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SUMMARY:Local Artists Concert 2024
DESCRIPTION:For 2024\, IMS Board has selected the following artists/performers to showcase their musical talents: \n\n\nPerformers:\nKrisha Rath: Vocal\nMoumita Chakraborthy – Vocal\nJamuna Murali- Vocal\nMadhura Kelkar – Sitar\nDhruv and Manav Vishwanath: Tabla Duet\n\n\n\nAccompanists:\nTabla: Anuraag Shah\, Vibhav Kelkar and Govind Shetty\nHarmonium: Shreyas Bedekar\nSide Rythem: Mohan Ketkar\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, Univ of St Thomas\, 4001 Mt Vernon\, Houston\nTime: 130 Pm  – 6.00PM\n\n\nTHIS IS A FREE CONCERT. PLEASE JOIN US AND ENCOURAGE OUR PERFORMERS WHO ARE SHARING THE STAGE UNDER IMS BANNER WHERE SOME OF THE BEST OF THE BEST HAVE PERFORMED – Like Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan\, Amjhad Ali Khan\, Ashwini Bhide\, Ulhas Kashalkar\, Rahul Sharma\, Kaushiki Chakraborty\, Rakesh Chaurasia\, Vishwa Mohan Bhat\, Rashid Khan\, Rajan Sajan Mishra\, Niladri Kumar….just to name a few…in our 33 year history.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/local2024/
LOCATION:Cullen Hall\, University of St. Thomas
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SUMMARY:Vocal recital by Pt. Ram Deshpande
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nPT  Ram Deshpande:\nHe is a renowned vocalist of the present generation and an artist of commendable talent. His journey into classical music began in Nagpur\, Maharashtra\, where he was initiated by Shri Chepe\, Shri Panake\, and Pandit Prabhakar Deshkar.\n\nHe rose to greater heights as a vocalist of Gwalior and Jaipur Gharana under the guidance of PT Yashwantbua Joshi and PT Ulhas Kashalkar. He also received guidance in the Agra Gharana from PT Babanrao Haldankar and in the Bhatkhande Parampara from PT Yashwant Mahale.\n\n\nHe earned a postgraduate degree in music from Nagpur University with a gold medal. His doctoral thesis on ‘Mishra Ragas’ (Combination Ragas) was completed under the guidance of Pandit V. R. Athavle. Gandharva Mahavidyalaya has selected him as a guide for doctorate students.  He is the music director of the short film “Gaanyogi” about Pandit D. V. Paluskar and the “Guru Para Brahma” music album by Red Ribbon Company. He composed “Vande Mataram” in Raag Mala of 24 Ragas.\n\nHe has participated in many prestigious music festivals like- Sawai Gandharva\, Tansen Sangeet Samaroha\, etc..He is also the director of Gandhar Music Academy\, where many talented students study classical vocal music under his guidance.\n\nSanjay Deshpande:\n\nAccompanying on Tabla is Sanjay Deshpande. He was introduced to playing Tabla by Late PT Sabade . Later he took Taleem from the renowned Tabla player Pt. Suresh Talwalkar of  Delhi-Farookabad  Gharana\, in a Guru Shishya Parampara .He also had the privilege of understanding the beauty of Punjab Gharana  under the guidance of  world renowned Tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha Khan Saheb and Pt.Yogesh Samsi. \n\nSanjay is recipient of the coveted “Ahmedjaan Thirakwaa Scholarship” for Solo Performance. He has accompanied renowned artists like Smt. Vasundhara Komkali\, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt. Smt. Malini Rajurkar\, Pt. Jasraj\, Dr. Prabha Atre\, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini\, Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande \, Smt. Veena Sahastrabudhe and many such great artists.\n\nHe has performed in major conferences such as Sawai Gandharwa Music Festival Pune\, Paluskar Smarak Conference\, Dowerlane Conference\, Kolkata. He is empanelled as GURU at the Lalit Kala Kendra\, University of Pune and Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune.\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nAbhishek Shinker\n\nAccompanying on Harmonium is Abhishek Shinker. He took primary music lessons from Shankar Mahajan for 8 years. He continued to learn vocal and harmonium under the guidance of Pt. Nathrao Neralkar at Aurangabad for next 5 years under Gurushishya Parampara. \n\n\n\n\nLater\, he took formal lessons on harmonium under Pt. Pramod Marathe at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Pune under Gurushishya Parampara for 5 years\, and still continues to learn from PT Pramod Marathe Ji. He is also fortunate to receive guidance from Taalyogi Pt. Sureshji Talwalkar.\n\nHe has accompanied various artist such as\, Pt. Suresh Talwalkar\, Pt. Nathrao Neralkar\, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt. Vijay Ghate\, Pt. Ramdas Palsule\, Vidushi Kalapini Komkali\, Pandita Padma Talwalkar\, Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar\, Shri Bhuvanesh Komkali\, Smt. Manjusha Patil Kulkarni\, Smt. Devaki Pandit to name a few.\n\n\nHe has Masters of Arts Degree in harmonium and has won many awards and scholarships like Pt Vishnu Digamber Paluskar Scholarship\, \nScholarship from Ministry of Culture\, India; secured second position in the National Youth Festival for Harmonium.\n\n\n\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/2428/
LOCATION:Cullen Hall\, University of St. Thomas
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SUMMARY:Sarod & Tabla Concert By Abhishek Borkar & Yashwant Vaishnav
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n\n\n\n\nAbhishek Borkar\nA young and versatile musician born into a musically rich environment in Pune. Initially he was trained in vocal and tabla at the age of 4 before immersing himself on the Sarod\, under the tutelage of his father and Guru PT Shekhar Borkar\, of the Maihar Senia Gharana of Ustaad Allauddin Khan Ji known for producing some of the Best of Best like PT Ravi Shankar JI\, Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan Ji\, Vidhushi Annapurna Devi Ji…to name a few.\n\n\n\n\nAbhishek has performed at many Music Festivals like Sawai Gandharva\, Abdul Karim Khansaheb Sangeet Mahotsav\, Mumbai\,  Gaansaraswati Mahotsav\, Darbar Festival in London\,  to name a few.\n\nAt the onset of the Lockdown in 2020\, Abhishek founded Artists United\, an initiative aimed at uniting artists and audiences and spread positivity in times of emotions\, physical and financial crisis. Artists United featured more than 400 artists performing from the comfort of their homes to large audiences on Facebook.\n\nYashwant Vaishnav\,\nWidely hailed as a tabla prodigy\, Yashwant Vaishnav was born to Shri Rajendra Vaishnav and Smt Bhagawati Vaishnav in 1993. His initial training began with his father from where he went on to learn from Shri Hemant Sachdev\, and then from PT Mukund Bhate\n\n\n\n\n\nHe had the fortune to study under Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar Ji at the I.T.C. Sangeet Research academy\, Kolkata. At present he is a disciple of legendary tabla maestro Pandit Yogesh Samsi Ji. Yashwant’s tabla playing is marked with clarity and a crisp tonality which stays un-compromised at high octane speeds as well. His creative approach to rhythmic distribution and progression is a treat to listen in his riveting solos. His approach to accompaniment is subtle\, supportive and supplementary.\n\nYashwant has performed with many stalwarts like Pt.Yogesh Samsi\, Pt. Ajay Chakraborty\, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt.Niladri Kumar\, Pt.Shounak Abhisheki\, Kaushiki Chakraborty\, to name a few.\n\nHe has performed in many prestigious Music Conferences like Tansen Mahotsav\, Gwalior I.T.C.Sangeet Samaroh\,Kolkata\, Pt. Motiram Sangeet Mahotsav\, Hyderabad\, Pancham Nishad\, Mumbai \, Shadja\, USA\, Young Maestro Festival\,USA and UK.\n\n\nBuy Tickets
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/sarod-recital-by-abhishek-borkar/
LOCATION:Cullen Hall\, University of St. Thomas
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SUMMARY:Vocal Recital By Kruthi Bhat
