Indian Music Society of Central Illinois Presents First Ever svar gaMQaar saMgaIt mahao%sava Indian Classical Music Swar Gandhaar Sangeet Mahotsav Festival in (An Indian Classical Vocal Music Festival) BMI, IL!!! CONCERT I - Indian Music Society Fund-Raiser Shri. Rahul Deshpande Rahul, grandson of legendary musician Late Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande. He has received able guidance under the tutelage of Pandit Gangadharbuva Pimpalkhare, Dr. Madhusudhan Patwardhan, Ushatai Chipalkatti and Mukul Shivputra - the son of Pandit Kumar Gandharva. Rahul’s repertoire includes renditions from classical ragas to khayal, thumri, dadra, natyageet, bhajan, ghazal and bhaavgeet. Rahul has performed on both national and international levels. Recently he had a very successful whirlwind tour of Australia, New Zealand & UK. He features regularly in a number of TV programs like ‘Soor Taal’ and ‘Nakshatranche Dene’ on Indian channels such as E TV, Alpha TV, and Doordarshan. He has also performed at the prestigious “Sawai Gandharva” festival in Pune, India. Tabla – Harmonium – Nikhil Phatak Aditya Oke Has been trained under Pt. Son and disciple of Pt. Dr. Suresh Samant - son of Vidyadhar Oke. He has famous tabla guru late Pt. also received guidance G.L. Samant, and Pt Yogesh from Late Pt. Govindrao Samsi, disciple of Late Ust. Patrwardhan. He has Alla Rakha. Nikhil has accompanied Pt. Jasraj, accompanied many Sanjeev Abhyankar, performers - Rajendra Shaunak Abhisheki, Kandalgaonkar, Vijay Begam Parween Sultana, Koparkar, Ajay Pohankar, Asha Khadilkar in various Vikas Kashalkar concerts. Friday, August 1st, 2008 – 7:00 to 9:00pm Normal Community Hall 1 Normal Plaza,1110 Douglas St., Normal, IL – 61761 Tickets – Non-Member - 15$, 10$ Member, Student – 10$, 8$ Only!! Season (3 concerts) - 30$, 20$ Children under 7 years - FREE For Tickets and IMS Membership, please contact • Prasanna Mate 309-664-6043 • Anant Gokhale 309-530-2965 • Dr. Uday Deoskar 309-662-6232 • Nilesh Tamhane 309-533-2321 • Manasi Joshi-Singh 309-533-2682 • Sunil Mundle 309-750-2220 Visit us at www.indianmusicsociety.org.