About performing artists.

                  Vocalist.Sanjeev Chimmalgi.

Sanjeev Chimmalgi is one of the most prominent and promising Hindustani classical singers of new generation.He has been singing professionally since from early twenties and has performed all over India as well as US,the UK and Spain.Sanjeev's concerts are known for fluidity and grace-his forte being a highly sophisticated treatment of the Raga and delicacy of his approach to both "Swar" and "Bol".His presentation speaks volumes of cherished values of Indian classical music tradition.viz.simplicity,lucidity and refinement.Sanjeev Chimmalgi's singing style showcases on the uncanny ability where he is able to weave the various important aspects of Kirana,Gwalior and Agra Gharanas.He has also been avid explorer of popular form such as Bhajan,Sugam sangeet,film-song and Contemporary Fusion.
   Sanjeev was born on July 29 1972 into a music lover family.His grandfather,Chimmalgi Master was a great Tabla artist and celebrated "rasika"(an important category in the musical firmament)of Dharwad,Karnataka.Sanjeev's father M.V.Chimmalgi was also a great rasika and a pioneer in promoting classical music in Navi Mumbai(New Bombay).His untiring efforts in this direction left on indelible impression a Sanjeev,Sparkling in him a deep love and devotion for classical music.
           Sanjeev showed exceptional talent for singing while in school.His parents sent him to Smt.Krishna Lahiri & Shri.Prabhakar Gune for elementary lessons in Indian Classical music at the age of 12.
         In 1986,at the age of 14 he started learning under "Kirana gharana vocalist"Vocalist Pandit Madhav Gudi(disciple of legendary Pandit Bhimsen Joshi)of Dharwad.He spenr 4years imbibing the basics of kirana gayaki.During this time he also persuaded a diploma in instrumentation engineering.
         In 1991,Sanjeev became a "Ganda-Bandh" & disciple of the master vocalist & doyen among teachers.Padmabhushan Pandit C.R.Vyas accepted Sanjeev as his shishya in the August presence of luminaries like Pandit Jasraj,Pandit SCR.Bhat & Pandit J.V.Bhatkhande.On this day Sanjeev also gave his first public performance,this was the day Sanjeev decided to take up music as his full time vocation under the able guidance of his guru Sanjeev learnt nuances of Raga-Shastra(principles of Raga)developments and techniques.Not wasting a single opportunity of being with his mentor he travelled all over India with Vyas ji giving him vocal support and in the process getting hands on training in stage performance.
        Sanjeev has,ever since,continued performing across the country & abroad,receiving a number awards and honours and building forays into film music,theatre and contemporary Fusion.
        He is learning Carnatic music from Smt.T.R.Balamani followed by flautist vocalist Shri.S.Balachander.currently he is teaching Hindustani classical music under Guru-shishya parampara at Navi Mumbai(New Bombay).
                    
                      Awards and Accolades

•  Zee Gaurav Nomination, V Shantaram Puraskar Nomination, Maharashtra Shasan Puraskar Nomination 2006.

• Best male playback singing for the marathi film 'Aai Shappath'.

•  Sangeetha Shiromani Award 2005-2006 - A prestigious award comprising of a citation and Rs 25,000/- cash given by Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha to young musicians of repute.

•       National Scholarship 1995- 1998

•      A two-year Government of India National Scholarship for Young Achievers in the field of Indian music. This was extended to three years based on excellent progress.

•     AIR Music competition 1993 - Winner of this all India youth under-23 competition conducted by All India Radio and as a result became a graded artiste of AIR.

              


        Santoor Maestro.Pandit Satish Vyas.

Renowned Santoor Maestro Pandit Satish Vyas , blessed with a formidable musical background and training, thanks to both his father and his guru, continues to build an outstanding reputation as a soloist on the Santoor (hammered dulcimer). His first fortune was to be born the son of Padma Bhushan (Late) Pandit C. R. Vyas , one of the most respected vocalists on the Indian music scene, a fine and highly knowledgeable performer who was the young Satish's first teacher. His second fortune was to be accepted as a disciple by the great legend Padma Vibhushan Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma - a man so identified with his instrument that classical Indian Santoor playing is unthinkable without Shiv Kumar Sharma's contribution to the art.

Before taking the decision to make music his profession, Satish Vyas had completed his education with Bachelor's and Master's degrees in science & MBA, and even begun to establish a career in the business world. This background is no doubt of use to him in his work as a major and one of the most successful organisers of classical music festivals in India, and indeed as Artistic Director of Navras Records in India.

Born on 16th November 1952, Satish started learning vocal music from his father at the age of 14 as a result of listening to a Santoor recital. Although his initial grounding took place in the idiom of his father's lingo as it were, it was to Santoor that young Satish's heart was set. At the request of his father, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma took Satish on as his disciple.

