World Music

As part of this year's Festival of the Arts, South Indian violinist Anuradha Sridhar will perform on Saturday, March 15 at 8:00pm in the Music Recital Hall. Anuradha Sridhar is the daughter and disciple of Srimathi Brahmanandam and the niece of the violin maestro Lalgudi Sri G. Jayaraman. Anuradha began her training in music at a young age of five and gave her maiden performance in Bangalore at the age of ten. Her first duet with her mother was at the age of twelve. Since, then, Anuradha has teamed up with her mother and given several concerts in India and the USA. As a young accompanist Anuradha was awarded the best violinist awards by the Music Academy for her performances during the years 1979, 1982 and 1984, 1999. She has lived in the United States since 1987, performing extensively as a soloist and an accompanist. In June of 1999, she launched Trinity Center for Music, a school to develop and mould good students of music and to serve and promote Carnatic music. Anuradha will be accompanied by Shriram Brahmanandam on mridangam and Mahadevan on the mohrsing. Admission for this concert is $15 general and $8 for students.

On Saturday, May 3, South Indian Carnatic vocalist Sandeep Narayan (pictured at right) and Hindustani vocalist Mahesh Kale will be performing at 8:00pm in the Music Recital Hall. Sandeep, a disciple of Sanjay Subrahmanyan, was a recipient of the "Best Junior Vocalist" award from the Indian Fine Arts Society in India. Mahesh has given numerous solo concerts in India and abroad in places like Pune, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Indore, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. He has appeared on television and radio on many occasions, including the Spirit of National Integrity Concert. He also had the privilege to work with eminent personalities like Prabhaka Karekar, Suresh Wadkar, Shridhar Phadke, Anand Modak, and Upendra Bhat. He also teaches vocal music and conducts seminars for music lovers and aspirants. The duo will be accompanied by Nishanth Chandran on violin and Nirmal Narayan on mridangam. Admission for this concert is $15 general and $8 for students.

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