INDIAN FINE ARTS ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO presents http://www.indianfinearts.org David and Dorothea Garfield Theater Jewish Community Center, LA Jolla 92037 Sunday 18 - Sunday 25 • MARCH, 2018 Please become a Subscription Plus Patron to save money and prefererred seating for ticketed events Support Provided by: visit www.indianfineartsacademy.org for schedule of events and tickets Aler 858-775-5473 | Anantha 619-873-5206 | Banu 520-591-2940 | Geetha 858-334-3765 | Kalpana 858-761-1839 | Kasturi 760-696-3377 Lakshminarayana 619-427-1086 | Narayanan 858-592-4133 | Neha 858-231-6484 | Rekha 858-437-3358 | Revathi 858-793-7163 | Shashi M 619-562-0814 Shashi P 858-776-1956 | Shekar 858-442-1586 | Shri 858-922-2784 | Suman 858-349-8293 | Tadimeti 858-792-7953 | Venkatachalam 858-232-6459 Date Event # Event info Duration Accompanying Artists Event Title 03.18.2018 Sunday Prefestival Celebrations Prefestival Celebrations 9484 Black Mountain Rd. Ste. A/B, San Diego, CA 92126 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM Balasaraswati Centenary - In conversation with Balasaraswati’s Art in Music and Dance by Douglas Knight. Geetha Bennett - How to Appreciate Indian Classical Music; Kruthi Bhat (Vocal); Sankar Subramaniam (Violin); Raamkumar Balamurthi (Mridangam) Padam and Javali - Veena Dhanammal Tradition - By Prof. B. Balasubrahmaniyan; Sankar Subramaniam (Violin); Raamkumar Balamurthi (Mridangam) Prefestival Celebration Prefestival Dinner 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Prefestival Dinner 03.19.2018 Monday Event 1A Lecture demonstration 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Lecture by Dr. Sriram Parasuram Vocal aesthetics: Carnatic and Hindustani systems Event 1B Carnatic and Hindustani Music and Dance 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Students of Sangeetha Seva Rathna C.M. Venkatachalam, Rekha Nandakumar, Srividya Saishankar, Shobha Nagabhushan, Subbu Iyer; Dancers: Aler Krishnan, Suman Nayak, Rohini Herur, Sufi Raina, Neha Patel and their students; Accompaniments: Raamkumar Balamurthi (mRdangam), Prabhu Sriram (mRdangam), Miles Shrewsbery (Tabla), Aishwarya Raman (naTTuvAngam), Tejas Srinivasan (Violin), Agastya Sridharan (Flute) Paying tribute to T. Balasaraswati, M.L. Vasanthakumari and Chitraveena Ravikiran 03.20.2018 Tuesday Event 2A Lecture Demonstration 6:30 PM - 7:15PM LecDem by Prof. Trichy Sankaran Popularizing Pudukkottai style Event 2B Hindustani and Carnatic Jugalbandhi 7:30 PM - 9:45 PM Sriram Parasuram (Vocal) Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin) Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam) Arup Chattopadhyay (Tabla) Uttar-Daksin Sangama Hindustani and Carnatic Jugalbandhi 03.21.2018 Wednesday Event 3A Lecture Demonstration 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM LecDem by Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan Bala: Artist Supreme Event 3B Bharathanatyam 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Narthaki Nataraj (Bharathanatyam) Thirunangai Sakthi Bhaskar (Nattuvangam) Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal) Kaushik Champakesan (Vocal) Sujith S Naik (Flute) Thiruvalaputhur G.R. Senthilkumar (Mridangam) Narthaki Nataraj's Colours of Dance: Enchanting Evening 03.22.2018 Thursday Event 4A Lecture Demonstration 6:30 PM - 7:15 PM LecDem by Guru Karaikudi Mani Importance of Laya with Modern Compositions Event 4B Bharathanatyam 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Rajeshwari Sainath's Group Production Rajeswari Sainath Vyshnavie Yagnesh S.Varsha Jayalakshmi Narayanan Shreya Vishwani Meenakshi Murali NRITHYA KADHAMBAM Dynamic Medley in Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil and Marathi Guru Karaikudi Mani's Unique Varnam 03.23.2018 Friday Event 5A Kathak 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM Sujata Banerjee and Company Sujata Banerjee Sonia Chandaria Deepa Devasena Gurmeet Marhas Rupal Gandhi Jaina Modasia Mithun Raj Gill Raga Ranga Ravi Taranga A Kathak Extravaganza Event 5B Bharat Ratna Ravi Shankar Birthday Celebration Ravi Shankar Quartet (Hindustani Instrumental) 8:15 PM - 10:00 PM Gaurav Mazumdar (Sitar), Barry Philips (Cello), Ashwani Shankar (Shehnai) and Arup Chattopadhyay (Tabla) Ravi Shankar Quartet (Hindustani Instrumental) 1 S c h e d u l e