DESCRIPTION:KRUTHI BHAT:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Child Prodigy star of Indian Classical Music\, Kruthi Bhat is recognized worldwide as a top tier Indian Classical Musician of her generation who moved from Houston to India to take up music full time. Her perfection of sruti\, taal\, powerful voice control\, rich imagination and impeccable aesthetics reflect the timeless values of classicism.\n\nKruthi has performed extensively at Prestigious platforms all around the Globe and has numerous Titles and Awards to her credit. Kruthi is also a computer science graduate\, proficient in Hindustani Classical Music\, Indian & Western violin\, Bharathanatyam and Acrylic/Pastel painting.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVITTAL RANGAN B – VIOLIN\n\nAccompanying Kruthi on Violin is her musician husband Vittal Rangan – a young acclaimed violinist. Starting at the age of 8\, he had his initial violin lessons from Late Sri. RR Keshavamurthy\, and later from Sangeetha Kalanidhi Kum A Kanyakumari.\n\nAn ‘A’ graded violinist of the All India Radio\, Vittal is a recipient of numerous awards including  Best Violinist Award at Kalavanta National Youth Festival – 2014. He has carved a niche for himself by being not only one of the most sought after accompanists\, but a fine solo performer as well. Vittal has provided violin support to his Guru Kum. Kanyakumari and has also accompanied great stalwarts and senior musicians.\n\nThis is their first appearance with IMS as husband and wife.\n\n\nPATRI SATISH KUMAR- MRIDANGAM:\n\nPatri was born into a family immersed in the world of Carnatic music to Sri Kesava Rao and Smt. Padmavathi Kesava Rao. Being a third generation musician\, he was introduced to the mridangam at the age of 3 by his mother Smt. Padmavathi\, a renowned violinist from Vizianagaram. He gave his very first public performance at the tender age of 7. His training was under three legendary gurus – R. Sree Ramachandramurthy\, V.A. Swamy and V. Narasimham.\n\n\nHe has been conferred with the most prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademy award by the Government of India in the year 2020. He has also received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of California\, Berkley for his outstanding endeavors in the field of Mridangam and for his special innovations and immense contribution to world music\n\n\n\nAn “A-Top” graded artist of the All India Radio and Doordarshan\, his  specialty is the fine balance between the treble and bass heads\, which when played in unison creates an exhilarating experience for the listeners.\n\nHe has conceived a new concept titled “GAJAANA” – the ‘Gathi’\, ‘Jaathi’ and ‘Nadai’ concept. He also introduced a path-breaking concept to the field of percussion through a blend of both Hindustani and Carnatic styles of playing. \n\n\nPatri Ji has played Jugalbadi with such great artists like Ustaad Zakir Hussain\, Yogesh Sami Ji-  just to name a few.\n\n\n\nConcert Date: July 27\, 2024 (Saturday)\nVenue:             Sri Sharadamba Temple Auditorium\, 10315 Clodine Rd\, Richmond\nConcert Time: 5PM – 8PM\nTickets:            $25 (FREE FOR IMS PAID MEMBERS): www.imshouston.org\n                          FREE FOR STUDENTS OF MUSIC\nFor Info:           713-922-2501 (Govind Shetty)\, 281-901-2345 (Vid. Raja Rajeshwary Bhat)
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SUMMARY:Vocal Recital By Ustad Waseem Ahmad Khan
DESCRIPTION:Ustaad WASEEM AHMED KHAN\n\nWaseem Ahmed Khan is an exponent of the Agra Gharana\, and is the sole living direct descendent of this major style that has existed in India since the 13th century. The Agra style is heavily influenced by the dhrupad gayaki (vocalisation). During the 19th century\, it embraced influences of the ‘khayal\,’ (literally meaning imagination)\, a lighter form of Persian music and underwent some changes. This amalgamation of dhrupad and khayal coupled with distinctive vocal styles lent by Khan’s forefathers have given an uncommon set of features to the Agra gharana.\n\nFrom the age of six\, his immersive taalim began with his maternal grandfather\, Late Ata Hussain Khan (1899-1980)\, who used the pen name\, “Ratan Piya” and is well-known for some of the most beautiful compositions of the Agra repertoire. Thus\, Waseem was blessed from both his maternal and paternal sides with one of the richest repertoires of north Indian classical music.\n\nHis open throated delivery of nom-tom alap is detailed. He is known for picking up special words or sentences in a bandish (fixed composition) and improvising in the true Agra style with bol-bant\, a method of expanding lyrics based on rhythm.\n\nHe is currently based in Kolkata\, where he teaches his own students in the guru shishya parampara. Simultaneously\, he trains students at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a ‘Musician Scholar’ and lends his expertise to various other scholarly projects of this institution.\n\nACCOMPANYING ON  HARMONIUM IS SIDDHESH BICHOLKAR\n\n\n\nHaving imbibed primary lessons in music since childhood\, Siddhesh has been privileged to receive guidance from his first Guru\, Shri Sharad Mathkar in Goa. Later\, he was placed under the tutelage of Pt. Tulsidas Borkar\, one of the greatest Harmonium exponent and Guru. Siddhesh gained valuable knowledge and blossomed into one of the most sought after Harmonium Players\, today.\n\nHe has been the recipient of many eminent music scholarships including accolades by the Govt. of India and many other awards to add to his long list of achievements. He is presently employed as a classical music teacher at Sharda Sangeet Vidyalaya\, Mumbai.\n\n\nACCOMPANYING ON TABLA IS SANJAY DESHPANDE \n\n\n\n\nSanjay was born in a music-loving family and was introduced to the art of playing Tabla under Late Pt. Sabade at Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj. Later he took Taleem from the renowned Tabla player Pt. Suresh Talwalkar of Delhi-Farookabad Gharana\, in a Guru Shishya Parampara. He also had the privilege of understanding the beauty of Punjab Gharana under the guidance of world-renowned Tabla maestro Ustad. Alla Rakha Khan Saheb. He is currently taking Talim from PT Yogesh Samsi.\n\nSanjay is the recipient of the coveted “Ahmedjaan Thirakwaa Scholarship” for Solo Performance. He has accompanied renowned artists like Smt. Vasundhara Komkali\, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt. Smt. Malini Rajurkar\, Pt. Jasraj\, Dr. Prabha Atre\, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini\, Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande \, Smt. Veena Sahastrabudhe and many such great artists.\n\nConcert Date: Saturday\, June 29\nTime:  5 PM to 8 PM\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, University of St Thomas\, 4001 Mt Vernon St\n\nTickets: 25\, Free for members.\nWWW.IMSHOUSTON.ORG\nFor information: 713-922-2501
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SUMMARY:Jugalbandi of Flute and Violin
DESCRIPTION:PT. Praveen Godkindi: (Flute)\nBorn in a family of musicians\, music is a divine blessing to Pravin Ji. He is fortunate to have his father Pandit VENKATESH GODKHINDI\, an eminent vocalist and Bansuri artiste of the country from Dhrawad\, as his first and only Guru for Flute. Pravin Ji gave his first public concert at the age of 6 years and held the audience spellbound. His quest for deeper knowledge about LAYAKAARI brought him to his Guru\, Vidwan ANOOR ANANTH KRISHNA SHARMA a reputed Mridangam artiste who is providing able guidance to Pravin on the deeper aspects of LAYA and LAYAKAARI. \nHe has a B.E in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with distinction. \nAmbi Subramaiam: (Violin)\nHailed as “The new king of Indian violin” (The Times of India)\, Ambi Subramaniam has been trained by his father and guru Dr. L. Subramaniam from the age of three\, and gave his first performance at the age of seven. Along with his sister Bindu Subramaniam\, Ambi runs SaPa – Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts. In 2014\, he co-founded the SaPa in Schools program with Bindu\, which helps students develop 21st century skills and a growth mindset using music as a gateway. The program impacts over 30\,000 students across India every year. \nAmbi has a bachelor’s degree in business