Sunday, August 15, 2010

CONCERT: Pt. Vijay Koparkar

सुरेल सभा प्रस्तुत

पं विजय कोपरकर यांचे सुश्राव्य गायन
संवादिनी : राहुल गोळे
तबला : निखील पाठक
टिळक स्मारक मंदिर
रविवार १५ ऑगस्ट सायंकाळी ५:००
About the artist:
Vijay Koparkar started taking singing lessons at the age of eight. Initially he learned from Madhusudan Patwardhan for eight years, followed by training under renowned artiste of yesteryear, Vasantrao Deshpande for five years and then under Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki for seven years. He has been trained by gurus belonging to different gharanas (schools of music), and it reflects in his singing. He has received several honors including a scholarship given by Master Sudhir Phadke Through ‘Sulashree Pratishthan’ for six years from 1983 to 1990 and the ‘Pandit Ramkrishna Vaze Puraskar’ by Gandharva Mahamandal.

CONCERT: Kaushiki Chakravarti

१५ ऑगस्ट सायंकाळी ५

बालगंधर्व नाट्यगृह
कौशिकी चक्रवर्ती यांची सुरेल मैफल

About the artist:
Kaushiki Desikan (née Chakrabarty) (born 1980) is a prominent Indian classical vocalist. Chakrabarty was born 1980 in Kolkata, India. She is the daughter of Chandana Chakraborty and the renowned Indian classical singer Ajoy Chakraborty. At age seven, she started learning Indian classical music at the academy of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, joining later ITC Sangeet Research Academy. Kaushiki graduated from the University of Calcutta in 2002 with first class honours in philosophy. Kaushiki has participated in many major concerts, including the Dover Lane Music Conference, the ITC Sangeet Sammelan in India, the Spring Festival of Music (California), and Parampara Program (Los Angeles).