Vocal Recital By Manjusha Kulkarni Patil

IMS is proud to announce the Vocal Recital of Vidhushi Manjusha Kulkarni Patil on Saturday April 6  from 5 pm to 8 pm at SKV Auditorium on 10251 Synott Road.

Vidushi Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil was born in the Maharashtra village of Sangli, famous for producing superb musicians. She has been trained in the gurukul tradition with Late Sangeet Acharya Pt. D.V. Kanebua in Agra and Gwalior gharana. She received further guidance from Dr. Vikas Kashalkar and is currently honing her advanced skills under Padmashree Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar.

Manjusha-ji has performed nationally and internationally and has won prestigious awards like Ustad Bismillah Khan from Sangeet Natak Academy, Pt. Kumar Gandharva Rashriya Puraskar, to name a few. In 2007, she established a Gurukul for training of Hindustani Classical Music in Sangli, a town where she was born and had started her initial training, under the umbrella of Sangeet acharya D.V. Kanebua Pratishthan.

Accompanying on Tabla is Shri. Prashant Pandav.  His tabla training began under Pandurang Mukhade. He now studies under Pt. Yogesh Samsi, a disciple of renowned tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha. He has received a scholarship from the Government of India. Prashant was initiated into the kirtan form of religious music from Maharashtra and continues to pursue this form, and provides accompaniment to vocal music and Marathi theatre music and plays other percussion instruments too.

On the Harmonium is Abhinay Rawnde- a young and vibrant harmonium player of younger generation. He has accompanied many renowned artists like Arti Ankalikar, Ankita Joshi, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Mahesh Kale, Ronkini Gupta, etc… and has given Lehra for PT Yogesh Sami Ji, Yashwant Vaishnav, Nayan Ghosh..to name a few.

Individual Tickets: $25 (Students $10 with proper ID); Season Ticket for the Family $250.  www.imshouston.org
For information, call 713-922-2501

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