management\, an MBA\, and a Ph.D. \nSowmiya Narayanan: (Ghatam)\nSowmiya Narayanan is a disciple of Mridangam.Maestro Trichy Sri Harikumar and earlier he took training from Sangita Acharya Sri Subash chandran sir. Sowmiya has accompanied many leading past and present artits including Padma Vibhushan Dr Balamurikrishna\, Padma Vibushan Dr KJ Yesudoss\, Padma Bhushan Dr Sudha Ragunathan\, Padma Sri Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt\, Dr Ambi Subramaniam\, to name a few \nSowmiya is also current board of trustee of Sankara Nethralaya – Premier Eye Hospital in Chennai\, conducted over 680 online concerts and raised over $ 1.75 million in donations and supported 17\,000 free cataract eye surgeries for poor indigent patients thru Sankara Nethralaya USA trust. Conducted/coordinatrd more than 45 live shows in USA for Sankara Nethralaya in last 10+ years \nVid. Sri. Shankar Rajagopalan: (Mridangam)\nShankar Rajagopalan started his mridangam journey at the age of 9 under the tutelage of Kalaimamani Shri Kutthalam Viswanatha Iyer\, and had his arangetram at the age of 12. He had the opportunity to accompany leading artistes like Veena Gayathri and Dwaram Mangathayaru along with Guru (double mridangam). He was fortunate to accompany Shri TV Gopalakrishnan for a concert in BITS Pilani. He is also an AIR graded artiste and recipient of center government scholarship awarded by the Government of India. Shankar moved to Dallas in 2014 and has been actively involved in the community teaching mridangam to children and also accompanying various local and visiting artiste \nAmit Kavthekar:(Tabla)\nOn the tabla is young and vibrant Tabla Player -Amit Kavthekar. He has been groomed in the art of playing Tabla at age of 6 as the “GANDA-BANDH SHAGIRD” of Late Ustad Allarakha Saheb. After the passing away of Alla Rakha Saheb\, Amit continued learning under Ustaad Zakir Hussian. Amit has accompanied many eminent Indian Classical Musicians such as Ustad Zakir Hussain\, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan\, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan\, Ustad Ashish Khan\, Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta\, Pt. Kushal Das\, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma..to name a few. \n  \nConcert Date: June 15 (Saturday) \n\nTime: 5- 8PM\n\nVenue: Houston Durga Bari Auditorium\, 13944 Schiller Road\, Houston\nFor Information: IMS: Govind Shetty-713-922-2501; Tagore Society:Raja Banga- 281-627-2523
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/jugalbandi-of-flute-and-violin/
LOCATION:Houston Durga Bari Society\, 13944 Schiller Rd\, Houston\, TX\, 77082\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vocal Recital By Omkar Dadarkar
DESCRIPTION:OMKAR DADARKAR\n\n\nWhen globalization is firmly gripping the world making most of the modern society involved in material gold-rush\, very few persons maintain their originality and tradition. Omkar Dadarkar is one of them. Born in Mumbai\, he was enthused by his parents\, both being Marathi Natya-Sangeet performers\, and took his initial training under Dr. Ram Deshpande\n\nAs the nephew and shishya of the legendary vocalist Padmashri Manik Verma\, Omkar was fortunate enough to get taleem from her. After that he took training from Pt. Yashwantbua Joshi of Gwalior Gharana under the Guru-shishya parampara tradition.\n\nLater \, he was selected as scholar in I.T.C. Sangeet Research Academy and went through rigorous training for 6 years under the tutelage of guru Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar. Also\, he got his training of light classical form under Vidushi Girijadevi and Srinivas Khale.\n\nHis outstanding talents were recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akedmi who awarded him the Bismaillah Khan Yuva Puraskar – the most prestigious award given younger artists.\n\n\nACCOMPANYING ON  HARMONIUM IS SIDDHESH BICHOLKAR\n\nHaving imbibed primary lessons in music since childhood\, Siddhesh has been privileged to receive guidance from his first Guru\, Shri Sharad Mathkar in Goa and later\, placed under the tutelage of Pt. Tulsidas Borkar\, renowned Harmonium exponent and Guru.\n\nThe difficult and lesser known art of Jaltarang was taken up by Siddhesh with inspiration from Shri Sharad Mathkar\, who personally crafted his first set of Jaltarang apparatus.\n\nSiddhesh gained valuable knowledge about instrumental recitals and depths of classical music from Pt. Tulsidas Borkar\, enabling Siddhesh to present Jaltarang recitals\, a very rare occurrence in Indian classical music.\n\nHe has been the recipient of many eminent music scholarships including accolades by the Govt. of India and its H.R.D. Ministry and many other awards to add to his long list of achievements. He is presently employed as a classical music teacher at Sharda Sangeet Vidyalaya\, Mumbai.\n\n\nACCOMPANYING ON TABLA IS SANJAY DESHPANDE\n\nSanjay was born in a music loving family and was introduced to the art of playing Tabla under Late Pt. Sabade at Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj. Later he took Taleem from the renowned Tabla player Pt. Suresh Talwalkar of Delhi-Farookabad Gharana\, in a Guru Shishya Parampara. He also had the privilege of understanding the beauty of Punjab Gharana under the guidance of world renowned Tabla maestro Ustad. Alla Rakha Khan Saheb. He is currently taking talim from PT Yogesh Samsi.\n\nSanjay is recipient of the coveted “Ahmedjaan Thirakwaa Scholarship” for Solo Performance. He has accompanied renowned artists like Smt. Vasundhara Komkali\, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt. Smt. Malini Rajurkar\, Pt. Jasraj\, Dr. Prabha Atre\, Pt. Dinkar Kaikini\, Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande \, Smt. Veena Sahastrabudhe and many such great artists.\n\nConcert Date: Saturday\, May 4\nTime:  9.30 AM to 1 PM\nVenue: Durga Bari Auditorium\, 13944 Schiller Road\n\nTickets: 25\, Free for members.\nWWW.IMSHOUSTON.ORG\nFor information: 713-922-2501
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SUMMARY:Vocal Recital By Manjusha Kulkarni Patil
DESCRIPTION: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. \nVidushi 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. \nManjusha-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. \nAccompanying 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. \nOn 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. \nIndividual Tickets: $25 (Students $10 with proper ID); Season Ticket for the Family $250.  www.imshouston.org\nFor information\, call 713-922-2501 \nFrom All of US at IMS\nYour Home For Indian Classical Music.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/vocal-recital-by-manjusha-kulkarni-patil/
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SUMMARY:Sitar Recital with Tabla by Father and son: Pandit Nayan Ghosh on Sitar
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to host our first concert of 2024 with Pandit Nayan Ghosh (son of legendary Pt. Nikhil Ghosh\, Recipient of Sangeet Narak Academy Award) on Sitar and his son Ishan Ghosh on Tabla.\n\nConcert Details:\nDate: March 2nd (Saturday)\nTIime: 5PM to 8PM\n\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, Univ of St. Thomas \n\n\n\nThis will be Free concert for IMS members. If you are not a Member the Individual ticket will be $25. \nThe tickets will be available at IMS website. If you wish to become a Annual Member\, do so with the button below.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShould you have any questions\, please call one of our Board Members:\n\n\n\n\nVishy Narayanamurthy:  281-501-5755                            Rugwed Damle: 352-346-9994\nUsha Ganju:       713-299-8052                                           Gaurav Jhaveri: 407-965-9618\nGovind Shetty:    713-922-2501                                           Mohan Ketkar:  281-744-6517\nEmail: IMSHouston@gmail.com\n\n\n  \nIMS 2024 Event Calendar (Click Here)\n\nFrom All of us at Indian Music Society (IMS)\n\nYour Home For Indian Classical Music. \nSee you at the concert! 
