Tours

India Arts and Culture Council
10940 SW Barnes Road, PMB 302, Portland, OR-97225.

Classical Violin concert by renowned maestro
Padmabhushan Dr. L. Subramaniam

L. Subramaniam, greatest of classical Indian violinists, was both Paganini and Poet ---
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“Through every one of his pieces, Dr. Subramaniam made it amply clear that he is, in fact, the greatest bowman today”
THE HINDU, Chennai

Indian Classical Recital featuring mandolin maestro U. Srinivas has enraptured audiences throughout the world with his brilliance on the instrument, which he alone developed and into a solo instrument in the South Indian classical repertoire. A child prodigy, he gave his first public appearance at the age of nine and went on to receive the prestigious title of Padma Shree award from the President of India. He has recorded several of albums for labels including Realworld, BMG, EMI among others. He also tours regularly with Indian-Jazz ensemble Remember Shakti with guitarist John McLaughlin and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. He will be joined by his brother U. Rajesh as on mandolin to provide riveting mandolin duets, on percussion is Muruga Boopathy on mridangam (a traditional barrel shaped South Indian drum), and S. V. Ramani on ghatam (an ancient musical clay pot).

Rasika is the proud sponsor of U. Shrinivas's US tour this year. Here is the list of cities that will be featuring his concerts:

Fri 28 April 2006	St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN.
Sat 29 April 2006	St. Louis, MO
Sun 30 April 2006	Wichita, KS
Fri 5th May 2006	NY Society for Ethical Culture,2 West 64th St. New York
Sat 6th May 2006	Colonial Middle School Auditorium 716 Belvoir Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Sun 7th May 2006	Akins High School 10701 S. 1st Street, Austin, TX 78748
Fri 12th May 2006	Rasika Dallas -- http://dallas.rasika.org
Sat 13th May 2006	Rasika Seattle, Kane Hall 130 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Sun 14th May 2006	Rasika Portland, First Unitarian Church, Portland, OR.
Fri 19th May 2006	San Diego venue tba
Sat 20th May 2006	Los Angeles, CA
6:30 pm Sun 21st May 2006	Chabot College Performing Arts Center,25555 Hesperian Blvd. Hayward, CA
Mon 22nd May 2006	Free !! 312-744-6630 Preston Bradley Hall at Chiacgo Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St.

RASIKA presents National tour of GAJAMUKHA - Temple Dance Ballet
US National Tour time: 15th Sept to Nov 2004.

A grand dance ballet featuring Bharatha Natyam, Kuchipudi and Mohini Attam classical dance styles from Southern India with live orchestra presenting the mythological stories of the Elephant headed Lord Ganesha. Research, Principal Dancer & Choreographer: Dr. Jayanthi Raman, 2003 NDP Grant recipient collaborating with dream team of musicians, composers, lyricists, visual artists and dancers to present a memorable evening of enchanting dance.

Featuring troupe of 12 world class musicians and dancers from India
***UNIQUE: 5 Major episodic pieces set to music by five renowned musicians and original lyrical compositions of renowned contemporary lyricists.

Music: Padmavibushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Padmavibushan Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman, Bhagavatulu Seetharama Sharma, Pandit Ganesh Iyer (Ganesh-Kumaresh) & Rajesh Vaidya

Lyrics: Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao (Sanskrit), Prof. VaVeSu (Tamil)
& Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna (Telugu); Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman (Tillana)

Grand theatrical dance ballet in multilingual format with multimedia presentation

12 Member troupe of world class artists
Six Dancers performing the three classical dance styles from Southern India.
Featuring 2003 NDP grant recipient Dr. Jayanthi Raman as principal dancer & choreographer
Five Orchestra members:
Classical Vocalist - O.S. Arun
Percussionists- Kesavan & Ramakrishnan
Veena (ancient string instrument of India) player by Rajesh Vaidya
Bamboo Flute player - V.K. Raman
& Technician/stage manager: Murugan Krishnan

October/November 2003: Bharatha Natyam dance ballet by troupe of ten dancers and musicians featuring the popular dancer/actress Shobana.

An enchanting evening of Bharatha Natyam by this expressive talented troupe lead by Shobana as the principal dancer. A collective traditional 'Margam' of Bharatha Natyam is presented with live orchestra of four musicians. Shobana the dancer has been the in the field for the last 30 years. After her initiation under Guru K.J. Sarasa, Shobana did her advanced training under Smt. Chitra Visveswaran. Shobana branched out as an independent, individual performing artist when she entered her twenties. Ever since, Shobana has established herself as a pre-eminent exponent of Bharathnatyam, performing in a wide range of traditional and contemporary platforms. Shobana has also performed along with artists of stature such as Ustad Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayak Ram, Sonal Mansingh, and Padma Subramanyam.

April to June 2003- Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duo Concert
Neyvali Venkatesh- Mridangam

Ganesh and Kumaresh: . Having learnt to play from their father and Guru Shri. T.S.Rajagopalan, Violin has come so naturally to both of them. In their career already spanning three decades, these brilliant musicians have created a distinct niche for themselves and are very popular for their entertaining and ascetic performances. They lead this wonderful musical ensemble. They have toured all over the world performing for different audiences and winning their appreciation.

Born in a family of musicians, Jayanthi, niece of the Violin Legend Lalgudi. G. Jayaraman, is the disciple of Smt. Padmavathy Ananthagopalan, who is a senior and distinguished veena player. Jayanthi had the rare privilege of being one of the select few disciples of Veena Virtuoso Dr. S. Balachander. Jayanthi started her concert career playing with her guru Smt. Padmavathy Ananthagopalan . The duo performed widely all over India and abroad. Jayanthi also performed a great number of concerts in the famous 'Violin-Veena -Venu' trio along with Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi and Sikkil Mala under the guidance of her Uncle Sri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. She is right now one of the leading veena players of the world. She has established herself as an artiste with 'rare insight, classicism and technical sophistication'.