Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert by Pt. Ganapati Bhat

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Hindustani Classical Vocal Concert by Pt. Ganapati Bhat
Host: Gajanan Hegde / Anoop Bhargava
Location:
Gentry Club House
43 Franklin Drive, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 US
When:
Sunday, May 4, 3:00PM
Phone:
609-716-0202

Pandit Ganapati Bhat, is one of the leading lights of Hindustani Classical vocal music. Panditji is a “Gandabandha Shishya”, disciple of Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru, the maestro from Dharwad. Panditji’s gayaki is inspired by Gwalior and Patiala gharanas as well.
Panditji will be accompanied by Gopala Krishna on Tabla and Shreepad Hosmane on Harmonium. Please visit www.PtGanapatiBhat.com for additional details.
Minimum suggested donation is $ 15 per person. Tea, Coffee and Light snackswill be served during break.
Please forward this invitation to other classical music lovers as well.
Please RSVP at the earliest to help us plan the event.
ghegde@comcast.net

North America Bengali Conference (NABC) and the North American Bengali

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Undoubtedly, the North America Bengali Conference (NABC) or Bongosammelan, has become the key annual cultural event of the Bengalis not only belonging to the North America but also to the Bengalis all over the world. The amount of interest amongst the Bengalis back home in West Bengal is phenomenal. Artists of all genre’s (musicians, actors, writers) consider an invitation to perform at the NABC as a major achievement in their career. It was quite evident the other day when in one of the Bengali tele-serials/films, one of the characters (a musician) was expressing with pride about her recent invitation to perform at the Bongosammelan and highlighting the fact as a key measure of her success as a musician. Besides, any person who has been even loosely associated with any NABC organizing committee would know how they get deluged with requests from performers to get an invitation. However, the organizers of NABC are very careful and they place their bets only on the time tested popular artists with very few promising performers in the list. Continue reading →

Rabindranath: Universe and Beyond

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Rabindranath TagoreThe Indian Institute of Performing Arts (IIPA) and associating friends will host an event entitled “Rabindranath: Universe and Beyond” on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The program (2PM – 8PM) will celebrate the multifarious output of India’s Nobel Laureate poet, philosopher, composer Rabindranath Tagore, and attempt to expand the boundaries of appreciation of his literary and musical work through performances by different cultural groups. For further information, visit http://www.iipa.us/Rabindranath.

Chhandayan All-Night Concert

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May 10th (Saturday 9 p.m. to Sunday, 8 a.m.)

Chhandayan All-Night concert

Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC

Pt. Jasraj (Vocal), Smt. Joya Biswas (Sitar), Pt. Ronu Mazumdar (Bansuri)

Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya (Guitar), Smt. Rajyashree Ghosh (Vocal)

K. V. Mahabala (Sitar)

Accompaniment : Samir Chatterjee, Ramdas Palsule, Daniel Weiss (Tabla) Dibyarka Chatterjee and on Harmonium will be Kedar Naphade.

Ticket & information : 973 460 5282 / http://www.tabla.org/allnight.html

Kabi Jayanti Celebration by Kallol of NJ

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Kallol of New Jersey
Cordially Invites You To Join
KABI JAYANTI 2008
On Saturday, June 7, 2008,
5 pm to 10 pm
For An Evening Filled With Music, Dance and Sumptuous Food, Showcasing
Sraboni Sen (Kolkata) & Jayita Ghosh (NJ)
Venue – Cross Roads South Middle School , 195 Major Road, Monmouth Jct., NJ 08852
Sraboni Sen
§§§ Junior Talent Show From Our Community §§§
(Interested Participants Should Contact Dhriti Bagchi @ 732598228, dhritibagchi@yahoo.com)
§§§ Melodies of Tagore A Rendition by Jayita Ghosh §§§
§§§ Dance Recital Local Dance Groups §§§
§§§ Bengali Songs for all seasons Sraboni Sen (Kolkata) §§§
TICKETS (Per Person): STUDENTS: $15 | ADULTS: $25 | PATRONS $40
For Tickets and Information Contact:
Soumen Roy: 732.317.4756 / Arunansu Dasgupta: 732.572.0391 / Amal Paul: 908.212.7359 /
Debahuti Roy: 908.756.8474 / Jaya Bhattacharya: 908.561.0390 / Rajib Bannerjee: 516.286.2123
Ashok Ganguly: 908.243.0455 / Raj Majumdar: 732.632.8082 / Kousik Bhowal: 732.910.1962
0r Visit WWW.KALLOL.COM

Some Upcoming Shows of ECTA

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Satyameva in New JerseyI’d like to notify some of ECTA’s (Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts) upcoming shows.

Those of you who have missed our play “Satyameva” at the Edison Valley Playhouse, you may catch the show on April 26th 5.30pm at the Gwyn-Nor Elementary School, 139 Hancock Road, North Wales, PA 19454 . The show is hosted by Pragati of Greater Philadelphia.

ECTA has been invited to participate at the California Bay Area Natyamela to be held on June 7th at the Amador Theater, Pleasanton, California. ECTA will be staging their latest production, a one act play titled “Taconic Parkway”, at this venue. The play is written and directed by Sudipta Bhawmik and the cast includes Pinaki Dutta, Indranil Mukherjee and Keka Sirkar. Please inform your friends and family in the area to attend the festival and watch our play.

Actors Needed

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ECTA (Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts) is looking for two actors for their upcoming theater production (“Baanaprastha” written by Sudipta Bhawmik and directed by Indranil Mukherjee) to be staged in fall 2008. A brief description of the characters are given below. Interested person may please contact by email to either indymukh@gmail.com or bhawmik@gmail.com. Actors may be called for a brief audition.

Character A: Bengali speaking male, mid to late twenties, tall and thin built.

Character B: Bengali speaking female, late teen – early twenties.

Actors must be committed to the rehearsal schedule and all stage productions of the show and should posses the passion to act.
Please note that this is a voluntary service and ECTA will not compensate the actors or the crew either financially or by any other means.

A Brief Note on ECTA:

ECTA (Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts) Inc. is a not-for profit community theater company dedicated to produce and stage quality theater. ECTA’s past productions include, “Phera”, “Alibaba”, “Kalsudhhi”, “The Redemption”, “Durghatana”, “Ron” and “Satyameva”. ECTA has staged plays all across USA and also in India. ECTA’s mission is “to tell our own stories through theater.”

Pandit V. G. Jog Memorial Concert

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In memory of Late Pt V.G.Jog, Raag-Rang presents its first concert of Hindustani and Carnatic Jugalbandi, a blend of North Indian and South Indian music featuring Smt Joya Biswas the first lady of sitar and Sri Ananta Krishnan on Violin accompanying them on tabla by Pt Samir Chhaterjee and Mridangem by Sri Suresh Ramchandran.

Concert will start with two vocal presentations by Megha Nair and Indrani Chakrabarty Khare accompanied by Amod Dandawate on tabla and Neel Nadkarni on Harmonium.

Balaji Temple Auditorium (HTCS) 780 old Farm Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

4th May at 4 p.m. to 7 P.m. Admission—members $15.00, and non-members $20.00

Contact (732) 241-7063, (908) 240-8289, (609)-890-4890 or email bhawmikm@gmail.com, mayuresh.khare@gmail.com,dhu92@optonline.net.

RSVP will be appreciated.

Raag-Rang Inc. is a not-for profit tax-exempt 501(3)(c) organization dedicated to the promotion of Indian music.