Sangeet Safar : A South Asian Journey
Dear Friend of Sangeet,
Please be our guest on this musical journey around the Indian
subcontinent. Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer
Oliver Rajamani joins sitarist Amie
Maciszewski and percussionist Lauren Chechhio
to present traditional and new music to move the spirit!
Sunday, August 5
8:00-10-ish p.m.
Flipnotics, Barton Springs Rd.
No cover charge, but donations welcome.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Amie Maciszewski
Sangeet Safar
- A South Asian Journey
with
Amie Maciszewski
Oliver Rajamani
Lauren Chechhio
Sunday, August 5, 2007
8:00-10-ish p.m.
Flipnotics on Barton Springs Rd.
No cover, but donations welcome
The Indian Classical Music Circle of Austin (ICMCA) is proud to
present our fourth program of this, our 16th year, a
classical dance ballet, titled
“Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum”
(performed by The Silambam Dance
Company of North America)
Details are as
follows:
Date:
August 19, 2007 (Sunday)
Time:
5:00 PM
Place:
Akins High School Auditorium
10701 S. 1st Street,
Austin, TX 78748
Admission: Regular: $20
Students/Seniors: $10
Free for ICMCA members
Information: Phone: 512-448-6740/E-mail:
info@icmca.org, URL :http://www.icmca.org
An internationally acclaimed dance
ballet, Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum (KVJ) was originally
conceived and choreographed in 1989 by Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy
for the Chennai (India) Chapter of the International Dance
Alliance. Since its premiere, Krishnam Vande Jagatgurum has
been performed widely to packed audiences, and had a successful
tour of the US in 1992.
Krishnam
Vande Jagatgurum is
Sanskrit for “I salute Krishna, Guru to the Universe.” Krishna, a
mythological Indian Hercules-like hero, is revered throughout
India in various forms. Through the centuries, he has occupied
the central role in several plays, epics, musical and dance
performances, and occupies an iconic position in the Indian
cultural ethos. Krishna’s life-story has a Moses-like start, as
his father transports him out of the prison where he is born (and
condemned to death at birth by his evil uncle) across the River
Yamuna (which duly parts to let him through) to his foster
parents, Yashoda & Nanda, the cowherd king.
Krishna grows up
as a playful child who performs great feats to the amazement of
Yashoda; as a charming cowherd whose flute-playing mesmerizes his
audiences (bovine and otherwise); as a protector of his people
against both the elements and evil forces; as an incarnation of
Vishnu (the Sustainer and Protector of the Universe); and lastly,
as the narrator of the sourcebook of Indian philosophy, “The
Bhagavad Gita” (The Song Celestial), and thus Guru to the
Universe.
Krishnam
Vande Jagatgurum tells
these stories with great elegance and fluidity, in a manner
designed for an international audience to easily grasp. In
1992, reviewing the performance, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said
"The dancers told poetic stories of Krishna with precise technique
and communicative power. Their electrifying energy and dramatic
projection seemed to flow from the pulsing rhythms and expressive
melodies."
Professor Raghupathi is a premier exponent
of the Bharatanatyam style of dance that evolved in South India
centuries ago and has become the premier classical dance form all
over India. Raghupathi founded a dance school in Chennai, India
in 1970, known as Shree Bharatalaya, which has turned out some of
India’s finest dancers and dance teachers. Fifteen years after
KVJ first premiered, Raghupathi’s
senior disciples, now performers and teachers in their own right,
based in various locations in North and Central America, have come
together to bring this premiere production back to the stage in
the United States.
We invite one
and all to join us for this feast of music and expressive dance,
presented by some of North America’s finest exponents and teachers
of Bharatanatyam.
The Indian Classical Musical Circle
of Austin (ICMCA) is a non-profit tax-exempt cultural organization
founded in 1991 to bring high caliber Indian music to Austin
audiences. This event is funded in part with a grant from the
City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, and by the
Texas Commission on the Arts.
The Indian
Classical Music Circle of Austin (ICMCA) is proud to present our
fifth program of this, our 16th year, a
violin-percussion ensemble, headlined by the violin legend
Dr. L. Subramaniam
(a.k.a. “The Menuhin of the East”)
(with a percussion ensemble including a mridangam,
ghatam, kanjira and moorsing)
Details are as
follows:
Date:
September 8, 2007 (Saturday)
Time:
6:00 PM
Place:
Westlake High School Fine Arts Facility
4100 Westbank Drive, Austin, TX 78726
Admission: Regular: $50/$35/$20
Students/Seniors: $40/$25/$10
Free for ICMCA members
Information: Phone:
512-448-6740/E-mail: info@icmca.org/http://www.icmca.org
(go to
http://www.indianviolin.com for information about Dr. L.
Subramaniam)
Dr. L. Subramaniam, known sometimes as the "Menuhin
of the East" and as the "Paganini of Indian Classical Music," has
won acclaim worldwide with his enchanting melodies. As Lord Yehudi
Menuhin himself said, "I find nothing more inspiring than the
music-making of my very great colleague Subramaniam. Each time I
listen to him, I am carried away in wonderment."
Not only is Dr. L.
Subramaniam an exceptional violinist in the South Indian Carnatic
form of classical music, he has also firmly established himself
as one of the foremost composers in the realm of East-West
orchestral compositions. Dr. Subramaniam’s insatiable musical
curiosity has made short shrift of all kinds of technique, of all
types of form (he has composed for several western classical
orchestras and ballets) and of all new experiences (he was a
musical advisor to Peter Brook about the sound concepts for his
“Mahabharata”).
He has composed music for a select few films,
including “Salaam Bombay” and “Mississippi Masala” and was the
featured soloist for Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Little Buddha” and
“Cotton Mary” of Merchant – Ivory Productions).
Dr. Subramaniam’s
Father and Guru, Professor V. Lakshminarayana were the driving
force behind their son and the reason he chose a life in music.
Passionate about music, Subramaniam was also dedicated to Science.
He studied medicine, finishing his M.B.B.S at Madras Medical
College and registered as a General Practitioner. Subsequently he
did his Master’s Degree in Western Classical Music in California
and he finally decided to dedicate his life to music. From then
on, his artistic activity was to spread in many directions.
Attracted by his
unusual musical phrasing, several western musicians wanted to play
with him. Since 1973, Subramaniam has made historic
collaborations and recordings with people like Yehudi Menuhin,
Stephane Grappelli, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Ruggiero Ricci, Arve
Tellefsen, Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample, Stanley Clarke, George
Duke, Al Jarreau, Jean Luc Ponty, Earl Klugh, Larry Corryel, Corky
Seagal , Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, John Surman, Maynard
Ferguson and Robbie Coltrane.
Dr. Subramaniam, in
his performance in Austin, will be accompanied by no less than
four percussionists, on the Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira
and Moorsing. His concert promises to be true to his
billing as the greatest Indian classical violinist of his age, and
truly a “Menuhin of the East.”
The Indian Classical Musical Circle
of Austin (ICMCA) is a non-profit tax-exempt cultural organization
founded in 1991 to bring high caliber Indian music to Austin
audiences. This event is funded in part with a grant from the
City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, and by the
Texas Commission on the Arts.
