Playlists 2013 …

Music examples (teaser) of Indian Classical Music …
Listen to and Enjoy some Raga tunes from our 2013 shows (playlists):

90th Show (01/20/13) – Raga CDs of the Month: n.n.
91st Show (02/17/13) – Raga CDs of the Month: n.n.
92nd Show (03/17/13) – Raga CDs of the Month:  G.N. Balasubramaniam – The Prince of Carnatic Music (musical biography)

new premiere show coming soon: 21st April 2013 – Raga CDs of the Month…

since 1st August 2007: worldwide as Internet-Radio in Germany: each 3rd Monday @ 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. CET (Tide Radio) + each 1st, 3rd and 4th Thursday @ 09:00 p.m. CET (radio multicult.fm) + every 4th Sunday @ 03:00-05:00 p.m. CET (radio multicult.fm) in Switzerland: each 2nd and 4th Monday @ 10:00 p.m. CET (RaSA Radio) in Austria: each 2nd and 4th Sunday @ 11:00 p.m. CET (Radio FRO) download annual broadcasting calendar (as PDF) from here *) EST = CET – 6 hrs, Indian Time = CET  + 4.5 hrs (winter time)

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example of a raga form: Raga Jhinjoti – the beauty of this melodious raga lies in its simplicity. It utilizes all the notes and use “komal Ni“*.This is a supportive raga of the Thaat Khamaj*. Elaboration of this raga is normally restricted to the lower and middle octave. The play time is the second quarter of the night.

Aroha (= ascending scala): SaReGaMa Pa Dha Ni Sa;
Avaroha (= descending scala): SaNiDhaPa MaGaReSa

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*) … Thaat consists of the seven notes (SA, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni) and is designated by the change of shuddha (naturally played), komal (softly played) and teevra (hard played).

G.N. Balasubramaniam – The Prince of Carnatic Music (a musical biography) – 17th March 2013

part 1… (03:00-03:58 pm)

1. Raga Hamsadhwani (Dikshitar) – CD Anandana Natesa (2003, SaReGaMa)
2. Raga Bhairavi (Ragam + Tanam) – CD Ragamrutham – G. N. Balasubramaniam (Live at Mysore (1957), Swathi’s Sanskriti Series)
3. rAga sudhA rasa – AndOLikA (Adi) – G.N. Balasubramaniam – Pleasure Jaunt

part 2… (04:00-04:58 pm)

1. Maha gaNapatim in Raga Todi (Rupakam) – G.N. Balasubramaniam
2. Shivakamesvarim in Raga Kalyani (G.N. Balasubramaniam) – Muthuswami Dikshitar – Krithis (Vol. 5)
3. SukhiEvaro (Tyagaraja) in Raga Kanada – CD Ragamrutham – G. N. Balasubramaniam (Live at Mysore (1957), Swathi’s Sanskriti Series)

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Jingle: WEST meets EAST – indian ragas on western instruments
(CDNF 150562 ADD Made in India . PKD. 12/2004)

1. MISHRA KALENGRA: JINAN PRAKASH GHOSH (Harmonium) & V.G. JOG (Violin) 2. THUMRI in RAGA KHAMAJ in ADDHA TEEN TAAL 3. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Slide Guitar) 4. RAGA KALAVATI: Shankar Jaikishan 5. RAGA MADHUVANTI: Charanjeet SINGH (Synthethizer)

P & C 2004 Owner, Manufacturer: SAREGAMA INDIA Ltd., 33, Jessore Road, Kolkata – 700 028. India (Original sound recording: The Gramophone Company of India Ltd.)

1st Jan – Day “1” of 33rd SAPTAKT Festival 2013 (Ahmedabad) with tribute to the Co-founder & Sitar Legend Pandit Ravi Shankar (04/07/1920 – 12/11/2012)

FULLY PROGRAMME OF DAY 1-13 here: http://bit.ly/VfwnH2

Line up of DAY 1 (status 12/18/2012)…

Event ::  Day 1 of Saptak Annual Festival- 2013 (01-01-2013 To 13-01-2013) Sr. No Artist’s Name Instrument/Vocal Date Time 1 Shri Ramakant Sant Shehnai ..01/01/2013.. ..8.00PM.. Shri Mukund Sant Shehnai Shri Amit Khair Tabla Shri Sanjay Sant Harmonium 2 Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan Vocal Shri Hemant Joshi Tabla Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 3 Smt. Manju Mehta Sitar Shri Shubh Maharaj Tabla 4 Pt. Jasraj Vocal Shri Ratan Mohan Sharma Vocal Support Sushri Hetal Mehta Joshi Tabla Shri Shridhar Parthsarthy Mridangam Shri Mukund Petkar Harmonium Event Venue – Amrut Mody School of Management, Plot No. 16/1, Vikram Sarabhai Marg, Opp. IIM, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad (Source: 12/2012 – Saptak.org (official website))

