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SHRUTI MUSIC ACADEMY AN EVENING OF NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC July 15 2017, 6 PM Pt. Sandip Ghosh (Vocal) Pt. Abhjit Banerjee (Tabla) Disciple of late Pt. A. Kanan, eminent Hindustani One of the pioneering disciples of the illustrious Venue: Classical vocalist, acclaimed All India Radio artist, Guru, late Pt. Gnan Prakash Ghosh, acclaimed All and has been performing within India and India Radio artist, founder of Dhwani Academy of Pasadena Conservatory of Music abroad for several decades. Some of the noted Percussion Music, and has been performing and 100 N. Hill Av, Pasadena, CA 91106 venues are Music Circle, CSULA, Chandayan conducting workshops across all the continents. School of Music, Pasadena Conservatory of He has accompanied luminary musicians like late Music, LearnQuest Academy, University of Pitts- Pt. Ravi Shankar, late Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. burgh, to name a few. Jasraj, Begum Parweena Sultana, Pt. Shiv Kumar TICKETS: Sharma, to name a few. $20 single / $30 couple Children admission free Light Snacks will be served Dayita Datta (Vocal) JyotiPrakas (Tabla) Disciple of eminent hindustani vocalists late For more information, please call Vidushi Lakshmi Shankar and Pt. Sandip Ghosh, An accomplished tabla player and a prominent and founder, director of Shruti Music Academy disciple of tabla maestro Pt. Abhijit Banerjee for Dayita at 626-354-0954 located in Arcadia/Pasadena/Irvine. She has last 15 yrs. He has accompanied renowned been teaching and performing Hindustani Clas- Hindustani Classical musicians like Pt. Jasraj, Girija sical music across Southern California for last 15 Devi, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt. Tarun Bhattachar- years, and has been a recipient of prestigious ya, to name a few at various concerts across Unit- art and culture grants from ACTA and City of ed States, and also teaches at Dhwani Academy Pasadena. Of Percussion Music founded by Pt. Abhijit Banerjee. A renowned harmonium player of Hindustani Classical music who had the opportunity to take talim from late Pt. Dinanath Mishra, Pt. Maharaj Banerjee, and Pt. V.G. Jog. He has accom- panied renowned vocalists like Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Rajan Sajan Mish- ra, Girija Devi, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, etc. and tabla maestros like Pt. Swapan Chowdhury, Pt. Kumar Bose, etc. He has also played Sanatan Goswami (Harmonium) at major music conferences in India, performed at USA, Canada, Europe, and is also a regular artist at All India Radio. .