Fwd: fund raising concert for Amma's '05 Toronto visit

[Guest guest]

FYI.. still in the planning stage.

 

Keval

 

>

> Om Amrteswaryai Namah !

>

> We are trying to organize a concert to raise funds

> for Amma's visit to

> Toronto in 2005. Two artistes from India who will be

> doing a North American

> tour have agreed to come to Toronto for the concert.

> The date for the

> concert has been set as Saturday April 9. The venue

> will be announced soon.

>

> The artistes are

>

> Rahul Sharma - Santoor

> Rahul Sharma is one of the bright young Santoor

> players. He is the son and

> disciple of Santoor pioneer and the person most

> responsible for its rise as

> a classical instrument, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma.

> Rahul Sharma was born in 1972. He started learning

> santoor at the age of

> twelve from his father Pt. Shivkumar Sharma.

> Rahul Sharma has quickly become a sought after

> concert artist. He has

> received rave reviews from critics. He has also

> released several CDs, some

> solo and some with his father. He has also

> collaborated with international

> musicians like pianist Richard Clayderman, and

> keyboardist Kersi Lord. He

> has also provided music for a Hindi feature film

> Mujhse Dosti Karoge.

> Music has now become a full-time obsession with

> Rahul, who, besides cutting

> several albums, has also collaborated with Western

> musicians to create a new

> kind of fusion music. Delhi was just witness to his

> concert with the

> legendary French pianist Richard Clayderman.

>

> What's more, Rahul has also assisted his father in

> his compositions for

> Hindi movies such as Chandni, Lamhe (Kabhie main

> kahoon....) and Sahibaan,

> while the compositions for Yash Chopra's Mujhse

> Dosti Karoge are entirely

> his own.

>

> Aditya Kalyanpur- Tabla

> Aditya Kalyanpur is a disciple of world-renowned

> Tabla maestros, the late

> Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain. He was

> introduced to the art of

> Tabla when barely five years old. He has performed

> at several prestigious

> concerts all over the country, along with Ustad

> Zakir Hussain and also as a

> soloist and accompanist at various music festivals

> in India and abroad.

> Aditya has performed on MTV, VTV, Sahara TV, In

> Mumbai, Zee Music and

> several other channels, besides doing fusion music

> with renowned jazz

> musician Louis Banks and other international

> artistes.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya !

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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