Oct 10 - Ulhas Kashalkar - vocal concert - Bay area
basant_bahar
by
Ulhas Kashalkar
accompanied by
Suresh Talwalkar on the Tabla
and
Arwind Thatte on the Harmonium
Date: Saturday October 10
Time : 6:00 p.m
at the Cubberley Auditorium, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Admission: $15, Basant Bahar donor members: Free
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Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar
Ulhas Kashalkar, has earned at a relatively young age, wide
recognition all over India and abroad as one of the premier
vocalists representing the Gwalior gharana of Khyal singing.
Ulhas was initiated to music by his illustrious father, Shri N.
D. Kashalkar, who was a well known vocalist and a
musicologist. Subsequently he came under the influence of
Pandit Ram Marathe, who not only was a well known
classical vocalist but also a highly acclaimed Marathi stage
performer. But it was Gayanacharya Late Pandit
Gajananbua Joshi who was really responsible for the development of Ulhas
as a thoughtful vocal
performer with a blend of Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur gharanas, the three
of the best known
traditions of Khyal singing.
Gifted with a melodious and superbly flexible voice, Shri Kashalkar's
vocal music appeals to the
laymen and to the connoisseurs alike. He is recognized by the stalwarts
for his repertoir of ragas
and compositions as well as his skilful exposition of a rag. As a
performer, Ulhas is outstanding
in his command over the rhythmic structure (i.e. Iayakari), the fluency
and the esthetics with
which he renders intricate taans (musical phrases) during a concert.
Ulhas is currently associated with the Sangeet Research Academy of
Calcutta as a Senior
Professor. He also is a top grade performer on the All India Radio and
has presented concerts
in the National Program Series of AIR. He has a number of recordings to
his credit and he had
very successful concert tours of U.S.A. and Canada in 1993 and 1995.
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Suresh Talwalkar
Pandit Suresh Talwalkar was initiated into "tabla" by his father,
Dattatrey Talwalkar, an accomplished pakhawaj player. Later he
received extensive and valuable guidance from stalwarts such as
Pandharinath NageshLar, and Vinayakrao Ghangrekar. To
further broaden his understanding of "layakari" he went to
Ramnad Ishwaran, a renowned mridangam player. This diverse
training and an intuitive understanding of "rhythm" has made
Suresh Talwalkar an highly acclaimed percussionist of his
generation.
Suresh Talwalkar has accompanied vocalists such as Mogubai
Kurdikar, Gajananrao Joshi, Mallikarjun Mansur, Nivruttibua
Sarnaik, Bhimsen Joshi, Kishori Amonkar, Khadim Hussain, Jitendra
Abhisheki and Jasraj.
Among the instrumentalists he has performed with are V. G. Jog (violin),
Hariprasad Chaurasia
(flute), Shivkumar Sharma (santoor), Shadid Parvez (sitar), Buddhaditya
Mukherjee (sitar), Ram
Narayan (sarangi) and Vilayat Khan (sitar).
Suresh Talwalkar has traveled widely in India and abroad to countries
that include, U.S.A.,
U.K., Germany, France, Canada, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden,
Norway, Spain, Iran,
Turkey, Cyprus, Dubai and Thailand.
Additionally, Suresh Talwalkar has become very well known for solo
performances, which are
characterized by vocal accompaniment. He is also credited for developing
and presenting ideas
such as "tal mala", "jod tal". Because of these innovations Suresh
Talwalkar's solo presentations
are unique and interesting.
Suresh Talwalkar has also keen interest in teaching tabla in the
"Gurukul" tradition. Many of his
disciples that include, Vijay G hate, Ramdas Palsule, Supreet Deshpande,
Najmuddin Javed,
Shama Bhate and his son, Satyajit Talwalkar have become well known tabla
players.
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Arawind Thatte
Arawind is known all over India as one of the most competent
accompanists on the harmonium. Born in a family with his father
and brother already accomplished harmonium players, he became
proficient in harmonium at a very early age. He also learned tabla
from a very well known teacher, Pandit G. L. Samant of Pune. His
interest in vocal music took hem to Bharat Gayan Samaj, a music
school of long standing. From 1981 to 1996 Arawind became
closely associated with Pandit Jasraj, both as a disciple in vocal
music and as an accompanist. He has accompanied Kumar
Gandharva, Bhimsen Joshi, Jasraj, Malini Rajurkar, Kishori
Amonkar, Prabha Atre, Parveen Sultana, Niwruttibua Sarnaik,
Gajanbua Joshi, Mallikarjun Mansur, Vasantrao Deshpande, Ram Marathe, K.
G. Ginde,
Jitendra Abbisheki, Laxmi Shankar, Shobha Gurtu, C. R. Vyas, Manik
Varma, Gangubai
Hangal, Girja Devi and many others.
Arawind secured the first place in All India Radio solo competition in
1982 and Kumar
Gandhrva Award from Ram Pujari Prathishthan of Solapur in 1993. He has
to his credit many
cassette and CD recordings both as an accompanist and as a solo
performer on harmonium.
In addition to being a renowned accompanist, in the past few years,
Arawind has become well
known for his innovative technique in the way he presents solo
performances. After studying the
harmonium in great depth he has also developed a special method of
tuning it correctly.
With a Ph.D. in pure mathematics Arawind has had a brilliant academic
career, but he devotes
all of his time to classical music.