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2008 Past Events
May 10: Violin accompaniment for Smt. Saavithri Ramanand
Queens, NY
April 26: Classical Carnatic Concert
Nirmala Rajasekhar - Veena
AR Balaskandan - Mridangam
G. Balaganesh - Morsing
Arch Studios, 66 W. 39th St, New York, NY
7:30PM www.thearch.us
Tickets: $20 - general admission - for reservations call 212.924.0718
presented by Jiva Performing Arts
March 19: Manhattan School of Music Lecture Demonstration
March 7: The Horace Mann School with Samir Chatterjee
March 1st: CHATUR-ANG
A Classical Indian Quartet
featuring: Arun Ramamurthy, Srinivas Reddy, AR Balaskandan and Nitin Mitta
Saturday, March 1, 2008 7PM
The Arch
66 West 39th St. NYC
Tickets: $20
www.thearch.us
2007 Past Events
December 1st: Morganville, NJ Mridangam Accompaniment for at the Purandaraotsavam
November 17th: Hartford, CT Mridangam Accompaniment for Sri Deepak Varma
November 16th: Staten Island, NY Violin Accompaniment for Smt. Saavithri Ramanand
October 27th: Philadelphia, PA Violin Accompaniment for Reverend
October 19th: Tamarind Art, NYC
The Akshara Percussion Ensemble and Sonali Skandan will perform
7:00PM
Tamarind Art Gallery & Museum
142 East 39th St.
New York, NY 10016
for more information: http://www.tamarindart.com
October 13th: Guria Festival, Columbia University
The Akshara Percussion Ensemble plays at the benefit for Guria
Alfred Lerner Hall, 8PM
September 23rd: India Center of Westchester
Violin Accompaniment for Smt. Saavithri Ramanand
249 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
September 22, 2007:
U R B A N K U T C H E R I 2
-- where classical India meets the modern metropolis --
CAMBRIDGE MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER
41 Second Street
Cambridge, MA
Tickets: $20/$15 CMAC members, students, seniors
For ticket reservations go to
www.cmacusa.org or call 617.577.1400
Urban Kutcheri is a unique endeavor by New York based Indian classical artists who have come together to present their traditions in a modern light. The program presents classical Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music juxtaposed with contemporary imagery and word.
Featuring:
dance by Sonali Skandan
music by AR Balaskandan, Arun Ramamurthy, Jonathan Singer, Zach Knight
poetry by Raina Mehta
photography by Jigar Mehta
September 15th: Violin Accompaniment for Shri Reverend, student of Yesudas
6:00Pm Rockland, NY
September 8th: Sun to Stars Solar 1 Festival
8:00 PM
Solar One/Stuyvesant Cove Park
along the East River between 18th and 23rd Streets
for more info: www.solar1.org
August 25th: Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors Festival
Mridangam Accompaniment for Shobana Raghavan
2:55 PM South Plaza, Lincoln Center
more info:
lincoln center
July 26th: Sai Mandir, Long Island
Violin Accompaniment for Smt. Saavithri Ramanand
JUNE 16th: PALLAVI I : Spring Festival 2007
Student Recital
Saraswati Hall, Hindu Temple Society of North America
Flushing, NY
5:30PM-8PM
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May 20th: Shri TK Govinda Rao Book Release Concert
April 14th & 28th: Raag-Bhava-Taal-Bhog
Presented by Westchester Arts Council
4/14 8 PM: Bharatanatyam dance by Nalini Rau
4/28 2PM: Mridangam workshop presented by AR Balaskandan
The Arts Exchange 31 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY
April 8th: Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Mridangam accompaniment for vocal concert
8PM
April 6th: Learnquest Academy of Music 2007 Music Festival
Carnatic- Hindutani Jugalbandi with Ustad Shahid Pervez, Smt. Suma Suhindra & Nitin Mitta
Fine Arts Center, Regis College
8PM
March 22-25: Rajika Puri & Dancers: Conversations with Shiva: Bharatanatyam Unwrapped
A Suite of 7 new dances inspired by the traditional Bharatanataym repertoire
8PM
Joyce SOHO
155 Mercer St. NYC
tickets $25/$20 (seniors and students)
reservations call 212-334-7479 or see
www.joyce.org
2006 Past Events
September 16th 2006
Stonybrook University, Charles Wang Center, 8PM
Masters of Indian Classcal Music and Dance, Professor CV Chandrasekhar dance concert
September 16th 2006
Rubin Museum of Art
Sikh Children's Stories through Indian Classical Music and Dance
September 23rd 2006
Vocal concert, Kannada Kutam
September 24th 2006
Vocal concert, Shobana Raj
Venkateswara Temple, Bridgewater, NJ 6-8PM
October 1st 2006
Vocal Concert, Shobana Raj
Staten Island Hindu Temple, 1:30-4:00PM
October 7th 2006
Vocal Concert, Shobana Raj
Sai Mandir, Flushing, Queens, 3-5PM
October 7 2006: Guria Festival
"The End of Trafficking,
The Return of Respect,
the Rebirth of Artistry"
Now in its third year, the benefit is hosted for its namesake
organization, Guria, which is a non profit organization in Varanasi,
India that hopes to promote awareness of prostitutes' human and civil
rights by ending their dependence on prostitution in the "red-light
district."
Columbia University, Alfred Lerner Hall, 8PM
Tickets: $15
December 2006-January 2007
Balaskandan will be traveling to India to perform at the Chennai Music and Dance Festival
