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$ 100.00
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21 July Amjad Ali Khan 8:00pm
22 July Vishwas Shirgaonkar 3:30 Pm
22 July Kanjonavo Sabud 4:15 pm
22 July Sairam Dave 6 pm
22 July Harsh Khinchi and Sid Lahiri 6:45 pm
22 July Queen Vatsala Mehra 8 pm
23 July Festival
Artist Info:
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Sairam Dave
Sairam Dave was born in Kathiawad Gujarat. He is working as a Principal in a primary school in Gondal Gujarat. He is a poet who writes folk songs and humorous songs. He is youngest humorist in Gujarat receiving huge popularity from his fans. People generally know him as comedian however as the matter of the fact, he has published a book of poems by the name "Sairam Na Hasata Akshar". In 2008 Narendra Modi Inaugurated the 2nd Edition of "Sairam naa Hastaa Akshar". In 2007 Gujarat Government Honored him with a Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar. He has also written "Gujarat Chalisa".
His famous jocks include Prem Atle Veham, , Jav Jalsa Karo, Kathiyawad Airlines Lagna Etle Lolipop, Aa Bhavma Khotu Nahi, Hasya Ni Firing etc
He is also raising awareness for child education, female feticide and AIDS awareness.
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Amjad Ali Khan
Amjad Ali Khan was born in 1945 in Gwalior, one of the great cities of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is famous as the home of Miyan Tansen (c.1500-1590), one of the seminal figures in Indian music and a court musician to Akbar, the greatest of the Moghul emperors for the arts and culture. The holy tamarind tree by Tansen's tomb is said to convey special musical powers and, no doubt, Amjad Ali Khan's family have been regular devotees.
Amjad Ali Khan gave his first recital at age six. His musical heritage combines his illustrious family heritage of sarod playing with the tradition of instrumental music from Tansen and his disciples.
A recent biography contains a gallery of photos of Amjad Ali Khan with an astonishing array of personalities - from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Diana Princess of Wales, from Yehudi Menuhin to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He's received a huge number of awards, but unlike many of the other Indian musicians who've become famous in the west - Ravi Shankar and Zakir Hussain, for example - he's stuck to Indian classical music and hasn't really been involved in fusion projects. For Amjad Ali Khan, his music is a serious art that deserves time and respect. He's the sixth-generation sarod player in his family, and his ancestors have developed and shaped the instrument over two hundred years.
He learned from his father Haafiz Ali Khan, who was a court musician in Gwalior up until Independence in 1947. And, in turn, Amjad Ali Khan has taught his two sons Amaan and Ayaan, born in 1977 and 1979, respectively, who are starting out on their own solo careers. You could say it's my family instrument, he says with justifiable pride. Whoever is playing the sarod today learned directly or indirectly from my forefathers.
In the West, the sitar has become better-known than the sarod, but in India both string instruments are held in the highest regard. The sarod is much smaller than the sitar and sits comfortably in the player's lap. Its sound has a lithe muscularity that is lean and clean, without the sitar's prominent jangling of sympathetic strings. The sarod does have resonant sympathetic strings, but they are fewer and far less prominent in the soundscape.
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Vatsala Mehra
Vatsala Mehra born 7 May 1955 is a Washington DC-based Ghazal/Sufi singer who has released several albums. Vatsala has performed around the globe and often referred to as Ghazal queen her diverse repertoire that includes 17 CDs/Albums, recorded with major music companies in India.Vatsala grew up in Mumbai and Delhi with here seven siblings, Her father, Devendra Kapoor was a businessman. She was introduced to music by her mother, Veenai Kapoor. Her formal training was done under Pandit Waslekar, Chotte Iqbal and Ustad Momin Khan Saab of Lucknow Gharana. She was married at age 18 and moved to the United States of America and lives in a Washington DC suburb Having settled in USA, she went to India on a regular basis to record and to perform live. In 1980 she released her first album Guftgu in 1980. It was followed by Shamakhana II, Khazana I and Khazana II , Nigahen , Hasrat , followed by Nasheeli Peshkash and two pop albums, Ole Ole and Jhoom Jhoom . Other ghazal releases include Gubar , Meri Jaan . Some of the Sufi singles released are: Laleiyan Jogee Naal in 2014 , Mere Saaiyan , Daata Ne Mennu Sab Detta , Teri Jaan De Sadke , Nasha Ishk da Holle Holle . She performed live at the Kennedy Center and the Wolf Trap
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Vishwas Shirgaonkar
Vishwas Shirgaonkar received his initial musical training from Pandit Anant Kogaje and Pandit Yeshwantbua Joshi, both stalwarts of the Gwalior Gharana. Subsequently, he was initiated into the challenging Gayaki of the Jaipur Gharana by late Pandit Anandrao Limaye. Vishwas Shirgaonkar combines the two major sub-streams of the Jaipur Gharana Gayaki. He has also received training from late Pandit Anandrao Limaye of Kolhapur, who, as a disciple of Pandit Govindbua Shaligram, belonged to the Ustad Alladiya Khan tradition. After Pandit Limaye's demise in 1994, Vishwas has been receiving training from Pandit Ratnakar Pai, another erudite guru of the Jaipur Gayaki, who is the disciple of Pandit Mohanrao Palekar and Ustad Gulubhai Jasdanwalla. Vishwas is able to maintain the specialty and the purity of this style - its solid foundation of bandish, its many-stranded elaboration of the raga, its play with the laya, and its complex taan patterns, are all evident in his singing. Through a single-minded pursuit of the basic principles of this Gayaki, Vishwas reassures the contemporary audience that the Gharana principles are far from outdated.
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