PREVIOUS EVENTS
IPAAC has been honored to have some very talented and world-renowned performers share their talents with our Charlotte community. Below are several of the special events hosted over the years.
2024
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Aayan Ali Bangash, Aman Ali Bangash
April 26th @ 7 pm
Amjad Ali Khan is one of the undisputed masters of the music world. Born to sarod maestro Haafiz Ali Khan, he gave his first performance at the age of six, and is credited with reinventing the technique of playing the sarod. Amjad Ali Khan recently joined Gwen Stefani and Jon Bon Jovi for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and multi-GRAMMY Award winning musician.
Sarod virtuosos Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash breakthrough the troublesome polarities of continuity and change, tradition and innovation. Amjad Ali Khan and Haafiz Ali Khan. Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash represent the 7th generation of a musical lineage, as sons and disciples of the sarod icon, Amjad Ali Khan. They have performed across the globe, including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and Royal Albert Hall.
Vocal Concert - Pt. Ram Deshpande
Sept 15 @ 6 pm
Dr. Ram Deshpande is an eminent Hindustani Classical vocalist and an artist of commendable talent. He started his training in vocal music from Shri Chepe, Shri Panake and Shri Prabhakar Deshkar. He then took advanced training from noted vocalists Pt Yeshwantbuwa Joshi and Pt Ulhas Kashalkar. He has also undergone training under senior vocalist Pt Babanrao Haldankar. Thus, Dr. Deshpande’s renditions are marked by influences of the Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharana.
Pt Ram Deshpande has performed in many prestigious music festivals all over India and abroad. He has given music direction for a short film “Gaanyogi” depicting the life of Pt D V Paluskar. He has recorded and composed an album “Guru Para Brahma” by Red Ribbon Company.
2023
Ustad Zakir Hussain with Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia, Edgar Myer and Bela Fleck
April 30th @ 7 pm
Zakir Hussain is today appreciated both in the field of percussion and in the music world at large as an international phenomenon and one of the greatest musicians of our time. Along with his legendary father and teacher, Ustad Allarakha, he has elevated the status of his instrument both in India and around the world. His playing is marked by uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity, founded in formidable knowledge and study.
Bela Fleck is a 15-time Grammy Award winning banjo player who has been nominated in more categories than any other artist in Grammy history, and remains a powerfully creative force globally in bluegrass, jazz, classical pop, rock and world beat.
Edgar Meyer is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz.
Vocal Concert - Smt. Rachna Bodas
Oct 7th @ 5 pm
Rachna Bodas is an accomplished Indian classical vocalist endowed with a rich, pure, and vibrant voice. Her dedication and devotion can be seen in her performances, which have earned her wide acclaim and appreciation from the music fraternity and her listeners. Her style of singing and approach towards a raag is very much influenced by her Guru Late Vidushi Smt. Veena Sahasrabuddhe of Gwalior Gharana. She has completed Sangeet Visharad from Gandharva Mahavidyala Mandal.
2023
2019
Dance Recital -
Mallika Sarabhai's Colours of the Heart
March 9th @ 7:30 pm
Mallika Sarabhai is one of India's leading choreographers and dancers, in constant demand as a soloist and with her own dance company, Darpana, creating and performing both classical and contemporary works. She has a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and has been the co-director of the prestigious arts institution, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, for nearly 30 years.
Vocal Concert - Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
April 20th @ 6 pm
Amongst the vocalists of today's generation of the Jaipur-Atrauli tradition of Khyal singing, Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande is an artist of great caliber. She has been performing at several prestigious music conferences in India for over fifteen years and has had successful concert tours of Europe as well as of the North American continent.
2018
2023
2017
Divine Moments by Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Pt.Subhen Chatterjee
May 20th @ 6 pm
Creator of the MOHAN VEENA and the winner of the GRAMMY AWARD, Vishwa Mohan has mesmerized the world with his pristine pure, delicate yet fiery music. It is due to Vishwa's maiden mega effort that he rechristened guitar as MOHAN VEENA, his genius creation, and has established it at the topmost level in the mainstream of Indian Classical Music scenario, thereby proving the essence of his name VISHWA (meaning the world) and MOHAN (meaning charmer) and indeed, a world charmer he is.
Subhen Chatterjee is an Indian percussionist and tabla player. He began his training on the tabla in his childhood, studying with Swapan Choudhry. In 1985 he created the fusion band Karma. He has accompanied the vocalist Girija Devi on several recordings including Songs of Varanasi for Nimbus Records. He has also recorded with V.M. Bhatt and Matt Malley on the album Sleepless Nights for World Village Records. His album Artistry recorded live in Kansas City with Manilal Nag on sitar, Ramesh Mishra on sarangi and Chatterjee on tabla was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002.
Dance Recital by Chitra Chandrasekhar Dasarathy
Aug 4th @ 8 pm
Trained in Bharatanatyam from a very early age by her parents, Prof. CV Chandrasekhar and Smt. A. Jaya Chandrasekhar, Chitra holds Master's degrees in Performing Arts (Dance) and Sanskrit from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Chitra has traveled long in her pursuit of expression and excellence. Her dance gives expression to her aesthetic sensibility as an artist of our times and her complete identification with the dance form. Consequent to her worldview of dance, Chitraa's choreography too has a wide canvas. Resonances and influences from varied modes of expression inform her choreographic work within and beyond the traditional repertoire of Bharatanatyam.