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/sitar-recital-with-tabla-by-father-and-son-pandit-nayan-ghosh-on-sitar/
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SUMMARY:Local Artists Concert
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nArtists:\n\nVarsha 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.\n\nSamhita 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.\n\nShamik 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.\n\n\nSurabhi 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.\n\nSoumya 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.\n\n\nAnita 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”!\n\nThe accompanying artists are:\n\n\n\nOn Tabla: Pt Shantilal Shah \, Anuraag Shah\, Jason Zinn\, Nishad Kanhare and Govind Shetty\nOn Harmonium: Shruti Sample\, Shekhar Phatak and Tejas Rode\nOn Manjira: Mohan Ketkar\n\nConcert Dates:November 4 and 5 (NOTE: 5th is daylight saving – an hour early)\nVenue: SKV Auditorium\, 10251 Synott Road\, Sugar Land\, Tx\nTime: 2 – 6 PM      For Information: Call 713-922-2501\n\nTHIS IS A FREE CONCERT 
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/local-artists-concert/
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SUMMARY:Pt. Yogesh Samsi
DESCRIPTION:FATHER-SON JUGALBANDI OF TABLA AND WESTERN DRUMS.\n\nDate:  October 7 (Saturday) \nVenue: Sri Krishna Vrundavan Auditorium\, 10251 Synott Road\, Houston\nTime: 5 Pm – 7PM\n\nPT Yogesh Sami\n\nThe son of the renowned vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini and Shashikala Kaikini\, Yogesh Ji was initiated into tabla by his father at the tender age of four under PT Taranath. Later he received intensive guidance for 25 years under one of the Greatest Tabla Maesrtos  Ustaad Allah Rakha Saheb\, maturing into one of the most sought after Tabla Artists in India today.\n\n\n\n\n\nYogesh Ji has played with many of the top ranking classical instrumentalists\, vocalists and dancers of India. He has also had the privilege of accompanying Ustad Allah Rakha and his son the great maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain in their solo performances\, and has performed duets with Ustad Zakir Hussain. Outside of the authentic tradition that he carries forward\, he has performed with artists including Taufiq Qureshi\, Ranjit Barot\, Louis Banks\, Karsh Kale\, Kayhan Kalhor\, and many more.\n\nBesides performing\, Yogesh Ji is very committed to educating students and listeners about his art and the rich legacy of his style of tabla playing\, the Punjab Gharana. Yogesh has continued efforts to revive old compositions of both the Punjab tradition as well as the compositions of Pandit Sushil Kumar Jain.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYogesh has been appointed as a Guru along with other Gurus like Pt Ulhas Kashalkar\, Pt Suresh Talwalkar\, Smt N.Rajam and Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia at the Indian Classical Music Gurukul run by the M.I.T group of Institutes In Pune(Loni) which aims at developing professional musicians in the future.\n\nIn recognition of his talents\, Yogesh Ji was awarded the Most Prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award which is the highest national recognition given to practicing artists\, gurus and scholars.\n\n\nShravan Samsi:\n\nHe began his training on tabla under his father Pandit Yogesh Samsi Ji and later from globally renowned music director and percussionist Maestro Ranjit Barot. Shravan has brought about a perfect balance between his roots in Indian and passion for Western Rhythm\, converging multiple schools of thought and incorporating nuances and aesthetics of repertoire throughout his performance and production.\n\nHis captivating stage presence and command over his instrument in his performances has led him to perform at venues all across India and abroad. He has played at prestigious musical gatherings such as the Taal Chakra Music Festival\, International Jazz Day at Antisocial\, NCPA Mumbai\, Covelong Surf Festival\, Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham\, ACC World Music Festival in South Korea.\n\nHis unique outlook on music has sparked many moments of musical explorations alongside stalwarts of the Indian Music scene namely; Ustad Fazal Qureshi\, Pandit Ravindra Chary\, Padmashree Soma Ghosh and his father\, Pandit Yogesh Samsi\, to name but a few. He has also shared the stage with some of the greatest Musicians in India\, Gino Banks\, Viveick Rajagopalan\, Harmeet Manseta\, ChandaBala Kalyan\, Sanjay Divecha\, Joe Alvarez\, Darshan Doshi\, Manas Kumar\, Abhay Nayampally to name a few.\n\nHardeep Chana – On Harmonium\n\nIndian American Hardeep Chana was raised in a musical atmosphere –  first began learning from his family. Later\, he sought guidance for accompaniment from Professor Ranjit Singh\, learning Taus or Mayoori Veena. Today\, he continues his studies as a harmonium accompanist under Tanmay Deochake. During his musical journey\, Hardeep has enjoyed the good fortune of accompanying many great artists including Pandit Yogesh Samsi\, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee\, Kaushiki Chakraborty\, Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari – popularly called “Pinky” \, to name a few.\n\nwww. imshouston.org\nFor Information: 713-922-2501
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pt-yogesh-samsi/
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SUMMARY:Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar
DESCRIPTION:Raghunandan Ji began his formal training at the age of 11 years under the tutelage of the late Pandit Vasantrao Kulkarni. Later\, he commenced training under the Doyan of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana\, – Gaan Saraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar Ji who was awarded the most prestigious Sangeet Nayak Research Academy Award along with Padma Vibhushan for her contribution to Hindustani Classical Music. During this time\, Raghunandan was also fortunate to learn from Kishori-ji’s mother and guru\, the late Gaan Tapaswini Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar\, who had learned directly from the the late Sangeet Samrat Ustad Alladiya Khan\, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. By training with both Mogubai-ji and Kishori-ji\, Raghunandan achieved an authenticity in many aspects of the Jaipur-Atrauli style – a full throated akaar\, dazzling taans\, a sophisticated use of techniques such as meend and gamak\, and a clever grasp of the intricacies of layakari.\n\nRaghunandan Ji’s “Gayaki” has evolved into a unique and original style enriched immensely by influences of several contemporary maestros. Decades of relentless ‘riyaz’ and complete surrender to Music are now reflecting very clearly in his performances. He has rightfully earned his place among the topmost vocalists of his generation.\n\n\nBharat Kamath: Accompanying Tabla is a stalwart of Banaras Gharana who started learning Tabla at the tender age of five\, from his father Pt. Chandrakant Kamat who himself has been a devoted disciple of one of the greatest Tabla Players – Pt. Shamta Prasad Ji of the Banaras gharana.  Bharat’s grandfather Pt. Shantatram Kamat was also a renowned stage-music artist. Bharat has thus inherited the ‘sur’ and ‘lai’ from his paternal side. \nClarity\, purity of theka and his tone have made Bharat a musician par excellence. Bharat attributes his musical maturity to Pt.Bhimsen Joshi\, with whom he has accompanied for more than nineteen years. \n\n\nAmiya Bichu\n\n\n\nOn Harmonium\, Raghunandan ji will be accompanied by Ameya Bichu. Ameya received his training from Tanmay Deochake\, Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar and Vidushi Padma Talwalkar. Ameya has accompanied many senior artists such as PT Swapan Chaudhuri\, Amiya Ranjana Bandopadhyaya\, PT Suresh Talwalkar Ji\, etc. to name a few.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/2079/
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SUMMARY:Dhananjay Hegde