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Your condolences and Tribute to Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar are welcome here:
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Ahmedabad (1st – 13th Jan 2013): 33rd SAPTAK Annual Festival 2013 with tribute to the Co-founder & Sitar Legend Pandit Ravi Shankar (7th April 1920 – 11th Dec 2012)

keep updated on the Facebook event page, too: http://on.fb.me/VfvTAy

Line up (status 12/18/2012)…

Event ::  Saptak Annual Festival- 2013 (01-01-2013 To 13-01-2013) Sr. No Artist’s Name Instrument/ Vocal Date Time 1 Shri Ramakant Sant Shehnai 01/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Mukund Sant Shehnai Shri Amit Khair Tabla Shri Sanjay Sant Harmonium 2 Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan Vocal Shri Hemant Joshi Tabla Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 3 Smt. Manju Mehta Sitar Shri Shubh Maharaj Tabla 4 Pt. Jasraj Vocal Shri Ratan Mohan Sharma Vocal Support Sushri Hetal Mehta Joshi Tabla Shri Shridhar Parthsarthy Mridangam Shri Mukund Petkar Harmonium 1 Saptak Students: Aastha Kachhi, Aishwarya Jalnapurkar, Ashok Apte, Bindu Patel, Chirag Akruwala, Jaayini Shah, Mauli Dalal, Naresh Bhatt Sitar Ensemble 02/01/2013 8.00 PM Kabirdan Gadhvi Tabla 2 Sushri Viraj Amar Vocal Shri Jajwalya Shukla Tabla Shri Sudhir Yardi Harmonium Shri Allarakha Kalavant Sarangi 3 Ustad Fazal Qureshi Tabla Solo Shri Ajay Joglekar Harmonium 4 Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute Shri Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa Tabla 1 Sushri Shivani Patel Vocal 03/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla Shri Raju Gandharva Harmonium 2 Shri Rahul Sharma Santoor Shri Mukund Raj Dev Tabla 3 Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar Vocal Pt. Suresh Talwalkar Tabla Shri Sudhir Nayak Harmonium Shri Sarwar Hussain Sarangi 4 Pt. Birju Maharaj Kathak Assisted by Sushri Shashwati Sen Shri Arvind Azad Tabla 1 Shri Rupak Kulkarni Flute 04/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Kalinath Mishra Tabla 2 Smt. Shubha Mudgal Vocal Shri Aneesh Pradhan Tabla Shri Sudhir Nayak Harmonium 3 Ustad Shahid Parvez Sitar Ustad Akram Khan Tabla 4 Ustad Rashid Khan Vocal Shri Tanmoy Bose Tabla Shri Jyoti Goho Harmonium Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 1 Shri Atul Upadhyay Violin 05/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla 2 Pt. Prem Kumar Mallick Dhrupad Trio Shri Prashant Mallick Shri Nishant Mallick Shri Kaushik Kumar Mallick Pakhawaj 3 Shri Aman Ali Khan Sarod Shri Sandeep Das Tabla 4 Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty Vocal Shri Yogesh Samsi Tabla Smt. Paromita Mukherjee Harmonium Shri Allarakha Kalavant Sarangi 1 Ustad Aslam Khan Vocal 06/01/2013 10.00 AM Shri Vasishth Shastri Tabla Shri Yamin Khan Harmonium 2 Shri Amit Thakkar Violin Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla 3 Shri Anoop Jalota Vocal Shri Amit Chaube Tabla Shri Rohan Khatri Santoor Shri Dhiren Raichura Guitar 1 Shri Niraj Parikh Vocal 06/01/2013 8.00 PM Ms Amee Parikh Vocal Support Shri Matang Parikh Tabla Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 2 Shri Salil Bhatt Satvik Veena Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla 3 Sushri Kaushiki