Akshay Belur's sitar recital

My first sitar student, Akshay Belur, will be giving a one hour solo sitar recital on Saturday, August 4th at the Kirkland Performance Center. Being able to give sitar recital for one hour is such a monumental achievement. I am very proud of Akshay! Congratulations and keep it up!

Folklife Festival 2012 video recording

Here is a short clipping from Folklife 2012 video recording :
Accompanying me on tabla is Chaz astings. Many thanks to Folklife Festival for offering such a wonderful opportunity and thanks to KUOW for sponsoring the venue.
Raga Kedar with vilumbit teentaal and drut ektaal songs :

Northwest Folklife Music Festival 2012

Back by popular demand again this year! I will be giving a Sitar solo recital at the Northwest Folklife Music Festival on Monday, May 28th, at 7:20 pm, at the Center House Theater. I will be performing a traditional North Indian Raga followed by a Dhun on Sitar. Accompanying me on tabla will be Chaz Hastings. This venue is sponsored by KUOW.

Here is the link to the festival schedule. http://www.nwfolklifefestival.org/schedule/

You are invited!!

IAWW India Republic Day Celebration, January, 2012

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

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

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'

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.