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Vocal Concert by Indrani Mukherjee -- March 31st @6pm
 Born in a musical family, Indrani started her initial training of Hindustani Classical Vocal from her Mother and Aunt, after with her maternal Grandfather Shri Sanjib Banerjee. In1996,Indrani was selected as a scholar of the prestigious ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta and came under the able guidance of Pandit Arun Bhaduri. She is also learning Thumris and Bhajans from Bidushi Purnima Choudhury, great exponent of Benaras Gharana.Indrani also learnt from the great Guru the Late Pandit Ramashray Jha of Allahabad, recently Indrani started learning with Smt Manju Sundaram ji of Varanasi.View Schedule |
Vocal Concert by Manjusha Kulkarni Patil -- May 5th @6pm
 Born in a family of music lovers, Pune-based Manjusha Kulkarni Patil started learning music at the age of twelve from Chintubua Mhaiskar. She then underwent extensive training under D.V. Kanebua of the Agra and Gwalior gharanas. She is currently being guided by Narendra Kanekar from Mumbai, and Vikas Kashalkar in Pune. Securing first position in the M.A (Music) examination, she has received the Sangeet Visharad degree awarded by the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Miraj. An 'A' grade artiste for classical and semi-classical music on All India Radio, Manjusha has performed at prestigious music festivals like the Sawai Gandharva Festival, and has also received several awards such as the Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar and Manik Verma Puraskar.View Schedule |
Vocal Recital by Kalapini Komkali -- Sept 15th @6pm
 Endowed with wholly original, melodious and extremely rich voice, Kalapini is widely recognized as one of the finest and well - trained classical vocalists of the younger generation. She is the daughter and disciple of legendary Pandit Kumar Gandharva and has also been trained by her illustrious mother, Vidushi Vasundhara Komkali. Kalapini learnt from her distinguished parents not only the technique and grammer of her art but also inherited a capacity for creativity and reflection. While strengthening her hold over her inheritance with fine sense of understanding, she has evolved her own vision and has emerged in last decade as a vocalist with a profound degree of sensitivity and intensity. Her performances are marked by youthful imagination, artistic thoughtfulness and a mature command over various aspects of classical vocalism. Her musical lineage is most manifest in the emphasis laid on the rendition of the bandish (composition), its bhava or meaning, and in the studied restraint which does not allow the notes, or laya (tempo), to overwhelm the lyrics. The full melodic range and versatility of the voice provides a silhouette but they never are allowed to dominate the rendition by naturally sliding into vocal acrobatics.View Schedule |