When: May 7th, 2011
Where: Clarise Performaing Arts Center – UMCP, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

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He is one of very few Indians who has received the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan. He was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2004 and The U.S. state Massachusetts proclaimed April 20 as Amjad Ali Khan Day in 1984.

Ayaan and Amaan Ali Khan are sons of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and have received complete training from their father. Under the tutelage of their father, they have grown to be excellent Sarod players and accompany their father in Concerts worldwide. Many claim that it is truly a proud and pleasing experience to see and hear them play in harmony with their father and together, they create magic.

When: April 15th, 2010
Where: Palace of Fine Arts – 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, California, 94123

Please be sure to add this to your summer calendar this year – this is a concert that cannot be missed. In case you have doubts, check this video of them performing together.

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Shankar continues to illuminate the Indian classical tradition one piece at a time – The New York Times.

Pandit Ravi Shankar is India’s most esteemed musician and a singular phenomenon whose pioneering artistry crosses all cultural and musical boundaries.

Credited with introducing India’s intricate classical music to Western audiences,The godfather of world classical music continues to mesmerize us at 90! This is indeed a special concert! Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event!

Sharing the stage with the maestro is his daughter, Anoushka Shankar, an artist widely considered to represent the future of Indian music. After much critical acclaim, several Grammy nominations, and many collaborations with artists such as Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Norah Jones, Karsh Kale and Thievery Corporation, Anoushka brings the Shankar legacy to new horizons.

When: May 19th

Where: Davies Symphony Hall, SF, CA

Click here for ticket details

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You can watch a video of their work here.

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You can also find more information on the group at their Site. More details on all the events can be found on Talavya’s facebook page & stayed tuned for their next newsletter and get the latest updates right away by following them on Twitter.

SPRING 2011 US TOUR DATES

March 31 – Rhythms of Bollywood Workshop in Piscataway, NJ
Presenter: Taalim School of Indian Music
Time: 6pm
Location: Private venue (Call School for address)
In addition: The world’s largest film industry – Bollywood is known for its music, dance and colour. Indian musician Rushi Vakil will conduct a multimedia presentation with live demonstrations on the evolution of the Bollywood from the 1950′s to the present through the lens of rhythm. From the Indian classical based songs of black and white films to the introduction of disco in the 70s to the club sounds of today, Bollywood music has it all. Hear some iconic songs from Bollywood over the generations and learn how its rhythm and sound have changed over time from traditional to contemporary.
Admission $20. Contact tablamike@gmail.com for information and venue.

April 2 – Bollywood Music Workshop in NYC
Presenter: Taalim School of Indian Music
Time: 11:30am
Location: Rehearsal Studios, “M Butterfly” Studio, 853 7th Ave at 55th St, New York, NY
Admission $15 Advance $20 at door (limited seats). Contact tablataalim@yahoo.com to reserve your spot.

April 2 – Concert in Wayne, NJ with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: India Cultural Society
Time: 6:30pm
Location: India Cultural Society, 714 Peakness Ave, Wayne, NJ 07470
Contact: Jyotindra Patel 732-672-8071
Admission (incl boxed dinner) : $100 VIP, $25 General, $10 Children under 15

April 3 – Tālavya concert in Morrisville, NC
Presenter: Hindu Society of North Carolina
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Hindu Society of NC Main Hall, 309 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC
Tickets: Non-members $20 / Student and Seniors $15; Available only at door
Contact: hsnc@hsnconline.org

April 5-8 – Music Residency by Tālavya at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia
Presenter: Townsend School of Music
Email manager@rrmproductions.com for details

April 10 – Tālavya concert in Macon, GA
Presenter: Kadva Patidar Samaj of Macon in association with Townsend School of Music
Time: Pre-concert talk at 4pm, Concert at 5pm followed by dinner
Location: Umiya Mataji Mandir, 4770 Raley Road, Macon, GA
Admission: Free!
Contact: Gaurav Patel – 229 403 4406

April 13 – Concert in Albuquerque, NM with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: Puccini Productions and the Historic El Rey Theater
Time: Doors 7:30pm / Show 8pm
Location: The Historic El Rey Theater, 620 Central Avenue Southwest, Albuquerque, NM
Tickets available at GetTix.net, Bookworks, Grumpy’s Music, Newsland / Discounted tickets for children under 12 available at door