Pandit Satish Vyas has been a regular concert artist for the last more than 25 years or so, performing and recording all over the world, more extensively in the USA, UK & Europe, Japan and Australasia. In 1997, he was the only non-Western instrumentalist invited to perform in Venice, Italy at the "Mostra Mozart Festival",organised by the prestigious European Mozart Foundation. Vyas had also manifested his versatility by performing as a "guest musician" with the Jazz / World Music Fusion Group, "Silk" accompanying the renowned vocalist Shankar Mahadevan, the Percussion maestro Sivamani, well known Composer /Pianist / Keyboard artiste Louis Banks and Karl Peters (Bass Guitar) at a Barbican Centre concert in London few years back.  He also had the privilege of performing at the world famous EDINBURGH Festival in Scotland.

Pandit Satish Vyas has a number of recordings to his credit with labels such as UK-based Navras Records, Music Today, Times Music, BMG Crescendo and Sony Music.

The Government Of India has honoured Pandit Satish Vyas with the most prestigious civilian award Padma Shri in 2003.

Recently in October 2010 he was bestowed upon with KUMAR GANDHARVA RASHTRIYA SAMMAN by Kumar Gandharva Foundation.

                                   

Indian slide Guitarist.Manish Pingale

Indian Slide Guitarist.Manish Pingale.
HERE IS ONE OF HIS  AWESOME PERFORMANCE WITH Amit  Kavthekar.

   Born in family of music lovers Manish was introduced to music by his mother.Later on he was groomed under the able guidance of Late.Shri.V.R.Waliwadekar of Indore.He then continued his training under the tutelage of Ustad.Shahid Parvez, the famous Sitar Maestro from Itawa Gharana.

   Manish is an approved artist of A.I.R & T.V and has an sangeet visharad degree from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya to his credit.
He has been awarded the title"Surmani"by Sur Shringar samsad Mumbai.He has won 1st prize in Yuva Sangeet & Nritya Mahotsava organized by the SCZCC Nagpur in 1992.Manish has recorded for an music album in"IN THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS"with the French Music composer Hector Zazon.Manish has travelled various cities of Spain & France(Euroupe)for his solo,duets & fusion concerts.Manish has performed an opening solo concert in Clandestine festival 2010 held in Gothenburg,Sweden & did Indian Music workshops in various cities of Sweden.He has also performed at The festival of India,Organised by ICCR,held in different cities of China in September 2010.Manis has been Part of Daksha Sheth Dance Company & played concerts with the company in India &  abroad.


     Tabla Maestro Pandit. Yogesh Samsi

Pandit.Yogesh Samsi.
HERE IS ONE OF HIS AWESOME PERFORMANCE WITH Tanmay Deochake.

Pandit.Yogesh Samsi solo with Tanmay Deochake(harmonium).

 Pandit Yogesh Samsi is one of those rare Tabla players whose reputation has been built on his consummate artistry,in both fields of accompaniment & solo playing.The son of the renowed Vocalist Pandit.Dinkar Kaikini.Yogesh Samsi was intiated into tabla by his father at the tender age of four & later received guidance under Pandit.H. Taranth Rao.However,it was under the gifted tutelage of the legendary Ustad Alla Rakha that Yogesh received intense training for twenty three years and matured into a fine young Tabla player.
      Yogesh has accompanied almost all the top ranking instrumentalists & vocalists & dancers of India,including Ustad Vilayat Khan,Pt.Dinkar Kaikini,Pt.Bhimsen Joshi,Pt.Shivkumar Sharma,Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia,Ustad.Amjad Ali Khan & Pt.Birju Maharaj.Apart from accompaniment Yogesh has performed humerous memorable solo performances in India & abroad.He has also had the privilege of accompanying his teacher Ustad Alla Rakha & his son the great maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain in solo performances. 
    

Vocalist.Aditya  Khandwe.

Young Vocalist.Aditya Khandwe
Aditya has inherited a unique blend of Jaipur and Gwalior Gharana to his Gayaki through his Guru parampara.Due to the exposure of traditional form of music from all his Gurus,Aditya retains the pure form of ragas and their renderings in his performances.His facet of his gayaki is well appreciated by by the knowledgeable audience.
     Through his accompaniment to Talyogi Pt.Suresh Talwalkar's solo performances the rhythm or the Taal side of the gayaki is developed immensely.The layakaris,taans and his consummate ease with tabla in his performances has a big mass appeal.
      The foundation of classical musical being so strong,Aditya handles light classical form with equal ease.Through his mother he is exposed to the Banaras style of Thumri from late Pandit.Rajabhau Kogje.His Natya sangeet performance have also won him many awards and acclaims. 

Sitarist.Ravindra Chari

Great Sitarist Ravindra Chary.

Born in a family rich in musical tradition, Ravindra's musical instincts asserted early. His father Late Pt. Prabhakar Chari, a noted tabla player from Goa initiated his musical training in Harmonium, Tabla and Sitar. 

He continued to nurture his child's potential and zeal for sitar placing him under the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. 

He learnt Harmonium from Pt. Tulshidas Borkar.

