Raga Lalit Recording

Raga Lalit, An Early Morning Devotional Raga

It is a raga known for its deep meditative mood, uses both Madhyam, natural and sharp. There is no Pancham,the taanpura and the sitar resonate around Madhyam.

Here is the recording :

https://soundcloud.com/sampada-bhalerao

Congratulations to Rashmi Joshi-Shende!

Congratulations to my student Rashmi Joshi-Shende for passing Praveshika Poorna exam in Sitar with distiction! Keep it up, Rashmi!!

Folklife Festival 2014

Thank you friends for coming to the show! Thanks to Folklife for giving me such a wonderful opportunity! Special thanks to KCTS for sponsoring the stage.

Here is a small excerpt of Raga Jaijaiwanti I played at Folklife in Part 1 and Part 2 :

Upcoming Event

I will be performing for Folklife Festival 2014 on Friday, May 23 rd, at Center Theatre (located one level below Food Court at Seattle Center) at 6 pm. Here is the link to the schedule :

http://www.nwfolklife.org/festival/complete-2014-schedule/

Hope to see you there!

Indo-American Friendship Forum May 6th, 2014

Performing with Chaz Hastings in honor of Indian Ambassador to US, Dr. S. Jaishankar's visit to Seattle, hosted by Indo-American Friendship Forum.

AshtaPrahar August 3rd 2013

Performing at AshtaPraha hosted by Seattle Indian Music Academy with my parents in the audience, a rare moment!

Northwest Folklife 2013

A short excerpt of my Sitar performance at the Northwest Folklife festival yesterday. It was great to perform in front of such an appreciative audience, for many of whom, it was their first Sitar experience. It is always great to meet such an enthusiastic group of people who like to try something new and enjoy it.

Special thanks to Chaz Hastings for accompanying me on Tabla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3RxduEysSw