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to present another young stalwart of Kirana Gharana accompanied by younger generation accompanists\nDate: August 5\, 2023\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, Univ of St Thomas\n\nDhananjay Hegde\,\nA child prodigy\, is a name to reckon with\, in the Hindustani music field. He is disciple of Pt. Vinayak Torvi and Pt. Venkatesh Kumar. He has performed in major prestigious music festivals like Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Music festival Pune\, Tansen festival Gwalior\, Swar Samrat festival Kolkata\, Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroh Goa\, Saptak festival Ahmedabad\, to name a few. He has been awarded with Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraksar by Sangeet Natak Akademi\, new Delhi and Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru Yuva Puraksar by Gov’t of Karnataka\nOn Tabla is Pranav Gurav:\nA young tabla payer\, born to musician parents\, Smt. Aparna Gurav and Sri Milind Gurav. Pranav; he had his training under Pt. Nana Muley\, Sri Suresh Samant and presently\, he is under the tutelage of Pt. Aneesh Pradhan. He has accompanied stalwarts like Pta. Padma Talwalkar\, Pt. Ronu Mujumdar\, Sri Rahul Deshpande\, Pt. Arun Dravid\, to name a few. He has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad.\n\nOn Harmonium is Dnyaneshwar Sonawane\nHe had his training with Sri Bapu Kulkarni and Pt. Sudhir Nayak\, a renowned Samuadini player. He has accompanied legendary musicians like Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar\, Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande\, Smt. Shubha Mudgal\, Pt. Venkateshkumar and so on. He has performed in\nmajor music festivals all over India and abroad.\n\nFor tickets: www.imshouston.org\nFor information: 713-922–2501\nIMS programs are partially funded by a grant from City of Houston/Houston Arts Alliance
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/dhananjay-hegde/
LOCATION:Cullen Hall\, University of St. Thomas
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SUMMARY:Pandit Vijay Koparkar
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to present a concert of Hindustani Vocal by PT Vijay Koparkar.\n\n\nHe started his musical training at the age of eight under Madhusudan and Sudhatai Patwardhan for 8 years. This was followed by training under renowned artist of yesteryear\, Vasantrao Deshpande for five years and then under Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Ji for seven years. He has learnt from other vocalists\, such as Balasaheb Poochwale. \n\nHe is an A-Graded Artist of All India Radio and TV and has performed extensively through out the world including all the major Music Festivals in India.\n\n\nVijay Ji is an engineer by education with BE and Masters in Metallurgy. Besides being a performer and teacher\, he runs a small-scale manufacturing plant in Pune.\n\nHe is accompanied on Tabla by our own PT Shantilal Ji – disciple of Taal Yogi PT Suresh Talwalkar Ji and an accomplished accompanist and teacher who runs the IMS Tabla School in Houston\n\n\nOn the harmonium is our own young and upcoming harmonium player Tejas Rode – disciple of PT Vyas Murthy Katti Ji. \n\nFree for season ticket holders\nFor info: 713-922-2501
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pandit-vijay-koparkar/
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SUMMARY:Indrayuddh Majumdar
DESCRIPTION:Indian Music Society (“IMS”) and Tagore Society of Houston(“TSH”) proudly present our annual instrumental concert of Sarode and Tabla by Indrayuddh Majumdar and Umesh Banerjee\, respectively\, on June 10\, 2023 at Houston Durga Bari Auditorium.\n\nIndrayudh Majumdar\n\n\n\n\nIndrayuddh Majumdar  has been learning Sarode since the age of 5 years from his father\, the world-renowned Sarode Maestro Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a disciple of Late Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb. He has also been receiving guidance from his mother Vidushi Dr. Manasi Majumder\, who is a renowned Indian Classical vocalist. Initially\, he received talim from his grandfather\, the late Ranjan Majumdar and had the fortune of receiving talim on Laya and Taal from the world renowned Tabla Maestro\, late PT Subhankar Banerjee.\n\nHe represents the Senia Maihar Gharana (School of Music)\, which was founded by one of the greatest saints of Indian Classical Music\, Acharya Baba Ustad Allauddin Khan\, and popularized by his worthy disciples: His son- Swara Samrat Ustad Ali Akbar Khan\, Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar\, his Daughter Vidushi Annapurna Devi\, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee\, Ustad Bahadur Khan\, Ustad Aashish Khan\, and others.\n\nIndrayuddh is the first Indian to receive the prestigious Salon Di Virtuosi Award in New York\, which is awarded annually to the Best Classical Musicians across the globe. He was given this award after a special concert at the Consulate General of India in New York on 7th June\, 2018.\n\nAn MBA in Marketing\, Indrayudh is also the Co-Founder and CEO of an Indian tech-startup\, ShowVelvet\, which serves as an online interactive platform for Artists and Audience all over the world.\n\nUnmesh Banerjee\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of the most promising tabla players of his generation\, Unmesh Banerjee hails from a family stepped deep into North Indian Classical Music. He received intense taalim in the Farukkabad baaj from his Father and Guru\, Pandit Sunil Banerjee. His mother Smt Bharati Nanavati Banerjee is a versatile vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. Unmesh was initiated into the world of Carnatic rhythm under the mridangam stalwart Vidwan S.Sekhar.\n\nUnmesh has been an artist of AIR\, recipient of the CCRT Scholarship and an ICCR empanelled artist. He has been performing since the age of 6 and has played solos and accompanied various veteran artists and young masters across different genres in India and abroad.\n\nUnmesh is also a passionate teacher and loves to share his knowledge with those seeking a rhythmic upliftment. He teaches tabla\, North Indian rhythm and South Indian rhythm techniques to beginners\, intermediate and advanced students.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/indrayuddh-majumdar/
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SUMMARY:Priya Purushotham
DESCRIPTION:Not many expect a New York Born to South Indian family\, a Columbia University Graduate in Economics\, Philosophy and Creative Writing to know much about Indian Classical Music\, but Priya Purushotham not only proved critics wrong but also made a career out of Hindustani Classical that too in Agra Gharana.\n\nFrom a vey young age\, Priya took lessons on Carnatic music and western violin. After listening to Hindustani Classical Music for many years while learning Carnatic Music\, Priya found the “manodharma” aspect of Hindustani music captivating. At the age of 22\, she was introduced to Aditi Kaikini Upadhyaya -a renowned singer of Agra Gharana who is also daughter of Late PT Dinkar Kaikini- who is an authority on Agra Gharana. Priya moved to Bangalore to learn full time with Aditi Ji under Gurukul style of training.\n\nSoon she blossomed into a performing artist with concerts all over India\, Europe and US. She is an empaneled artist of ICCR\, graded artist of All India Radio and TV.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/priya-purushotham/
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SUMMARY:Joshi Sisters
DESCRIPTION:Born in the family of legendary musicians Joshi Sisters received their training under their grandfather – the late Gayanacharya Pandit Gajananbuwa Joshi who was trained in three gharanas: Gwalior\, Agra and and Jaipur. Their great grandfather Pandit Antubua Joshi was an eminent court musician in the erstwhile state of Aundh\, Satara District.\n\nOn Tabla- Sanjay Deshpande: Disciple of Taal Yogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar under guru-shishya parampara; currently under the tutelage of PT Yogesh Sami\n\nOn Harmonium- Chinmay Kolhatkar– Disciple of Dr Arvind Thatte
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/joshi-sisters/
LOCATION:Houston Durga Bari Society\, 13944 Schiller Rd\, Houston\, TX\, 77082\, United States
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SUMMARY:Josh Feinberg
