1st day of 34th SAPTAK Festival : 1st Jan 2014 (Ahmedabad)

Saptak – An institution that exists solely for musi

Saptak celebrates the Indian classical music tradition, helps you get drenched in its richness, explore its idiom, discover its nuances and preserve its timeless essence. It’s an exploration of the world of music in its entirety. From promoting an understanding and learning of Hindustani classical music – vocal and instrumental, to forging a musical bond between all music lovers, the artiste and the rasika, and creating an archival treasure of music – it’s an entire gamut that Saptak offers.

About Saptak…

The famous Russian composer and concert pianist Sergei Rachmaninov had once said that, “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” To delve deeper into the world of music, a group of performers and music connoisseurs in Ahmedabad started on a journey in 1980 The quest was to connect with all those who were associated with Indian classical music – as a performer, as a student or as a rasika (listener). The initiative had the blessings of two legends of Indian Classical Music – Pt. Ravishankar and Pt. Kishan Maharaj. Nearly 30 years later, the spark of inspiration continues to burn bright, lighting up the path for newer initiatives that continue to evolve.

SAPTAK 2014 (part 1: 1st-13th Jan / part 2: 27th & 28th January)

The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Sankrant’. For Indian classical music it is ‘Sankrant’ as music tradition passes from one generation to another. This year’s programme features such a confluence of generations. Listeners will find it heartening that the classical tradition is vibrant as they watch the making of the new maestros.

Event :: Saptak Annual Music Festival – 2014 Part-1 (1st – 13th Jan 2014) No Artist Name Instrument / Vocal     Event  Date Event Time 1 Shri Pramod Gaikwad Shehnai 01-1-14 08:00:PM Mrs. Seema Gaikwad Shehnai Ms. Namrata Gaikwad Shehnai Shri Himanshu Mahant Tabla . 2 Pt. Puran Maharaj Tabla Duet Pt. Ravishankar Upadhyay Pakhawaj Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium . 3 Smt. Manju Mehta Sitar Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla . 4 Pts. Rajan Sajan Mishra Vocal Shri Rajkumar Mishra Tabla Shri Sumit Mishra Harmonium Shri Kanaiyalal Mishra Sarangi . Event Venue – Amrut Mody School of Management (see map), Opp. I.I.M.A., Ahmedabad.

(Source: 01/01/2014 – Saptak.org (official website))

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34th SAPTAK Festival Calendar (Overview): 1st-28th Jan 2014

