Sampada's Music

IAWW India Republic Day Celebration, January, 2012

2012-01-30T21:02:00.000-08:00

Akshay, Nikhil, and Sahil performing Raga Adana for India Republic Day Celebration, Jan. 2012
Accompanying them on tabla is Sumi Sall. Well done boys! Thanks, Sumi, you were awesome!

As you can probably tell from the video, Nikhil and Sahil are twins, and Akshay is their cousin. Music runs in the family!

Raga Kedar

2012-01-13T15:16:00.000-08:00

Ascend : S m-G-P, M P D N S'
Descend : S D P M P D P m, S R S

Here are some samples of Raga Kedar from YouTube recordings:

Ustad Rashid Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgATTQ504ew

Smt. Girija Devi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkROLKtg1Fw

Pandit Budhaditya Mukherji (Sitar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48JydDmMot0&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL32CFD3B19A3969F9

Aap Uhi Agar Hamase Milate Rahe (Ek Musafir Ek Haseena)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6xqrLzZXK4

Bekas Pe Karam Kijie (Mughal-E-Azam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKII_hcHu7k

Rashmi Shende Presenting Raga Des on Sitar, Dec. 2011

2012-01-06T15:30:00.000-08:00

Proud of my students!! Rashmi presenting raga Des on sitar for annual recital, Dec. 2011.

Rashmi is a busy mom running after a toddler!! She moved to Virginia last year and continued her lessons on-line.I am amazed to see her sincere efforts work despite our long-distance student-teacher relationship!! Well done Rashmi!

Seema Chaudhary singing 'Aaj Jane Ki Jid Na Karo'

2011-12-07T12:23:00.000-08:00

Proud of my students!! Seema is a busy career woman and a mom. It is wonderful to see her finding time for music and accomplish a vocal presentation in front of the camera!! The song is originally sung by legendary Farida Khanun and the poet is Fayyaz Hashmi.

Seema heads Herbinger Group's US head office. She also serves on City of Redmond Arts Commission and pursues her passion for arts thru various channels in the business and the community.

Teaching Indian Music in USA

2011-12-07T12:06:00.000-08:00

Most of my sitar students are children, born and being brought up in America. They came with their parents when they were very young. They had never heard sitar before or had no clue about Sa Re Ga Ma. Actually most of the parents hadn't heard me play sitar or sing before they trusted me to teach their children! Thank you friends!

When these children picked up sitar for the very first time they didn't realize how difficult this instrument is or how rare it is to play Indian Classical Music in today's pop World.

They enjoyed playing it to the point that later they stopped their piano lessons and gave that time to sitar!! Thank you my young friends!!

Akshay Belur playing Raga Yaman on Sitar, Nov. 2011

2011-11-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

Pround of my students!!! Akshay Belur playing Raga Yaman, Nov.2011

Nikhil and Sahil's Sitar Performance

2011-11-21T10:09:00.000-08:00

Proud of my students!!! Nikhil Shridhar and Sahil Shridhar, performing Raga Bageshri, Nov. 2011 :

Raga Malgunji

2011-09-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

Ascend : S G m D n S'
Descend : S' n D P m G, R G m g R S or S' n D P m G, M g R S

Here are a few YouTube samples of Raga Malgunji :

Legendary Pndit Gajananbuwa Joshi singing raga Malgunji :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkPi6IfMJB8

Raga Malgunji on sitar by Kartik Sheshadri :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwf72qvPT74

The ever-popular hindi song based on raga Malgunji ,' Na jiya lagena', music by Salil Chowdhary :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f75u1oLXzVM

I came across this comparatively new (2009) song by Shubha Mudgal, I believe it is based on raga Malgunji.
Seekho na nainoki bhasha piya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5YXeIJN5qk

Short excerpt of my BMM 2011 Sitar concert in Chicago

2011-07-25T21:07:00.000-07:00

Here is a small excerpt of my Sitar performance ("Swar Zankar") at the BMM 2011 Chicago conference.

Raga: Ahir Bhairav. Accompanying me on tabla: Anil Datar.

Enjoy!

My upcoming Sitar performance at BMM 2011, Chicago

2011-07-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

I will be giving a Sitar performance during the BMM 2011 Conference in Chicago coming up in 2 weeks! This will be a traditional North Indian classical solo Sitar recital.

The conference will be held at the McCormick Place (Lakeside Center), Chicago, from July 21st to July 24th, 2011. The title of my performance is 'Swar Zankar'. The actual time slot for the performance is still being finalized. I will post it as soon as it is.