DESCRIPTION:JOSH FEINBERG \n\nRaised in a musical family\, Josh started learning Sitar under late Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb. Since then\, he has also received training and guidance from the maestro’s senior disciples including Sri James Pomerantz\, and Dr. George Ruckert. Presently\, Josh is continuing his training with Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan’s sons Ustaad Aashish Khan and Sri Alam Khan\, as well as his senior disciple Sri Anindya Banerjee. Josh has received guidance from Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri and Pt. Tejendra Majumdar and has also learned tabla with Pt. Anindo Chatterjee.\n\nJosh is also dedicated to teaching\, holding regular classes in Portland and throughout the Pacific Northwest both through his music school\, Saath Sangat\,  as well as at Lewis and Clark College and Reed College.\n\n\nVIVEK PANDYA\n\nBorn in Long Island\, NY\, to a musical family\, Vivek Pandya is a child prodigy and youngest student of PT Anindo Chatterjee at the age of 5.  Vivek was invited as a child artist by late Pandit Arvind Mulgoankar ji to play tabla solo in Ustaad Amir Hussein Khan’s 47th barsi concert in 2016 held annually in Mumbai. He was also invited by Dean of MS University School of Music as a child artist at the lecture series  on characteristics of Farukhabad Gharana. He has accompanied several upcoming talented musicians and established artists. His tonal quality\, clarity of bols\, speed and musicality has been recognized by musicians and music lovers all around the world.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/josh-feinberg/
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SUMMARY:Pt. Bhuvanesh Komkali
DESCRIPTION:IMS Proudly Presents:\nA CONCERT OF MORNING RAGAS BY THREE YOUNG STALWARTS OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC. This is a rare opportunity for our Classical Music Lovers to listen to the Morning Ragas which are said to be perhaps the most evocative of the time and are soothing and calm in nature. \nPT Bhuvanesh Komkali – Grandson of Legendary PT Kumar Gandharva\, winner of the prestigious Ustaad Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Academy; Mallikarjun Manor Yuva Puraskar By Govt of Karnataka. Bhuvanesh Ji’s musical quest continues today under the tutelage of Smt. Vasundhara Komkali and Shri Madhup Mudgal. \nSanjay Deshpande on Tabla : Sanjay Deshpande is disciple of Late Pt. Sabade at Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj. Later he took Taleem from Taal Yogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar Ji\, in a Guru Shishya Parampara . At present he is taking guidance from PT Yogesh Samsi and Pt. Vivek Joshi. Sanjay is recipient of the coveted “Ahmedjaan Thirakwaa Scholarship” for Solo Performance \nAbhishek Shinker on Harmonium: He took primary music lessons from Shakar Mahajan and later under the guidance of PT Nathrao Neralkar for 5 years under Guru-Shishya Parampara. He continues his lessons on harmonium from PT Pramod Marathe at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya \nDate: Sunday\, October 30\nTime: 10 AM CST\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, Univ of St Thomas \nTickets are FREE for IMS Members and $20 for non-members. \nBuy tickets online: www.imshouston.org. For additional information: 713-922-250 \n\nPlease support IMS in our efforts to Promote\, Propagate and Preserve Indian ClassicalMusic in Houston with your annual membership at $100 for the entire family.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pt-bhuvanesh-komkali/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220806T200000
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SUMMARY:Smt. Sanhita Nandi
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to present younger generation and upcoming artists series starting with vocal recital by Smt. Sanhita Nandi.\n\n\nAugust 6 (Sat) from 5 – 8PM: Hindustani Vocal Recital By Vidushi Sanhita Nandi\, accompanied by PT Shantilal Shah on Tabla and Ravi Mishra on Harmonium\n\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, 4001 Mount Vernon\, Univ of St Thomas (Across from Jones Hall)\n\n\nVidushi Sanhita Nandi is a prominent Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana Gharana. She was originally trained by late PT. A. Kanan- senior most guru at SRA – Kolkata. She continues to get trained under the able guidance of Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan- grandson of Ustaad Abdul Karim Khan\, founder of Kirana Gharana She has performed at every major music festival in India such as Sawai Gandharva\, Saptak\, Havallabh\, Tansen Samaroh\, to name a few..\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Tabla is our own Pt. Shantilal Shah a long time resident of Houston and one of the most revered Tabla Gurus at IMS Tabla School with over 100 students of all ages. He is a disciple of PT Mahadev Prasad Mishra of Banaras and Taal Yogi PT Suresh Talwalkar Ji. Besides being one of the highly acclaimed teachers\, he has accompanied some of the Best of the Best like Pt Jasraj\, Hari Prasad Chaurasia\, Rajan Sajan Mishra\, Veena Sahasrabudhe – just to name a few.\n\nOn Harmonium is Ravi Mishra who started his music training at the age of 9 under the tutelage of Pt. Kinnar and Payal Seen and later under the guidance of Pt. Ajay Jha. Ravi had the honor of accompanying various artists such as Pt. Anindo Chaterjee\, Pt Kumar Bose and other’s. Currently Ravi is learning classical vocal music from Vidushi Sanhita Nandi.\n\n\n\n\nPlease support IMS in our efforts to Promote\, Propagate and Preserve Indian ClassicalMusic in Houston with your annual membership at $100 for the entire family.\nwww.imshouston.org\nFor information\, call 713-922-2501\n\nThis is an early morning concert for our audience due to pandemic related weekend curfew imposed by the Government of Maharashtra. But the concert link will be kept open during the entire weekend.\n  \n  \n  \n  \nTickets are FREE for IMS Members and $20 for non-members.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/smt-sanhita-nandi/
LOCATION:Cullen Hall\, University of St. Thomas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220730T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220730T200000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Vivek Sonar
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to present younger generation and upcoming artists series starting with flute recital by Vivek Sonar.\n\nJuly 30 (Sat) from 5 – 8 PM: Hindustani Flute Recital By Vivek Sonar with Aditya Kalyanpur on Tabla. \n\n\nVenue: Cullen Hall\, 4001 Mount Vernon\, Univ of St Thomas (Across from Jones Hall)\n\n\nVivek Sonar is one of the finest younger generation flutist. He is a senior disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia- a musical genius. Vivek has performed at some of the major Music Festivals like Sawai Gandhrva\, Mogubai Kurdikar Sangeet Samarth…to name a few. Vivek founded the ‘Bansuri Utsav’\, India’s music festival exclusively dedicated to the flute\, where renowned flautists from across the country perform. \nBeing from a small town in the interiors of Maharashtra\, Vivek was well aware of the challenges young\, and talented musicians faced in India. To help such talent get trained and recognized\, Vivek set up Gurukul Prathisthan\, a charitable trust for dedicated learners who are staying in Gurukul and taking guidance in Traditional Gurukul System of learning music. Today Gurukul Prathisthan’s music academy has over thousand students enrolled from India and abroad. \n\n\nOn Tabla is Aditya Kalyanpur – a gifted and vibrant tabla player – a disciple of Late Ustaad Allah Rakha Saheb and Ustaad Zakir Hussain. At the age of 11\, he accompanied his guruji  Ustaad Zakir Hussain Ji for the Taj Tea Commercial called “Wah Ustaad”. He has accompanied almost every major artist and performed at every major music festival in India and abroad.\n\n\n\n\nPlease support IMS in our efforts to Promote\, Propagate and Preserve Indian ClassicalMusic in Houston with your annual membership at $100 for the entire family.\nwww.imshouston.org\nFor information\, call 713-922-2501\n\nThis is an early morning concert for our audience due to pandemic related weekend curfew imposed by the Government of Maharashtra. But the concert link will be kept open during the entire weekend.\n  \nTickets are FREE for IMS Members and $20 for non-members.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/vivek-sonar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220219T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Yashaswi Sirpotdar