April 16 – Concert in Los Angeles, CA with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Chinmaya Rameshwaram, 14451 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780
Contact manager@rrmproductions.com for more details

April 17 – Tālavya concert in San Jose, CA
Presenter: Menara Moroccan Restaurant
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Menara Moroccan, 41 E. Gish Road, San Jose, CA
Admission: Free!, All donations support the artists
Contact Arvind Shah 408-891-3479, Bhagirath Desai. 408-891-3503

April 22 – Concert in Portland, OR with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: Kalakendra
Time: 8pm
Location: The Scottish Rite Center, 709 SW 15th Ave, Portland, OR
Admission: Members: Adults $10, Students $7.50, Child (3 – 12) $5
Non-members: Adults $25, Student $15, Child $12.50
Buy tickets online
Contact: (503) 499 1153 or email info@kalakendra.org

April 29 – Concert in New York City with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: The Anamika – Navatman Project
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space
Admission $20 Advance, $25 Door, $15 Children
Contact sahi@navatman.org

April 30 – Concert in Edison, NJ with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: Taalim School of Indian Music and Shree Krishna Vrundavana Temple
Time: Doors 5:30pm / Show 6pm
Location: Shree Krishna Vrundavana Temple, 215 May Street, Edison, NJ
Tickets (incl boxed dinner): $100+ Sponsors, Advance $13 Students $18
General, +$7 at door; Children under 5 FREE
Buy tickets online at drumsdancenj.eventbrite.com
Contact: Mike Lukshis at tablamike@yahoo.com

May 1 – Concert in Albany, NY with Kathak dancer Jin (JoungJin) Won
Presenter: Hindu Temple Society of Capitol District
Time: 1:30pm
Location: Albany Hindu Temple, 450 Shaker Road, NY
Organized in appreciation of volunteers. Support and Sponsorship is greatly appreciated.
For more information, contact Ravi Tetambe 522-4440; Ansu Kukadia 783-0957

Additional Info:
Website: http://www.rrmproductions.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/rhythmriderspdt

The world of music seems to have fewer and fewer borders these days. Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain are three players who regularly cross the frontier.

Their back again. Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer prepare for their 2011 Summer tour. If you’ve missed it last year, you should definetly check it out this time around!

March 24, 2011 – Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, LA

March 26, 2011 – Denison University, Granville, OH

March 27, 2011 – Mountain Stage, Cultural Center Theater, Charleston, WVA

March 29, 2011 – Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA

March 30, 2011 – Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA

April 1, 2011 – University of Georgia, Athens, GA

April 2, 2011 – Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

April 3, 2011 – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

April 8, 2011 – University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

April 10, 2011 – Cullen Theater, Houston, TX

April 12, 2011 – Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

April 13, 2011 – California State University, Chico, CA

April 14, 2011 – University of California, Davis, CA

April 16, 2011 – Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS

May 19, 2011 – Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO

May 20, 2011 – Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO

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Anyone who knows a bare minimum of Bollywood needs no introduction to Paresh Rawal. He is amongst the elite class of the best actors ever produced by India. A National Award as well as multiple filmfare awards winner he has enthralled us with his performances for over 25 years. Over the past decade he has tickled our funny bones to the limit.

He will be touring US performing for what the critics are calling, A hilariously entertaining and sensationally shocking Hindi play Krishan vs Kanhaiya. It is a story of an atheist who incurs huge losses when his antique shop is destroyed by an earthquake. The story revolves around the fight of the atheist with the Almighty. Along with the ever-versatile Paresh Rawal is his team of talented TV and stage artists including Dharmender Gohil, Sirdhar Vatsar, Vaibhav Biniwala, Khusboo Brhmbhatt, Chirag Vora, Ankit and others. This Hindi play is based on the super-hit comedy Gujarati play “Kanji Virrudh Kanji” currently rocking the Mumbai Theatres.

