TWENTIETH SEASON, 2006-2007

Sept 16, 2006 Dr. Rajeev Chakraborty – Sarod, Jess Bannister – Saxophone, Subhen Chatterjee – TablaVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Oct 13, 2006 ‘Ekaanth Seetha’ – a Bharatnatyam dance drama choreographed by V.P. and Shanta DhananjayanVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 11, 2006 Aarti Ankalikar-Tikekar – North Indian Vocalist, Milind Kulkarni – Harmonium, Ramdas Pulsule – TablaVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

March 3, 2007 Pandit G. S. Sachdev – Flute and Abhiman Kaushal – TablaVenue: First Congregational Church


March 31, 2007 Kumaresh and Ganesh – Violin Duo with Sivaraman – Mridangam and Guruprasad – GhatamVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

April 31, 2007 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma – Santoorwith Ustad Zakir Hussain – TablaVenue: First Congregational Church

NINETEENTH SEASON, 2005-2006

Aug 26, 2005 Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Chandalika’, performed by Mamata Shanker’s Ballet TroupeVenue: Newmark Theater

Sept 24, 2005 ‘The Heartbeat Ensemble’, South Indian classical instrumental music, led by Ghatam KarthickVenue: Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

Nov 5, 2005 ‘Sajda to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’, a musical tribute by Kailash Kher and troupeVenue: Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

Mar 18, 2006 Jugalbandi with Shashank on Basuri, Purbayan Chatterjee on the SitarVenue: Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

April 14, 2006 ‘Yugama’ – an Odissi-Bharatnatyam Dance Ballet by the Shrishti Dance CompanyVenue: Newmark Theater

May 13, 2006 Carnatic Violin Duet by Mysore Manjunath and Mysore NagarajVenue: First Congregational Church


EIGHTEENTH SEASON, 2004-2005

Sept 18, 2004 Prasanna – South Indian Ragas on the guitar, Lakshman Mahadevan – mridangamVenue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Oct 1, 2004 Unni Krishnan – South Indian Classical vocalistVenue: Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus

Oct 8, 2004 Silappadikaaram – A Bharatanatyam Dance Ballet, performed by the AVIGNA Dance EnsembleVenue: Deb Fennell Auditorium Tigard High School

Oct 22, 2004 L. Shankar – Double Violin, Sivamani – Drums,  Zakir Hussain -TablaVenue: First Congregational Church

Nov 04, 2004 Lecture/Demonstration by Shubhendra Rao – SitarVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis and Clark College

Nov 05, 2004 Shubhendra Rao – SitarVenue: Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis and Clark College

Feb 26, 2005 Ravi Kiran – Chitra Veena, Shashank – FluteVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis and Clark College

Mar 26, 2005 Mandira Lahiri – Hindustani Vocals, Manoj Biswas – Tabla, Mohan Khandekar – HarmoniumVenue: BAPS Temple, Tigard

Apr 15, 2005 Kathakali – A Dance PresentationVenue: Deb Fennell Auditorium Tigard High School

May 7, 2005 Vishwa Mohan Bhatt with Shuben Chatterjee on the tabla
Venue: First Congregational Church


SEVENTEENTH SEASON, 2003-2004

Jul 18, 2003 Soli Kapadia of Mumbai – VocalistVenue: Wingate Inn, Hillsboro, OR

Aug 31, 2003 Bhagvad Gita – Shakti Dance CompanyVenue: Newmark Theatre, PCPA, Portland, OR

Sep 12, 2003 Oregon Symphony Presents: Ravi Shankar – SitarVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Sept 26, 2003 Remember Shakti – John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, U. Shrinivas and V. SelvaganeshVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Oct 18, 2003 Gaurav Mazumdar – SitarVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Oct 24, 2003 O.S. Thyagarajan – Carnatic VocalVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Nov 8, 2003 S. Rajam & T.N. Krishnan – North & South Indian Classical Violin DuoVenue: First Congregational Church

Feb 28, 2004 Shweta Zaveri, Vocals with Abhiman Kaushal, Tabla, North Indian Classical VocalVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Mar 27, 2004 Dr. Suma Sudhindra ,”Tarangini Veena”  with Sailaja Dharmala, Violin and RamamurthyDharmala, Mridangam  – South Indian KarnaticVenue: Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus

Apr 30, 2004 Zakir Hussain – Masters of PercussionVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