Chakraborty Vocal Shri Yogesh Samsi Tabla Smt. Paromita Mukherjee Harmonium 4 Ustad Shujat Khan Sitar Shri Mukesh Jadav Tabla 1 Sushri Shahana Banerjee Sitar 07/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Nakul Mishra Tabla 2 Shri Sanjeev Abhyankar Vocal Shri Sudhir Pande Tabla Shri Milind Kulkarni Harmonium 3 Shri Ayaan Ali Khan Sarod Shri Tanmoy Bose Tabla 4 Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Vocal Shri Ramdas Palsule Tabla Shri Vinay Mishra Harmonium 1 Shadaj Iyer Vocal 08/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla Shri Raju Gandharva Harmonium 2 Shri Bishwajeet Roy Chaudhary Sarod Pt. Pooran Maharaj Tabla 3 Shri Ritesh  Mishra Vocal Shri Rajnish  Mishra Shri Shubh Maharaj Tabla Shri Vinay Mishra Harmonium 4 Pt. Shivkumar Sharma Santoor Shri Ramkumar Mishra Tabla 1 Saptak Students: Apoorv Bhatt, Arpita Dave, Bhavya Trivedi, Dhiraj Das, Dhwanil Tolia, Harshil D. Shah, Harshil H. Shah, Jasraj Shastri, Jayraj Dave, Jinad Sheth, Karnik Vyas, Kuldip Chauhan, Maitreysinh Chavda, Nirav Sanchaniya, Parth Baldania, Rushabh Vimawala, Rutu Shah, Umang Gajjar, Yash Modi, Zalak Dalwadi, Zamil Chandrakar Group Tabla 09/01/2013 8.00 PM Nilang Zaveri Harmonium Vanraj Shastri Sarangi 2 Sushri Kalapini Komkali Vocal Shri Dipak Garud Tabla Shri Vivek Bansod Harmonium 3 Ustad Nishat Khan Sitar Ustad Akram Khan Tabla 4 Vidushi Smt. Girija Devi Vocal Pt. Gopal Mishra Tabla Shri Yamin Khan Harmonium Shri Bharatbhushan Goswami Sarangi 1 Smt. Mala Ramadorai Vocal 10/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Abhay Datar Tabla Shri Shriram Hasabnis Harmonium 2 Pt. Krishna Mohan Bhatt Sitar Shri Himanshu Mahant Tabla 3 Pt. Umakant Gundecha Dhrupad Pt. Ramakant Gundecha Shri Shriramkumar Malladi Shri Ravikumar Malladi Shri H. N. Bhaskar Violin Shri Akhilesh Gundecha Pakhawaj Shri Narayan Nevelli Mridangam 4 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Sarod Shri Vijay Ghate Tabla 1 Shri Shakir Khan Sitar 11/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla 2 Shri Mahendra Toke Vocal Shri Nakul Mishra Tabla Shri Sudhir Yardi Harmonium 3 Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Mohan Veena Shri Ramkumar Mishra Tabla 4 Pt. Kumar Bose Tabla Solo Shri Dharamnath Mishra Harmonium 1 Shri Josh Bennett Sitar 12/01/2013 8.00 PM Shri Sapan Anjaria Tabla 2 Sushri Jahnavi Phansalkar Vocal Shri Nitin Hegde Tabla Shri Abhishek Kathe Harmonium Shri Illyas Khan Sarangi 3 Pt. Satish Vyas Santoor Shri Ojas Adhiya Tabla 4 Pt. Rajan Mishra Vocal Pt. Sajan Mishra Pt. Kumar Bose Tabla Shri Dharamnath Mishra Harmonium 1 Shri Rajiv Taranath Sarod 13/01/2013 10.00 AM Shri Udayaraj Karpur Tabla 2 Begum Parveen Sultana Vocal Shri Ojas Adhiya Tabla Shri Sanket Modi Harmonium 1 Shri Trilok Gurtu Classical Drums 13/01/2013 8.00 PM 2 Kum. Aishwarya Majumdar Vocal Shri Rishin Saraiya Tabla Shri Anuprit Khandekar Keyboard Shri Sanket Khandekar Guitar Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 3 Smt. Kankana Banerjee Vocal Shri Bimal Bhattacharya Tabla Shri Yamin Khan Harmonium Shri Illyas Khan Sarangi 4 Shri Mohansingh & Party Vocal 5 Ustad Mohammed Ahmed Warsi Nasiri Qawwal & Group Vocal
Event Venue –	Amrut Mody School of Management, Opp. I.I.M.A., Ahmedabad.

(Source: 12/2012 – Saptak.org (official website))