Event :: Saptak Annual Music Festival – 2014 Part-1 (1st – 13th Jan 2014) No Artist Name Instrument / Vocal     Event Date Event Time 1 Shri Pramod Gaikwad Shehnai 01-1-14 08:00:PM Mrs. Seema Gaikwad Shehnai Ms. Namrata Gaikwad Shehnai Shri Himanshu Mahant Tabla 2 Pt. Puran Maharaj Tabla Duet Pt. Ravishankar Upadhyay Pakhawaj Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium 3 Smt. Manju Mehta Sitar Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla 4 Pts. Rajan Sajan Mishra Vocal Shri Rajkumar Mishra Tabla Shri Sumit Mishra Harmonium Shri Kanaiyalal Mishra Sarangi 1 Students of Saptak School of Music – Shri Sapan Anjaria and Shri Dhruv Kothari Tabla Duet 02-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Arun Oza Harmonium 2 Shri Mahendra Toke Vocal Shri Hemant Joshi Tabla Shri Sudhir Yardi Harmonium 3 Pt. Krishna Mohan Bhatt Sitar Pt. Anindo Chatterjee Tabla 4 Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute Shri Vijay Ghate Tabla 1 Students of Saptak School of Music, 03-1-14 08:00:PM Varsha Gandhi, Amla Shah,Vibhavari Save,Bindu Patel, Vinita Shukla, Anuj Anjaria, Amit Thakker Instrumental Ensemble Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla 2 Shri Debashish Bhattacharya Guitar Ustad Fazal Qureshi Tabla 3 Pt. Birju Maharaj Kathak Assisted by Sushri Shashwati Sen and Shri Deepak Maharaj Shri Utpal Ghoshal Tabla Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 1 Students of Saptak School of Music 04-1-14 08:00:PM Hui-Chi Goh Violin Shri Rahul Kushwaha Tabla 2 Shri Vikas Parikh Vocal Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla Shri Sudhir Yardi Harmonium 3 Pt. Anindo Chatterjee Tabla Solo Assisted by Shri Anubrata Chatterjee Tabla Shri Sabir Khan Sarangi 4 Smt. Shubha Mudgal Vocal Shri Aneesh Pradhan Tabla Shri Sudhir Nayak Harmonium 1 Sushri Madhu Bhatt Tailang Dhrupad 05-1-14 10:00:AM Shri Pravin Arya Pakhawaj 2 Ustad Shahid Parvez Sitar Ustad Akram Khan Tabla 3 Students of Saptak School of Music, 08:00:PM Harshit Mehta, Nirav Barot, Raag Mehta Vocal Shri Shreyans Shah Tabla 4 Shri Partho Sarodi Sarod Shri Shubh Maharaj Tabla 5 Ranjani- Gayatri Carnatic Vocal Shri M. Rajeev Violin Shri Delhi Sairam Mridangam 6 Ustad Shujat Khan Sitar Shri Sapan Anjaria Tabla Shri Amit Choubey Tabla 1 Sushri Amita Dalal Sitar 06-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Sapan Anjaria Tabla 2 Shri Suman Ghosh Vocal Shri Pravin Shinde Tabla Shri Raju Gandharva Harmonium 3 Shri Rahul Sharma Santoor Shri Ramkumar Mishra Tabla 4 Begum Parveen Sultana Vocal Shri Mukundraj Deo Tabla Shri Shrinivas Acharya Harmonium 1 Ustad Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa Tabla Solo 07-1-14 08:00:PM Assisted by : Shri Shariq Mustafa Tabla Shri Ehsan Ali Khan Sarangi 2 Shri Kumar Mardur Vocal Shri Ashish Sengupta Tabla Shri Vinay Mishra Harmonium Shri Allarakha Kalavant Sarangi 3 Pt. Shivkumar Sharma Santoor Zakir Hussain Tabla 1 Students of Saptak School of Music, 08-1-14 08:00:PM Jaayini Shah and Mauli Dalal Sitar – Duet Shri Kabirdan Gadhavi Tabla 2 Haji Ustad Shaukat Niazi Vocal Shri Hemant Joshi Tabla Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium 3 Shri Alam Khan Sarod Shri Shubh Maharaj Tabla 4 Pt. Ajoy Chokrabarty Vocal Pt. Yogesh Samsi Tabla Shri Paromita Mukherjee Harmonium 1 Shri Vishal Gori Tabla Solo 09-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 2 Smt. Monica Shah Vocal Shri Nakul Mishra Tabla Shri Sudhir Yardi Harmonium 3 Shri Kushal Das Sitar Shri Ramdas Palsule Tabla 4 Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar Vocal Shri Rohit Majumdar Tabla Shri Vinay Mishra Harmonium Shri Allarakha Kalavant Sarangi 1 Pt. Ritwik Sanyal Dhrupad 10-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Dalchand Sharma Pakhawaj 2 Pt. Ronu Majumdar Flute Shri Prithviraj Mishra Tabla 3 Pt. Jasraj Vocal Shri Ratan Mohan Sharma Vocal Support Shri Ramkumar Mishra Tabla Shri Sridhar Parthasarathy Mridangam Shri Mukund Petkar Harmonium 1 Shri Sougato Roychaudhari Sarod 11-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Nihar Mehta Tabla 2 Sushri Kaushiki Chakrobarty Vocal Shri Sandip Ghosh Tabla Shri Paromita Mukherjee Harmonium 3 Shri Rajendra Gangani Kathak Shri Brijmohan Parihar Vocal Shri Fateh Singh Tabla Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 1 Shri Vinayak Torvi Vocal 12-1-14 10:00:AM Shri Ashish Sengupta Tabla Shri Shishir Bhatt Harmonium 2 Smt. N. Rajam Violin Assisted by Ragini Shankar Violin Shri Arvind Azad Tabla 3 Shri Adit Ravi Flute 08:00:PM Shri Jajwalya Shukla Tabla 4 Sushri Jahnavi Phansalkar Vocal Shri Bimal Bhattacharya Tabla Shri Raju Gandharva Harmonium 5 Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Mohan Veena Shri Ramkumar Mishra Tabla 6 Vidushi Girija Devi Vocal Pt. Gopal Mishra Tabla Shri Sumit Mishra Harmonium Shri Bharatbhushan Goswami Sarangi 1 Sushri Kumud Diwan Vocal 13-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Nakul Mishra Tabla Shri Sumit Mishra Harmonium Shri Ikram Khan Sarangi 2 Shri Shashank Subramanium Flute Shri Satishkumar Patri Mridangam 3 Sushri Amita Sinha Mahapatra Dhrupad Sushri Aliya Rasheed Dhrupad Shri Akhilesh Gundecha Pakhawaj 4 Pt. Umakant Gundecha Dhrupad Pt. Ramakant Gundecha Dhrupad Shri Akhilesh Gundecha Pakhawaj Event Venue – Amrut Mody School of Management, Opp. I.I.M.A., Ahmedabad. Event :: Saptak Annual Music Festival – 2014 Part-2 (27th and 28th Jan 014) No Artist Name Instrument / Vocal     Event Date Event Time 1 Students of Saptak School of Music, 27-1-14 08:00:PM Tejal Mehta, Jyoti Chanchlani, Vocal Dulari Bhatt, Supriya Bhatt Vocal Shri Girish Tapodhan Tabla 2 Shri Uday Bhawalkar Dhrupad Shri Pratap Awad Pakhawaj 3 Shri Rakesh Chaurasia Flute Duet Shri Abhijit Pohankar Classical Keyboard Shri Satyajeet Talwalkar Tabla 1 Smt. Piu Sarkhel Vocal 28-1-14 08:00:PM Shri Bimal Bhattacharya Tabla Shri Raju Gandharva Harmonium 2 Anoushka Shankar Sitar Shri Tanmoy Bose Tabla Event Venue – Amrut Mody School of Management, Opp. I.I.M.A., Ahmedabad.

(Source: 01/01/2014 – Saptak.org (official website))

34th (annually) SAPTAK Festival starts on 1st Jan 2014…

Saptak is happy to announce its Saptak Annual Festival – 2014. This year’s festival programme will be held in two parts, part 1 from 1st to 13th January and part 2 on 27th and 28th January. In all, there will be about 50 sessions including two morning sessions on Sunday, 5th & 12th January.

The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Sankrant’. For Indian classical music it is ‘Sankrant’ as music tradition passes from one generation to another. This year’s programme features such a confluence of generations. Listeners will find it heartening that the classical tradition is vibrant as they watch the making of the new maestros.

(Source: 12/26/2013 – Saptak.org (official website))