SIXTEENTH SEASON, 2002-2003

Aug 23, 2002 Karyshma – A Contemporary Rendition of Hindustani RagasVenue: Newmark Theatre PCPA

Sep 14, 2002 Ravikiran, Chitra Veena, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Mohana Veena – Instumental Jugal BandiVenue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Sep 27, 2002 A.K.C. Natarajan (clarinet) – Carnatic InstrumentalVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Oct 12, 2002 Kaveri and Manasi Troupe – Kathak BalletVenue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Nov 10, 2002 L. Shankar – Double Violin, Zakir Hussain – TablaVenue: First Congregational Church

Mar 15, 2003 Kelucharan Mohpatra & Troupe – Odissi DanceVenue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Apr 5, 2003 Subhendra Rao – Sitar – Hindustani InstrumentalVenue: First Congregational Church

Apr 18, 2003 Alarmel Valli – Bharatanatyam DanceVenue: Deb Fennel Auditorium, Tigard High School

May 17, 2003 Pandits Rajan and Sajan Misra – Hindustani Vocal DuetVenue: First Congregational Church

May 30, 2003 Aruna Sayeeram – Carnatic VocalVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

FIFTEENTH SEASON, 2001-2002

Aug 2, 2001 Shakti Chakra – performed by 14 dancers and musiciansVenue: Newmark Theatre

Sep 21, 2001 Rakesh Chaurasia – bansuri (flute); Rahul Sharma – Santoor (akin to hammer dulcimer); Meditative music from the next generationVenue: First Congregational Church

Oct 20, 2001 Veena Sahasrabuddhe – Hindustani VocalistVenue: Evan’s Auditorium – Lewis & Clark College

Nov 2, 2001 Gypsy Caravan – East meets West: Troupe of Rajastani and European musicans and dancersVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Feb 2, 2002 Shujat Husaain Khan – Classical Hindustani Instrumental MusicVenue: First Congregational Church

Mar 3, 2002 Sanjay Subramaniam – Carnatic VocalistVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 13, 2002 Balakrishna Iyengar – Carnatic VeenaVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 20, 2002 Dr. Som Majumdar – Workshop on Hindustani Classical MusicVenue: Elliot Chapel, Reed College

May 17, 2002 Zakir Hussain – Masters of PercussionVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

May 31, 2002 Mohini Attam – Classical Indian DanceVenue: Evan’s Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

FOURTEENTH SEASON, 2000-2001

Aug 18, 2000 “Mohini Bhasmasura” – A Bhartanatyam Dance Ballet by Radha Sridhar & Ten ArtistsVenue: Newmark Theatre

Sep 8, 2000 “Music without Boundaries” – Hari Prasad Chaurasia, flute; Egberto Gismonti, guitar/piano; Sivamani, percussion; Vijay Ghate, tablaVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Sep 30, 2000 “Shrikant Deshpande” & Accompanists – Hindustani VocalVenue: Evans Auditorium – Lewis & Clark College

Oct 21, 2000 “Odissi Dance” by Kelucharan Mohapathra and TroupeVenue: Deb Fennell Auditorium, Tigard High School

Nov 13, 2000 “Remember Shakti” – John Mclaughlin, guitar; Zakir Hussain, Tabla; V. Selvaganesh, Kanchira; U. Srinivas, MandolinVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – PCPA

Nov 17, 2000 “M.S. Gopala Krishnan & Narmada” – Violin Duet in Carnatic StyleVenue: Kaul Auditorium – Reed College

Feb 24, 2001 “Ragam-Talam-Pallavi,” featuring Chitravina N. Ravikiran and accompanistsVenue: Evans Auditorium – Lewis & Clark College

Mar 17, 2001 “Rajeev Taranath, Sarod Swapan Chaudhuri” – TablaVenue: First Congregational Church

May 5, 2001 Kadri Gopalnath , saxaphone;Kanya Kumari, violin – Carnatic StyleVenue: First Congregational Church

May 18, 2001 “Shiv Kumar Sharma; Santoor” – Zakir Hussain, TablaVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall – PCPA

Jun 2, 2001 “Sudha Ragunathan & Accompanists” – Carnatic VocalVenue: Kaul Auditorium – Reed College

