BASC Celebrates Saraswati Puja 2006
on Saturday, February 18, 2005
at Pasadena Scottish Rite Cathedral
150 N Madison Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101Puja & Program Schedule:
submission of accounts:
songs by Amrita Sen:
Nachiketa Sharma:Highlights
6:30 PM: Classical/Light-classical Vocal by Nachiketa Sharma, accompanied by Ravi Gutala on Tabla and Gopal Marathe in Harmonium
Nachiketa Sharma, the young and gifted classical singer and disciple of Padmabhusan Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, shall perform in the evening. Nachiketa's gurus include Shri B. N. Simha and Shri B. Hanumantachar. Nachiketa hails from the Dharwad district of Karnataka which produced such talents as Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai Hangal, Mallikarjun Mansur, Kumar Gandharva and Basavraj Rajguru.
Nachiketa has extensively performed in cities across India and the United States. He is a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area and a senior teacher at the Ali Akbar College of Music. He is also the lead singer of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's orchestra.
Ravi Gutala in Tabla
Ravi Gutala has trained in Hyderabad and under Pandit Swapan Chowdhuri at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music in San Raphael.
He has accompanied many eminent visiting artists such as Pandit Jasraj, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Dr. L.Subramaniam, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ms Shweta Jhaveri etc.. Ravi has also given concerts in various cities of the US. He has several recordings to his credit and also teaches tabla in the Bay Area.
Gopal Marathe in Harmonium
Gopal Marathe is an accomplished musician - a composer, singer, harmonium player and music teacher - living in Southern California since 1980. By profession he is a Microbiologist with a Ph. D. in microbiology. Originally from Karnatak, he was an All India Radio artist in Bangalore and Dharwar stations in Hindustani Sugam Sangeet.
As a harmonium player, Gopal has accompanied many world class Hindustani classical singers such as Pandit Jasraj , Girija Devi, Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Prabha Atre, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Jitendra Abhisheki, Laxmi Shankar to name a few.