When: April 10, 2011 @ 6:0PM
Where: Colden Auditorium – Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY
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When: April 24, 2011 @ 6:00PM
Where: Chabot College Auditorium – 25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward, Bay area, California, 94545
More Info: Contact SB Entertainment @ 408-834-7711
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When: April 25, 2011 @ 6:00 PM
Where: Luther Burbank High School Auditorium – 3500 Florin Road, Sacramento Hwy 99/Florin
More Info: Contact Dev Patel @ 707-384-2141

While Kailash studied Classical Indian music in his early years, it was the traditional folk songs sung by his father that exerted the most influence on the young artist. In 2001, after a foray into the business world, Kailash left New Delhi for Mumbai, home to the highly competitive Bollywood film and music industry. Kailash’s first recording was an advertising jingle for a diamond company, made for the equivalent of $100. After recording a handful of jingles, the raw, earthy and soulful strength of his voice caught the attention of every production house and film composer in Mumbai. By 2004, Kailash had been catapulted to stardom, performing on some of the biggest hits in Bollywood. Kailash has been heard in over sixty soundtracks and near two hundred jingles.

After being introduced to brothers Naresh and Paresh Kamath, fixtures of the Indian rock and jazz scene, they formed Kailash Kher’s Kailasa, combining Kailash’s strong traditional folk sensibilities and lyrics that invoke Sufi-mystical dimensions with Naresh and Paresh’s more modern rock, electronic and funk influences. Kailasa can be heard to best advantage on their first American release, for the elite Cumbancha Records imprint. The superb “Yatra (Nomadic Souls)” features re-recorded and remixed classics alongside never released new material.

Catch him in concert!

When: March 5, 2011
Where: Kennedy Center – 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
Click here for more details

Raghu’s music is an amalgamation of Indian ethnic music and styles from different parts of the world. His lyrics are about every common man’s emotions and experience. Raghu has produced music for contemporary dance and theatre productions. He has composed and produced music for most of the productions by one of the leading contemporary dance groups of India, Nritarutya.

He played many shows all over the world including UK, Korea, Japan, Russia, Hong Kong and India too. They have performed for crowds of nearly 200,000 people.

Raghu and his troop are here to perform in the US:

March 4th – Kennedy Center, Washington DC
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March 5th – Sunnyvale Hindu Temple Auditorium – 420-450 Persian Drive, Sunnyvale, CA
Click here for more Info & Click here for Tickets

March 6th – Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School – 2001 Santa Fe Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810

March 9th – Rockwood Music Hall – 196 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002

March 11th – Canadian Music Week – Library Bar – Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St. W., Toronto
Click here for more Info

March 12th – Canadian Music Week, Hard Rock Café, 279 Yonge Street, Toronto
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Since becoming the head of the group, Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has performed on a variety of recordings and has sung with Eddie Vedder at the Dead Man Walking Concert put on by Tim Robbins. He and his band continue to entrance world audiences with numerous shows around the globe. Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s self-titled release on American Recordings is his U.S. debut.

Though Rahat is excited to play with Western pop musicians and lay down tracks in state-of-the-art studios, he is ultimately most concerned with the art of qawwali and its mystically imbued message. As he states, “qawwali music is not only music, it is a message.

PLEASE CHECK WITH THE VENUES FOR TIMINGS AND CONFIRMATIONS AS THE TOUR DATES MAY CHANGE!

When: April 1, 2011
Where: Silver Spurs Arena – Silver Spurs Arena – 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee, F

When: April 8, 2011
Where: Silver Spurs Arena – 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee, FL

When: April 9, 2011
Where: NJPAC, 1 Center Street, Newark, NJ 0710

When: April 10, 2011
Where: Reliant Arena – Houston, TX 77054

When: April 15, 2011
Where: Orpheum Theater, 1 Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108

When: April 16, 2011
Where: Warner Theater, 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004

When: April 17, 2011
Where: Colden Center, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367

When: April 22, 2011
Where: Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA 98101

When: April 23, 2011
Where: Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

When: April 24, 2011
Where: Event Center @ SJSU Event Center, 290 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

When: April 29, 2011
Where: Colden Center, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367

When: April 30, 2011
Where: Boardwalk Hall, 2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

When: May 1, 2011
Where: Hershey Centre – Mississauga, ON, Canada

When: May 7, 2011
Where: Odeum Center, 1033 N. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL 60181

When: May 8, 2011
Where: The Areana at Don Taft – NSU NOVA SouthEastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314

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