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Tickets : $5 (with GT ID); $10 (non-GT)
Free for Aarohi 2008 members
info : aarohi@gatech.edu or ppc@gatech.edu
Performances of North and South Indian classical Music by:
Dr. Ravi Subramanian, Asst. Professor - College of Management, Georgia Tech (Carnatic recital on the Electric Guitar)
Ravi received his training in Indian classical music from the late Gomati Sitaram at The Fine Arts Society, Mumbai. He has been actively involved in encouraging interest in Indian classical music and dance on various campuses during his academic career. Although trained in the Carnatic violin, one of his hobbies is experimenting with other instruments and genres. His most recent experiment is Carnatic music on the electric guitar.
Dr.Parag Chordia, Asst. Professor - Music Department, Georgia Tech (Hindustani Sarod recital) Pritviraj Bhattacharjee (tabla),
Parag is a sarod player and is a disciple of Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta, one of the greatest of all Indian sarodiyas. Before that, he studied with Michael Robbins, a disciple of of two legends of Indian classical music Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitre and Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
Pritviraj is one of the finest young tabla players in America. He has studied with Ustad Allah Rakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain and has accompanied many of India's leading artists.
Ria Mukherjee, Undergrad Student - ISYE Department, GeorgiaTech (Hindustani Vocal recital)
Ria Mukherjee has received training in Hindustani vocal music under the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in India, from Kaustav Ray and his father,Pandit Biresh Ray. She specializes in the style of the Kirana gharana.
