Kick-off Concerts this week leading to the Annual LearnQuest Music Festival

Waltham based LearnQuest Academy of Music announces a series of Indian classical music events this month culminating into its three-day annual music festival on April 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th.

These musical events begin with a series of kick-off concerts this week on Saturday, March 14^th at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA featuring some of the talented young Carnatic and Hindustani artists of the Boston area with a concluding concert by the sitarist Shakir Khan, son of the eminent sitarist Ustad Shahid Parvez from Pune, India, who will be accompanied on Tabla by Nitin Mitta. Below is a list pre-festival music events planned by LearnQuest in the month of March and the first week of April.

Kick-off Concerts for LearnQuest Music Festival

March 14, Saturday, 4:30 PM – 8:00 PM, at Marran Theater, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Free Admission

1.     Carnatic Veena and Violin Concert: Sahana Venkatesh on veena, Sadhana Venkatesh on violin and Srivatsan Mukunthraj on mridangam

2.     Hindustani Vocal Concert: Selina Banerjee (vocal) with Hirak Modi on harmonium and Rajesh Pai on tabla

3.     Sitar Concert: Shakir Khan on sitar with Nitin Mitta on tabla

An Evening of Hindustani Vocal and Santoor concerts

(Presented in collaboration with the India Society of Worcester)

March 21, Saturday, 4:30 PM – 8:00 PM, at the India Center, Shrewsbury, MA

Admission: General - $20; LearnQuest and ISW members - $15

1.     Hindustani Vocal Concert: Ashwin Rode (vocal) with Varun Kelkar on harmonium and Pranav Ghatraju on tabla

2.     Santoor Concert: Nitin Pandit on sitar with Rajesh Pai on tabla

A Workshop on Yoga of Sound

March 29, Sunday, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM, at Guru Ram Das Ashram, Millis, MA

Instructor: Dr. Igor Iwanek, Faculty, Music Department, Boston University

Lecture-demonstration on the Music of Surbahar

(In collaboration with Liberal Arts and Sciences Department, Berklee College of Music)

April 1, Wednesday, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Berklee College of Music, Boston

Lecture-demonstration by Pandit Sugato Nag with Rajesh Pai on tabla

Contact:

Phone: 781-891-8535

Email: conference@lernquest.org

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