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Sri. Prasad Joglekar
Prasad gave his first public performance on harmonium at age 4. He is a disciple of Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan and Pandit Partha Chatterjee. He has released multiple Sitar Albums and perfomed various Solo concerts across the world.
He currently resides in California, USA - performing, teaching, researching and learning Sitar music. He is not only a musician but is also Doctrate in Computer Engineering with multiple patents in computer networking.
Prasad Bhandarkar started learning Hindustani music when he was 8 years old. He was initiated into classical music by his mother. Prasad got his initial training on Harmonium and Hindustani vocal music.Soon he started learning bansuri flute from Shri Anantrao Patwardhan of Mumbai. In 1990, he was fortunate to become student of Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia. Prasad derives strong influence from Pandit Chaurasia’s emotional and soulful style of playing Bansuri.
Madhusudan alias Satish started learning Tabla at a very tender age of 5 from his father Late Shri Madhav Tare who himself was disciple of great legendary Ustad Amir Hussein Khan sahib. Later on Satish got a rigorous training from Pt. Arvind Mulgaonkar ji for almost 15 years in Mumbai. He also got guidance from Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar ji while studying Diploma in Music from Mumbai University. During his stay in Pune, he learned from Shri Vivek Joshi. Currently Satish is taking advanced training from the world renowned Tabla maestro, none other than Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri ji, in California for last 10 years.
Anuradha Sridhar has been a tireless teacher, performer and ambassador for Carnatic music in the Bay Area since 1989. Groomed in a milieu that traces its roots back to the most significant Carnatic composer of all time, Saint Thyagaraja, the strains of music have been handed down in her family like a precious heirloom, from generation to generation. Anuradha is the daughter and disciple of Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandan, the renowned violinist and the reputed sister of violin maestro Lalgudi G. Jayaraman.
Shriram Brahmanandam was initiated into the mrudangam by the renowned guru Harihara Sharma and later continued his training with C.V. Kuppuswami. He completed advanced training from the percussion stalwart Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer. Shriram has won awards for "Best Mrudangist" during the music concert series held in the Indian Fine Arts Society and in the Youth Association for Classical Music.
Sri. Srikanth Chary
Accomplished Veena artiste, Srikanth Chary, began his training at the age of six in Mumbai under the Veena vidwan Devakottai Sri Narayana Iyengar. He later studied music under the auspices of Shanmukhananda Sabha from Smt. Kalyani Sarma. At the age of eight, Srikanth was presented the first prize in a music competition by the music doyen Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi.
Sri Mohan Rangan (flute) was introduced to flute by his father Sri H. D. Govindaraj. Mohan started their flute career under the tutelage of Vidwan Sri S A Sashidhar. Then he pursued advanced coaching from Sangeetha Kalaratna Prof. H V Krishnamurthy. Having performed extensively as a duet with his brother Ravi Kiran in India, prominent critics from The Hindu and Sruthi Magazine have recognised Mohan and Ravi as having "regaled the audience with their melodious flute duet. Mohan is known for his "accuracy of form of ragas" and neat "swaraprasthara".
Sri. Ravi Gutala
Ravi Gutala was initiated at a very early age into Tabla by Shri P.Anjaiah, a senior staff artiste at AIR, Hyderabad, India. Currently he resides in San Jose, California and has been studying Tabla under Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA since 1990. He also has been teaching Tabla to a number of aspiring students in the Bay Area.
Mahadevan has been involved in practicing and promoting Indian music and arts in the Bay Area for several years. Mahadevan has provided percussion accompaniment on Mridangam and Mohrsing for several concerts, musical events, and dance productions. He was introduced to the art of playing Mohrsing by Mridangam Maestro Srimushnam Raja Rao. He has accompanied many visiting artists from India as well as leading Bay Area musicians. In various capacities, Mahadevan has been a patron of the Bay Area community cultural organization, South India Fine Arts (SIFA) for several years. In 2004, Mahadevan was awarded the title of "Kala Seva Mani" by the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aaraadhana Committee.
Nachiketa Yakkundi is originally from Dharwad. He is a passionate musician, student,
performer, teacher and enthusiast of the arts. He resides in the San Francisco Bay Area,
where he runs the Rajguru Sangeet Vidyaniketan school of music.
Madhusudan alias Satish started learning Tabla at a very tender age of 5 from his father Late Shri Madhav Tare who himself was disciple of great legendary Ustad Amir Hussein Khan sahib. Later on Satish got a rigorous training from Pt. Arvind Mulgaonkar ji for almost 15 years in Mumbai. He also got guidance from Pt. Vibhav Nageshkar ji while studying Diploma in Music from Mumbai University. During his stay in Pune, he learned from Shri Vivek Joshi. Currently Satish is taking advanced training from the world renowned Tabla maestro, none other than Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri ji, in California for last 10 years.
Anand has musical roots in his family and grew up in a rich musical environment in Mumbai, India. He was initiated into classical music by late Shri Narayanrao Deulkar. Anand had the fortune of receiving guidance from renowned harmonium player, late Shri Vishwanath Pendharkar. His teaching shaped Anand's harmonium skills and prepared him to pursue this art-form further. Anand now lives in San Francisco Bay area and continues to receive guidance from Shri Vivek Datar.
He enjoys opportunities to listen to and accompany leading vocalists. Anand is an Electrical Engineer by training and Enterprise Business Systems Architect by profession.
Smt. Asha Ramesh
Asha Ramesh started her music education in Jamshedpur, but her principal gurus were the Chennai-based maestro Sangita Kalanidhi D.K.Jayaraman (the musician’s musician!!) and Nanganallur Ramanathan. Asha chose to follow her passion for music. While obtaining her Master’s Degree in music at the Madras University, she also developed a reputation as a sterling performer steeped in one of the most revered banis of Carnatic music – the D.K.Pattamal bani. She won numerous awards for her singing – both as a soloist as well as accompanist for dance – including Rajaji Memorial Tambura Award, Gana Kala Bhushani, and Gana Kala Rathnam from reputed organizations such as Tamil Isai Sangam and the Sankarabharanam Trust of Madras. Her penchant for Hindustani bhajans and abhangs also mark her as a musician of versatility. Over the years, she has composed 10 thillanas and set the music for over 50 abhangs and bhajans. She founded Ragamalika music school in 1993.
Vikram Ragukumar, is currently a disciple of All India Radio A grade Violinist Vidwan B. Raghuram.
His initial training was under Late Vidwan H.V. Krishnamurthy at Vijaya College of Music. Through his years of learning, he has accompanied on the violin several artistes at performances in India and the USA apart from rendering solo and duet violin concerts. Vikram lives in Pleasanton, CA.
Vignesh Venkataraman, a junior at Stanford University, is a mridangam artist hailing from Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman’s school of music.Vignesh was initiated into playing mridangam by Sri. Anand Iyer, also from the same school. For the past 5 years, Vignesh has been traveling to India every summer undergoing advanced training under the tutelage of Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman. Vignesh has accompanied various artists, including some senior musicians in concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area and in India. He has participated in competitions at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana and has won several prizes there. He won the Best Mridangist award at the Spirit of Youth festival held by the Madras Music Academy in 2013.
Vignesh is also learning vocal carnatic music from Smt. Meena Kothandaraman, a disciple of Sri. M.S. Anantharaman, and more recently from violinist Sri. R.K. Shriramkumar.