Spring 2007 Season (Concert Brochure)

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Shashank Indrajit Banerjee

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"fascinating... Shashank's youthful adventurousness combined with his already virtuosic technique to produce improvisations that pushed open the envelope of his music with a fiery curiousity characteristic of the best avant garde jazz."
- Los Angeles Time
"...ineffable sweetness of tone...ecstatic flights of improvisation."
- Washington Post

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Hailing from a family of musicians, Indrajit is the recipient of several awards and is also an "A" grade artist of the All India Radio. He was awarded the 'Sura-Mani' by Sur-Sringar Samsad (Bombay) and 'Abhinav Kala Samman' by Abhinav Kala Parishad (Bhopal).

He is a Graduate of Arts from the University of Calcutta
Unni Krishnan Ustad Rashid Khan

Unni Krishnan's melodious voice and devotion to perfection sets him apart amongst the younger generation of Carnatic music exponents. His fluency with music ranging from classical to semi-classical and bhajans has won the hearts of even the
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"an assurance for the future of Indian vocal music"
-Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

Ustad Rashid Khan, the young maestro, is one of the leading torch-bearers of Indian classical music info

Carnatica Brothers
Grandsons of the legendary Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar, Shashikiran and Ganesh are cousins who perform as a vocal duo

N. Shashikiran learnt from stalwarts like Sangita Kalanidhis T. Brinda & T. Viswanathan and Calcutta K.S. Krishnamurthy. Ganesh was trained by his maternal uncle 'Chitravina' Narasimhan and cousin Ravikiran. He also had the privilege of learning from Sangita Kalanidhi T. Brinda. Both were considered child prodigies and could identify numerous ragas and talas and answer numerous technical questions pertaining to Carnatic music at the tender age of two.

They set a record by giving a 24 hour performance of Carnatic music info

Veena Concert by M. Shrinivas accompanied by Vasudevan V. Namboodiri on the Mridangam at the Hindu Temple Auditorium

Saturday, April 21st 2007 at 7 PM
M. Shrinivas learnt from vocal music from Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri B. Rajam Iyer and Calcutta Sri S. Krishnamurthy. He was selected by the Indian Foundation for Performing Arts to take intensive training in concert techniques from the legendary violinist Lalgudi Sri G. Jayaraman. M. Shrinivas is an A grade artist of the All India Radio and has several awards to his credit. He has received several best performance awards at music festivals and has been felicitated by the Tamil Nadu government.

Vasudevan Namboodiri is a senior disciple of Shri Trichur C. Narendran, Shri Palghat Rajamani (disciple and son of the legendary Palghat Mani Iyer) and Prof. Mavelikara Velukutty Nair. He has accompanied artists widely in India and the USA. Mr. Vasudevan is working as a scientist at USEPA, Cincinnati and has a Ph.D in Chemistry, from IIT Madras. He is also proficient in ghatam, edakka and kanjira.