DESCRIPTION:IMS is proud to present younger generation and upcoming artists series starting with vocal recital by Yashaswati Sirpotdar on February 19\, which is Streamed Live  at 9 AM (CST)/ 8.30 PM (IST) from a Professional Studio in Pune.\n\n  \nYashaswi is a child prodigy – started learning from her grandmother at the age of 2  and became a disciple of Pandita Padma Talwalkar Ji at the age of 5 and learned from her for 18 years under Guru Shishya Parampara tradition. She is Graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. She is the winner of the prestigious Ustaad Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar Award by Sangeet Natak Akadami.\n\n  \nShe is Accompanied BY:\nRohit Mujumdar\, a well established Tabla Player of younger generation. He received initial training under Sri Babanrao Bhavsar and later became a disciple of Taal Yogi PT Suresh Talwalkar Ji at the age of 11.  He is an A Grade Artist of AIR and has accompanied artists at the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival.\n\n  \nRahul Gole on Harmonium. Rahul is a Chartered Accountant and self taught harmonium player; has played Reed Organ for many Marathi Sangeet Nataks; he is the grandson of Ganpatrao Bodas- highly recognized Actor/Director on Marathi Stage plays.\n\n  \nPlease support IMS in our efforts to Promote\, Propagate and Preserve Indian ClassicalMusic in Houston with your annual membership at $100 for the entire family.\nwww.imshouston.org\nFor information\, call 713-922-2501\n\n  \nThis is an early morning concert for our audience due to pandemic related weekend curfew imposed by the Government of Maharashtra. But the concert link will be kept open during the entire weekend.\n  \n  \n  \n  \nTickets are FREE for IMS Members and $20 for non-members.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/yashaswi-sirpotdar/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220129T110000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Anand Bhate
DESCRIPTION:IMS Houston and Shadaj Inc. jointly present a vocal recital by Anand Bhate\, disciple of PT. Bhimsen Joshi \nThis program will be a LIVE online concert streamed through the YouTube channel “Shadaj Baithak”. \nIMS is proud to present 2022 season opening concert celebrating Birth Centenary of Bharata Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Ji. The Live Online concert is by Anand Bhate – Senior Disciple of Pandit Ji and he will be accompanied by:\n\nBharat Kamath on Tabla\nSuyog Kundalkar on Harmonium\n\n  \nConcert Date: Saturday\, January 29\n  \nConcert time: 8 AM (CST)- 7.30 PM IST\n  \n\n  \nThis is an early morning concert for our audience due to pandemic related weekend curfew imposed by the Government of Maharashtra. But the concert link will be kept open during the entire weekend.\n  \nTickets are FREE for IMS Members and $20 for non-members.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/anand-bhate/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Local Artists Series (Concert 2) - 'Younger Generation' : December 4th at 3:30pm
DESCRIPTION:In keeping with the 25 years tradition of offering a platform to perform to the classicaly trained paid members and their children\, Indian Music Society of Houston has scheduled three concerts of local artists with full accompaniments. This will be the second in the series and feature younger artists live streamed from the Anjali Center on the IMS Youtube Channel – Free for all to view. \nBeginning at 3:30 PM CST \nSitar Recital by Shane Monds (Disciple of Abhik Mukherjee) and accompanied by Pt. Shantilal Shah\, tabla and Arpita Beechar\, tanpura \nHindustani Vocal recital by Krisha Rath\, disciple of Mrs. Vinita Arora \nHindustani Vocal recital by Sanjita Kelkar – disciple of Mrs. Shruti Sample \nTabla solo by Darsh Shetty\, Riaan Shah\, and Mohnish Ravuri (students of Tabla Houston) under the tutelage of Pt. Shantilal Shah \n  \nLive Stream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz3MIE8pY4Q
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/local-artists-series-concert-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211113T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211113T183000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:IMS Local Artist Series - First Concert
DESCRIPTION:Dates: November 13\, December 4 and December 11\nTime: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM \nIn keeping with our long tradition of offering a platform to our classically trained members who are subscription holders\, IMS is once again opening our stage after almost 2 years of lull due to the pandemic. \nThis performance series is broken down to three sessions on November 13\, December 4 and 11. We are excited to hear the showcase of talent from our members who will present 30 – 45 minutes singing the traditional khayal and short bhajan\, tumri\, dadra\, etc. with full accompaniments of tabla and harmonium by IMS Members. The program will streamed live from Anjali Center on IMS You Tube and it is a FREE program. \nThis Saturday begins the series and the link to the performance is: https://youtu.be/hrqTORE4MWQ \nPlease bookmark and we hope to see you there! \nPerformers for Saturday 11/13: \nAnita Gokhale Borthakur\nVarsha Halabe\nJamuna Murali\nHarmonium: Shamik Bose\nTabla: Govind Shetty
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/ims-local-artist-series-first-concert/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211030T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211030T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Apporva Joshi Gokhale and Pallavi Joshi - Vocal Recital
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nThe Joshi Sisters\, Apoorva Joshi Gokhale and Pallavi Joshi\, are the granddaughters and disciples of PT Gajananabua Joshi. \nThey are the rising stars of the younger generation. They will be accompanied by Sanjay Deshpande on tabla and Leeladhar Chakradeo on harmonium. \nTogether they will present a combination morning and afternoon ragas. \n\n\n\n\nStart Time: October 30 at 9 AM CDT (7:30PM IST) – live telecast from Pune in HD video and audio \n\n  \n\n\nShort Bio of the artists:\n  \n\n\nBorn in the family of legendary musicians Joshi Sisters received their training under their grandfather – the late Gayanacharya Pandit Gajananbuwa Joshi who was trained in three gharanas: Gwalior\, Agra and and Jaipur. Her great grandfather Pandit Antubua Joshi was an eminent court musician in the erstwhile state of Aundh\, Satara District. \n\n\n\n\nGajananbua’s gayaki is among the most technically complex and aesthetically refined. This is the gayaki that Apoorva and Pallavi trained in for more than three decades. Later\, they received training under their uncle Pandit Madhukarrao Joshi as well as their father Shri Manohar Joshi\, aunt Dr. Sucheta Bidekar and the renewed vocalist of the same traction\, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar Ji. \n\n\n\nBecome a member for access to all events and to support Indian Classical Music in Houston and across the world. Single tickets (link to the HD live-stream) are available for this event below.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/apporva-joshi-gokhale-and-pallavi-joshi-vocal-recital/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210227T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Pandit Bhuvanesh Komkali
DESCRIPTION:Hindustani vocal concert by Pandit Bhuvanesh Komkali\, the grandson of late Pandit Kumar Gandharva. This concert will be live-streamed from Shadaj Baithak on YouTube with HD audio and video. \nTabla: Sanjay Deshpande\nHarmonium: Abhishek Shinkar \nAbout the Artist\nBhuvanesh Komkali received his initial training from his father Shri Mukul Shivaputra and his grandfather Late PT Kumar Gandharva – one of the greatest names in Hindustani Classical Music.  Later he came under the tutelage of his grandmother Smt Vasundhara Komkali. He is currently learning under Sri Madhup Mudgal at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in New Delhi.\n\nHe is the recipient of many awards including the most prestigious Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award given to outstanding artists under the age of 40 years.\n\nHe will be accompanied by Sanjay Deshpande on Tabla and Abhishek Shinkar on Harmonium.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pandit-bhuvanesh-komkali/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210102T103000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar
DESCRIPTION:Hindustani vocal by Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar\, disciple of the late Kishori Amonkar ji. \nTabla: Bharat Kamath\nHarmonium: Suyog Kundalkar \nAbout the Artist\nBorn into a lineage of Sanskrit scholars and classical musicians and as the son of the eminent Marathi stage actor and producer Prabhakar Panshikar\, Raghunandan Panshikar’s aptitude for music was recognized and fostered from an early age. \nAt 11\, Raghunandan began his formal study of music in Mumbai under the tutelage of the late Pandit Vasantrao Kulkarni. Six years later\, he commenced training with the doyen of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana\, Gaan Saraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar. Over the next 20 years up to the year 2000\, under Kishori-ji’s keen guidance\, he worked painstakingly to imbibe her complex and unique musical style through rigorous daily riyaaz. During this time\, Raghunandan was also fortunate to learn from Kishori-ji’s mother and guru\, the late Gaan Tapaswini Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar\, who had learned directly from the the late Sangeet Samrat Ustad Alladiya Khan\, founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. By training with both Mogubai-ji and Kishori-ji\, Raghunandan achieved an authenticity in many aspects of the Jaipur-Atrauli style – a full throated akaar\, dazzling taans\, a sophisticated use of techniques such as meend and gamak\, and a clever grasp of the intricacies of layakari. \nHowever\, it is sometimes very difficult to keep a truly creative soul bound within the walls of a single school. Today\, Raghunandan’s ‘Gayaki’ has evolved into a unique and original style enriched immensely by influences of several contemporary maestros. Decades of relentless ‘riyaz’ and complete surrender to Music are now reflecting very clearly in his performances. He has rightfully earned his place among the topmost vocalists of his generation. \nIn addition to a mastery of the presentation of classical raags\, Raghunandan’s command of semi-classical genres (thumri\, ghazal\, bhajan\, abhang\, natya sangeet\, bhaawgeet etc) accounts for his versatility & singularity among Hindustani vocalists. Over the years\, Raghunandan has developed an innate\, emotive vocal quality and honed his Hindi/Urdu\, Marathi\, and Sanskrit diction. Raghunandan has recorded numerous classical vocal albums under reputed record labels such as HMV (Mumbai)\, Sony\, Times Music and Alurkar Music House (Pune). \nThe magic of Raghunandan’s voice has charmed audiences throughout India and abroad. Very early in his musical career\, he has already been conferred with numerous awards. \nThe restless creative urge within\, has however taken Raghunandan far beyond the confines of a typical vocalist’s accomplishments.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pandit-raghunandan-panshikar/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201213T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201213T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
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SUMMARY:Pandit Venkatesh Kumar - LIVE Online
DESCRIPTION:A rare opportunity to hear the maestro  perform LIVE ONLINE\, exclusively on YouTube channel “Shadaj Baithak”.  The  concert will be performed live with accompanying artists and professional audio/video equipment. A high definition audio/video stream will allow us to enjoy the brilliance of Panditji’s renditions.  Do not miss this opportunity! \nWhen:  Sunday December 13\, 9 am CT (USA)\nTickets:   $15 for Non-members\, FREE for Members\nVenue:  Telecast LIVE Online on the “Shadaj Baithak” YouTube channel. \nHow to get access to the live stream URL? \n\nAll ticket holders and IMS Houston members will receive a confirmation email before the concert with a private link to the online concert on YouTube.  Please click the live stream link (URL) in the email and enjoy the concert live.\nPlease ensure that you have a large screen device capable of displaying YouTube videos available. (ex. iPad\, Laptop\, smart TV\, smart Phone)\nAlthough the concert can be enjoyed by all members of the household\, we request you to not share the URL outside the household.\nLive streaming will start 10 minutes ahead of the concert start time.\nThe concert will not be replayed after the live streaming is over. So please join on time.\n\nPandit Venkatesh Kumar is one of most revered and sought after artists for connoisseurs of Hindustani classical music. Pt. M. Venkatesh Kumar\, joined Puttaraja Gawai’s Ashram and learnt Hindustani vocal in the Gwalior and Kirana gharana styles under Gawai for 12 years. He blends these styles effortlessly in his presentations\, though he admits to influences beyond these gharanas\, chief among them being Bade Ghulam Ali Khan of the Patiala gharana. His guru was also trained in Karnatak Music and as a result\, there are traces of Karnataki elements\, especially in his sargam patterns\, in Kumar’s music.  Pt Bhimsen Joshi invited him to perform at the Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav in Pune and his performance there got him significant national exposure. He has received several prestigious awards such as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award\, Padma Shri\, Vatsala Bhimsen Joshi award etc. \nNotes: \n\nScheduled concert is subject to safety restrictions mandated by the government of India and in case of unforeseen circumstances arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic\, the concert will be rescheduled.\nAll ticket sales are final and non-refundable.\nThis program is supported in part by funding from the city of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/pandit-venkatesh-kumar-live-online/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201107T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260613T092104
CREATED:20201019T215927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T021933Z
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SUMMARY:Kaushiki Chakraborty - LIVE Online
DESCRIPTION:Smt Kaushiki Chakrabarthy really does not need any introduction as she is a truly household name in the Indian Classical Music World and one of the top female vocalists in India \nBorn in the campus of SRA (Sangeet Research Academy) in Kolkata\, she grew up in the midst of the greatest stalwarts of music. Her musical talents was discovered at the age of 2 years when she was able to produce musical notes \nShe was initially trained by her mother – Smt Chandan Chakrabarty – an accomplished singer. Since music was in her genes\, the task of enhancing her musical understanding and knowledge was taken over by her Father- the one and only Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarthy. He took Kaushiki ji to his mentor and guide – Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh who accepted Kaushiki ji as “Ganda Bandh Shagird”. Late she resumed her training under her father – Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. \nKaushiki ji is also trained in Carnatic Music and has occasionally incorporated Carnatic Music in her presentations. \nBesides Music\, she holds a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy with distinctions. \nShe has received many accolades. Late Bharata Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi\, said “Kaushiki Chakrabarty is one of the very few classical vocalists who will make a mark in the 21st century. \nAt a concert honoring Late Pandit Jasraj ji’s distinguished musical career in Kolkatta\, Jasrajji was so moved by Kaushiki ji’s performance that he came up to the stage impromptu to make an announcement on stage that Kaushiki will keep the lamp burning as the worthiest successor of the classical vocal music tradition of India.
URL:https://imshouston.org/event/kaushiki-chakraborty-live-online/
LOCATION:Online
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