Later Ravi moved to Mumbai where he studied under great sitar maestros like Pt. Pushparaj Koshti, Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan and Ustad Shahid Parvez,which continues till today 

Highly acclaimed by critics and connoisseurs alike for his excellent command over laya and layakari, his sitar recitals are crowned by an exposition that is melodious and rich at times even complex. He has performed with great Indian musicians including Ustad Allah Rakha, Kishori Amonkar, Mrudangam wizard Umalayapuram Shivaraman, Ustad Sultan khan, Pt. Suresh Talwalkar,Trilok Gurtu,Louiz Banks, Sivamani, Ranjit Barot, Fazal Quereshi, Shama Bhate, Amit Heri, Merlin D'Souza,Taufiq Quereshi etc. on various projects. At present teaching at Sharda Sangeet Vidhyalaya, Bandra-Mumbai.

Recipient of fellowship from HRD, Government of India and prestigious Surmani award, Ravindra's recitals have been broadcast on radio and television. He was also a lecturer in Music at Mumbai University.

He has acquired the rare combination of mastering Harmonium and Sitar. His students have won many prizes due to his unique style of playing and teaching.

Violin prodigy Ragini Shankar.

 

Violin prodigy Ragini Shankar, one the highly gifted daughters of the violin maestro Dr. Sangeeta Shankar began her training in music from the tender age of 4 at the feet of her illustrious grandmother, Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam, the ace violinist of the country. Having been born and brought up in an atmosphere surcharged with high caliber music round the clock, Ragini has taken to music as a duck takes to water. Her progress has been enormously astonishing and she has reached a high level of proficiency on the violin. She has appeared on many platforms all over the country and abroad in solo as well as jugalbandi concerts with her younger sister Nandini, and has been highly applauded by music enthusiasts. Ragini, being multitalented, is also a budding music director, composing music for short films.She has also excelled in her academics being a top ranker in Mechanical engineering.



Vocal genius Shaunak Abhisheki.

Vocal genius.Shaunak Abhisheki,the gifted son and disciple of the Maestro Pandit.Jitendra

Abhisheki.Shaunak a leading vocalist of young generation has beautiful combination of Agra and Jaipur styles of Hindustani Classical Music.Already considered a young Maestro,this sought a privilege of training under Shrimati.Kamaltai Tambe of Jaipur Gharana and of course under his illustrious father.The rich experience of this distinct styles moulded him into acquire flexibility which,is not very common.Apart from his skillful mastery over the technicalities of music.Shaunak's aesthetic approach towards the lyrical content & his keen sensitivity towards the emotive aspects of a composition,gives his performance universal appeal.

Shaunak has carried forward his father's musical legacy giving it a new dimensions.Shaunak's voice is a great combination of power and emotion which is enhanced by his impressive diction.Following his father's footsteps Shaunak has tried to blend technical virtuiosity emotional appeal in his gayaki.he also performs special programmes like "Swarabhishek","Tulsi ke Ram and Kabir"and"Marathi Abhanga vani".He has also performed in Indian festivals as well as in abroad.He has been awarded with 7prestigious awards such as "Pune ki asha puraskar","Balgandharva puraskar","Zee gaurav puraskar","N.C.P.A.Excellence award,""Saraswatibai Rane puraskar","Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Puraskar","Symbiosis University Cultural award". 

About inaugural concert of Disha.

                       

Shyamal Music Foundation(SMF)a non-profit trust in Mumbai founded by Tabla exponent Aditya Kalyanpur in associated with IES's  Kala  Vikas  Mandal has  launched   a  monthly series"DISHA:LEGENDS -GEN NEXT"(A dedication to tabla Legend Late.Ustad Allarakha 'Abbaji') on 27th August 2011.

 The  inaugural concert for Disha featured  Flute Maestro Rakesh Chaurasia and Tabla Maestro Aditya Kalyanpur(Disciple of Late.Ustad Allarakha and Ustad.Zakir Hussain).
    Launch festival was inaugurated by Percussion Maestro Taufiq Qureshi in presence of Rakesh Chaurasia,Aditya Kalyanpur,Arvind Vaidya and Mrs.Khedkar.

Introduction to Shyamal Music Foundation.

Shyamal Music Foundation is a voluntary non- profit 80-G certificate authorized trust Organization registered with the Charity Commissioner of Mumbai under the Charitable Institution Act 1950.The objective of the trust is to
A. Promote the performing art of Indian Classical Music throughout India and abroad.
B.Provide a platform to young and upcoming artists to showcase their talents.
C.Provide financial assistance to poor cancer patients. 
The Trust is headed by Aditya Kalyanpur, a foremost disciple of Tabla Maestros late Ustad  Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, and himself one of the most promising Tabla players of this generation (www.adityatabla.com). Mr. Kalyanpur founded the Trust in late 2007, in memory of his beloved mother who lost her life battling cancer and herself felt strongly about encouraging budding talents, as well alleviating the pain and suffering of those ailing.

The main objective of the trust is to provide a platform to the next Generation of Legendary artists and upcoming artists to showcase their talents & to offer financial assistance to cancer patients through the hosting of DISHA!