If classical music is your passion, you are in for a real treat!  From Friday April 6th to Sunday, April 8th, LearnQuest Academy of Music will host a three-day Indian classical music conference (Sangeet Sammelan) at the Fine Arts Center of Regis College in Weston.

This only-of-its-kind event in Massachusetts, offering almost 10 hours of continuous music each day, will feature a rare gathering of established masters, emerging star performers and consummate exponents from the world of Indian Classical Music

The artists:
Grammy award winner Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Guitar
Rashid Khan - Vocalist
Shahid Parvez - Sitarist
Satish Vyas - Santoor Player
Sanjeev Abhyankar - Vocalist
Ganesh-Kumaresh - Carnatic Violin Duo
Subhash Balchandran - Taal Vaadya Ensemble
Ganga-Kaveri - Hindustani-Carnatic Flute Ensemble
Shubhra Guha - Vocalist

Other artists:
- Swapan Chaudhury - Puspen Dey - Anuradha Pal
- Suma Sudhindra - Praveen Godkhindi - M. K. Pranesh
- George Ruckert - Sugato Nag - Sujata Vijayaraghavan
- Aparna Balaji - Nitin Mitta - Sandipan Samajpati - Phil Kaplan
- K. V. S. Vinay - Shuchita Rao - Sven Larson - David Jamrog
- Sanhita Nandi - Suresh Mathur

Performing:
- Vocal music - Sitar - Sarod - Veena - Guitar - Violin - Flute - Santoor
- Tabla - Mridangam - Harmonium - Western Drums - Keyboard

Some highlights:
Conference Theme: Hindustani Classical Music and its interactions with other classical music styles (Carnatic and Western Jazz) 
Covers most major instruments of Indian classical music (sitar, sarod, shehnai, violin, flute, tabla) 

Conference details and registration information are available on the LearnQuest web site at http://www.learnquest.org/concerts/index.html

Time:
April 6th, 2007, Friday, 7 pm - 12 am
April 7th, 2007, Saturday, 10 am - 11 pm
April 8th, 2007, Sunday, 10 am - 9 pm
 
Venue:
Fine Arts Center
Regis College
Weston, MA
 
For directions visit:
http://www.learnquest.org/concerts/directions.html
 
Registration:
Season Ticket (Three days)
- Early bird (until March 6th) : Premium - $150, General - $100, Students/Seniors - $70
- Regular (after March 6th) : Premium - $180, General - $120, Students/Seniors - $80
- One-day tickets will be available after March 6th.
 
You can register by going to:
http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/cal.php?stage=1&event_id=4663
 
Contacts:
Ranjit Desai: 617-823-2146
Erica Fleming: 978-394-7161 
Pallavi Gandhi: 978- 264-0039
Durga Krishnan: 508-481-7842
Prem Nagar: 781-721-9790
Satyajit Ray: 978-263-9243    
Ali Rizvi: 973-676-5141 
Pradeep Shukla: 978-264-4566
Jawed Wahid: 774-259-4285

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