Synott Road, Sugar Land, Tx
Time: 2 – 6 PM For Information: Call 713-922-2501
THIS IS A FREE CONCERT