The last Monday of the Spring 09 semester! But the show will go on through the summer, so keep tuning in every Monday night at 8 p.m. for an hour of the highest quality Indian classical music.
To begin with, last Monday (20th April) was a Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia special, where we played his performance of Raag Bageshree (alaap and gat).
Back to this week, coming up this Sunday, the 5th of May, we will be lucky to watch a very accomplished vocalist Jayateerth Mevundi, disciple of the legend Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, live on campus at Georgia Tech. Here are the details for this performance brought to us by the Indian Classical Music Society (ICMS), Atlanta.
When: May 3rd, Sunday at 5 p.m.
Who: Vocalist Jayateerth Mevundi, accompanied by Bharat Kamat (tabla) and Guruprasad Hegde (harmonium).
Where: Georgia Tech Student Center Theater
Contact: Santosh Pande at 770-447-5517, Bob Ghosh at 404-431-0091 , or Sham Navathe at 770-416-8901
We also ended the show tonight with a piece by Jayateerth Mevundi. Here's what played on Gharana tonight:
1. Water Girl by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute) off the album 'Making Music' (1992) by Ustad Zakir Hussain (tabla), which also features John McLaughlin (guitar) and Jan Garbarek (saxophone)
2. Pandit Nikhil Banerjee (sitar) - Raag Rageshree
3. Jayateerth Mevundi (vocals) - Megh Bada Khyal
Do turn up for the concert at the student center theater, it is going to be a beautiful evening.
Karan
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Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