THIRTEENTH SEASON, 1999-2000

Aug 20, 1999 “Rangeela” – Rajasthani Folk DanceVenue: Newmark Theater (Intermediate Theater) Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 24, 1999 “Qawwali Music” featuring Mehr and Sher Ali and TroupeVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Oct 24, 1999 “Mahabharatam” – A Bharatanatyam Dance Ballet by Dhananjayan Dance TroupeVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 7, 1999 “Nitya Shree” – Carnatic Vocalist and EnsembleVenue: Evans Auditorium – Lewis & Clark College

Feb 26, 2000 “Sanjeev Abhyankar” – Classical Hindustani VocalistVenue: Evans Auditorium – Lewis & Clark College

Mar 19, 2000 “Zakir Hussain” – Tabla and the Masters of Percussion EnsembleVenue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Mar 31, 2000 “Vishwa Mohan Bhatt” – Hindustani Guitar and AccompanistsVenue: First Congregational Church

Apr 22, 2000 “Lalgudi G. Krishnan” – Carnatic Violin, and AccompanistsVenue: Lewis & Clark College – Evans Auditorium

May 12, 2000 “Silk Road” – featuring Ghazals and Sitraist Sujat KhanVenue: Newmark Theater PCPA

May 13, 2000 “T.N. Sesha Gopalan” – South-Indian Vocal, and AccompanistsVenue: Lewis & Clark College – Evans Auditorium

Jun 17, 2000 “Annual Membership Night,” featuring programs by Portland-area performing arts teachers and their students.Venue: Lewis & Clark – Evans Auditorium

TWELFTH SEASON, 1998-1999

Aug 14, 1998 Shakuntalam – A Kuchipudi Dance Ballet, Choreographed by Vempati Chinna Sathyam & performed by his troupe of 35 artistsVenue: Newmark Theater (Intermediate Theater) Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 22, 1998 Sitar/Sarod Lecture/Demo By: Partho Sarathy & Shubhendra RaoVenue: Evans Auditorium Lewis and Clark College

Oct 23, 1998 Sitar/Sarod Jugal Bandhi By: Partho Sarathy & Shubhendra RaoVenue: Arts Museum Ballroom

Nov 21, 1998 An Enchanting Evening of Ragas & Thumris by Eminent Hindustani Vocalist Dr. Prabha AtreVenue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis and Clark College

Feb 20, 1999 Prasanna – Guitar in Karnatic Style and Puvalur Srinivasan – Mridangam (South Indian Drum)Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis and Clark College

Mar 12 and 13, 1999 Tears of Joy puppet show “The Secrets of Singbangha”Venue: Winningstad Theater, Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Apr 23, 1999 Odissi Dance by Aruna Mohanti & TroupeVenue: Tigard School Auditorium

May 22, 1999 Hindustani Instrumental: Hariprasad Chaurasia on Flute, Abiman Kaushal on TablaVenue: First Congregational Church

Jun 18, 1999 Kathak Dance by Santosh VyasNisha Joshi, vocal ; Vishal Nagar, tabla; Rose Okada, sarangiVenue: Lewis and Clark College


ELEVENTH SEASON, 1997-1998

Sep 19, 1997 Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Bangash, and Ayyan Ali Bangash, sarod with Tonmoy Bose on tabla.Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Oct 11, 1997 M. Balamurali Krishna, Carnatic vocal, Ragavendra Rao, violin, and Praveen Kumar, Mridangam.Venue: First Congregational Church

Nov 14, 1997 Vilayat Khan, sitar, Hidayat Khan, sitar, and Zakir Hussain, tabla.Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 23, 1997 S. Soumya, Carnatic vocal, Embar S. Kannan, violin, Melakaveri Balaji, mridangam, and S. Karthik, ghatam.Venue: Wy’east Junior High Auditorium, Vancouver

Feb 20, 1998 Pandit V.G. Jog, violin, Sri Alok Dasgupta, sitar, and Ashok Moitra, tabla.Venue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Mar 14, 1998 Lakshmi Shankar, Hindustani vocal, with tabla and harmonium accompanists.Venue: Kaul Auditorium, Reed College

Apr 25, 1998 The Masters of Percussion, Zakir Hussain, Fazal Quershi & Sivamani with Ustad Sultan Khan on Sarangi.Venue: Civic Auditorium

May 22, 1998 Sarit Smriti [Remembrances of the River], a Bharat Natyam Ballet by Ramaa and Swetha Bharadvaj accompanied by three Carnatic musiciansVenue: Newmark Theatre