Asha Seattle Presents Dr. Sharad Gadre Memorial Diwali Concert 2012

Fill your Diwali celebrations with melodious vibrations of Sitar
and vocal rendering of ragas alongwith their jugalbandi.

Join us for Diwali morning concert.

This year we bring you instrumental as well as vocal performances featuring

Sampada Bhalerao (Sitar) accompanied by Chaz Hastings(Tabla)
and
Gaurav Chanda (Vocal) accompanied by Manoj Biswas (Tabla) and Mausam (Harmonium)


When:
Saturday November 10th

Where:
Eastside Bahai Center (Room 9)
16007 NE 8th St. Bellevue, WA 98008

Co Sponsored by Pratidhwani

Suggested donation $10/per person. We are accepting cash or checks at the venue. 

Snacks and tea will be available at the venue for purchase.
All the profits and donations will go to ASHA Seattle.

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Artists performing for Asha Diwali Morning Concert 2012

Sampada Bhalerao

Sampada Bhalerao started her Hindustani classical vocal
and Sitar training at an early age with her mother, Mrs. Sarita
Mitragotri, in India. After moving to Seattle, she continued her
vocal training under the guidance of Mrs. Vasu Sunderraj and
Dr. Sharad Gadre; and her Sitar training under the guidance of
Mr. Jeff Lewis, Ustad Shujaat Khan, and Pandit Nayan Ghosh.
Currently she is learning vocal music with Pandit Dr. Vikas
Kashalkar and Sitar with Dr. Ravindra Gadgil.

Sampada has performed at the Northwest Folklife Festival,
Brihan Maharashtra Mandal Festival, Arts of India Festival, and
at various other events organized by the India Association of
Western Washington and Seattle Maharashtra Mandal.

Sampada teaches both, singing as well as Sitar in one-on-one
and group classes.


Gaurav Chanda

Gaurav Chanda began his musical training at the age of seven from Smt. Anita Roy. He then learnt from Smt. Shanti Sharma for a considerable period of time at the Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi where he developed a Kirana-Indore style of khayal gayaki. Since he moved to Seattle in 2005, he has been learning from Shri. Sharad Gadre, who has helped him imbibe rich Gwalior traditions in his music. Gaurav holds degrees in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and IIT-Delhi. He works as a software developer for Amazon.com.

Manoj Biswas

Manoj Biswas is a promising Tabla player based in Seattle. He began his studies in Tabla under Sri. Kuntal Roy, a student of Pt. Shankar Ghosh in 1991. Subsequently, after his move to Seattle in 2000 he has continued his studies under Smt. Annie Penta, and with the young virtuoso Sri. Vishal Nagar. He performs regularly in Seattle and the northwest as an accompanist for both classical and light music programs. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and is presently employed as a software engineer at Microsoft Corporation.