You are invited! Here is the link to BMM 2011 Conference:

http://bmm2011chicago.org/programs_napc.php

Norhtwest Folklife Festival 2011

2011-06-03T09:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to the YouTube video recording of my performance at Northwest Folklife Festival, May 28th,2011

Raga Hemant :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jOU2gXMUgU

Folk song :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEPEtQ-1BU

Folklife Festival 2011

2011-05-05T20:52:00.000-07:00

I have been invited to give a a Sitar (solo) recital at the Seattle Folklife Festival again this year. My performance will be at the Central House Theater (at the Seattle Center) on Saturday May 28th at 4.30 pm. I will be playing North Indian Classical Sitar Music. Satyajit Limaye will accompany me on the Tabla. Here is the link to the event:

http://nwfolklifefestival2011.sched.org/event/95c76612ac7d1ce29e539d9efc869c8e

Raga Hemant

2011-05-04T17:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some insights on Raga Hemant by Deepaka Raja's World of Hindustani Music :

http://swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/04/raga-hemant-genesis-and-trajectory.html

A collection of songs based on Raga Hemant by various artists including Pt.Ravi Shankar and Lata Mangeshkar :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ife9Yz5ArH4

And here is my all-time favorite by Pt. Nikhil Banerji

http://www.in.com/music/track/pt-nikhil-banerjee-sitar-songs/raga-hemant-alap-jod-jhala-pt-nikhil-banerjee-526527.html

2011-05-04T16:40:00.000-07:00

Rabindra Sangeet Festival in Vancouver

2011-03-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

I will be participating in Rabindra Sangeet Festival in Vancouver on April 30th. The songs are coming up well and the group is sounding very good.

Raga Jog by various artists (song, gazal, classical vocal, sitar)

2011-03-20T19:08:00.000-07:00

Raga Jog is a popular raga with very interesting ascend and descend. Here are a few different expressions in Raga Jog by different artists :

Ascent : n, S G m P n S'
Descent : S' n P m G m g S

Marathi song by Sudhir Phadake : Tuj Sagun Mhano ki Nirgun Re
http://www.dhingana.com/play/tuz-sagun-mhano-ki-nirgun-re/MzYzNjQ%3D/pop/1

Gazal by Pankaj Udhas : La Pila de Saakiya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWK61iHYc4Y

Raga Jog Tarana by Smt. Veena Sahastrabuddhe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjnBKmboeFY

Raga Jog by Pandit Ravi Shankar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWhsAgC8UqM

Rabindra Sangeet

2011-03-05T18:35:00.000-08:00

I just started working on Rabindra Sangeet with a group of wonderful singers and musicians. Here is a link to a Rabindra song sung by Tagore himself (very old recording) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvTim1Kg_F8

Here is my favorite Rabindra song, it is about firefly :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_rCjXYJRIQ&feature=related

Great example of harmonics in sitar

2011-02-15T10:04:00.001-08:00

Here is a link to Pandit Balaram Pathak's performance where he produces higher octave melody on lower octave frets using harmonics. Check this out, it is a very short video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liWjsRRdliA

Concert by Josh Feinberg last weekend

2011-02-15T10:00:00.000-08:00

Attended a great performance and lecture-demonstration by Josh Feinberg organized by Pratidhwani last weekend. Josh demonstrated harmonics in Sitar, followed by authentic Maihar style bandishes and taans.

A small sample of zaala from my performance for ePrasaran.

2010-09-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

Here is a part of the zaala in Raga Puriya Kalyan that I performed for ePrasaran recently. The song is based on a famous Marathi song sung by Asha Bhosale describing the beautiful evening and the sunset. Enjoy!

Sitar Sample

YouTube Recording

2010-07-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to the live recording of my Folklife performance in May:

Watch the live performance

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sampada+folklife+2010+sitar&aq=f

Listen to my sitar performance on ePrasaran

2010-06-21T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,

ePrasaran Internet Radio is broadcasting my sitar program (Raga Puriya Kalyan) this week. Accompanying me on tabla is Chaz Hastings.

Here is the link to listen it :

http://www.eprasaran.com/

You need to click on the Indian Classical Music link. The song in the beginning is the title song for ePrasaran, sitar begins after that in about half a minute.

Thank you for tuning-in!

Sampada

My performance at NorthWest FolkLife

2010-05-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends,

I will be performing again at this year's Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle! All of you are invited! Here are the details:

Title: North Indian Sitar Music

Sitar: Sampada Bhalerao

Tabla: Satyajit Limaye.

Venue : Seattle Center, Center House Theater (located below the food-court level)

When : Monday, May 31st at 3:40 pm

Link to the schedule

Admissions are free. Hope to see you there!

Romantic Sitar CD Released!

2010-05-28T14:58:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

I am happy to announce that I have released my CD, "Romantic Sitar". It consists of the following tracks:

Raga Khamaj
Raga Bhoop (Dhun)
Raga Behag (Listen to a sample)
Folk Tune
Raga Hameer in Drut Ektaal
Raga Bageshri in Teel Taal
Raga Pilu (Dhun)

The CD is available in the NorthWest FolkLife store at Seattle Center.