Vocal Recital – Khayal Sangeet

Vocal Recital – Khayal Sangeet Pandit Gautam Kishore Kale (Vocals) has been performing professionally since childhood, having studied with Padmavibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. In 2023, he received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Government of India. He has performed across India, including Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samahroh in Varanasi; Tansen Samahroh in Gwalior; Ustad Amir Khan Samahroh in Indore; Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki Samahroh in Goa; and Chowdhury House Music festival in Kolkata. He has also been teaching Indian classical vocal music since 2009. Pandit Ashis Sengupta (Tabla) received his initial training from his father Shri Ranjit Kumar Sengupta and was later groomed by Pandit Nanku Maharaj, Pandit Mahapurush Mishra and is now a disciple of legendary Tabla maestro of Lucknow Gharana Padmashri Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. He is an exponent of the Banaras and Lucknow “schools” (gharana) of playing and is emeritus faculty at the University of Delhi.He is the author of Facets of Tabla Playing, and he has also written many journal articles. He has toured around the world and won numerous awards, including a prestigious senior fellowship from India’s Ministry of Culture. Shri Sarang Sudhanshu Kulkarni (Harmonium) is a highly accomplished and versatile musician. He is considered one of the leading figures among the new generation of classical musicians. Sarang’s musical lineage is deeply rooter as he inherited the art of music from his father, Pt. Dr. Sudhanshu Kulkarni, an internationally renowned scholar musician and his mother, Mrs. Rohini Kulkarni. He embarked on his harmonium journey at a young age and honed his skills to mastery. Sarang is an ‘A’ grade artist of All India Radio & Doordarshan. Saturday, June 27, 2026 4.00 PM Kathak Rhythms Studio 4020 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 150, Plano, TX 75024 Tickets: ————————————- ICMC Members: FREE General: $50 Students: $30 ICMC Zelle ID: 2143363459 (Tickets & Membership)

Sarod Recital – Singing Strings One of the youngest President Award Winning “A” Grade Sarod artists of All India Radio & National Television – Kolkata, Abhisek Lahiri has won the hearts of discerning audiences worldwide with his maturity, depth & perfection already at the age of 29. Abhisek was initiated in Sarod at an early age of 5 and trained under the tutelage of his father as well as Guru, eminent Sarod maestro Pandit Alok Lahiri & became one of his premier disciples. Abhisek’s Sarod recital has a blending of three major Gharanas of Sarod playing: Shajahanpur, Senia Maihar & Senia Bangash Gharana (Gwalior). Abhisek possesses the dignity of being the First Indian Musician along with his eminent father to perform in “Europe Parliament” in France and also in “Canada Culture Days” in Hamilton, Canada on invitation of The Malhar Group. Abhisek is an empaneled member artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi. Abhisek took part in the “World Kinder Festival” in Holland & enthralled the audiences as a ‘Wonder Child Sarod Player’ in 1997. The Dutch Television network telecasts his recitals countrywide even now. Abhisek has some CD albums released to his credit: His two solo albums “Sparkling Sarod’ and “Mood of Puriya Kalyan” released by Bihaan Music received nominations in Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) of Mumbai in “Best Hindustani Classical Album- Instrumental” category for the year 2010 & 2014 respectively. His latest release “IONAH Trio” CD album along with Japanese Guitarist Hideaki Tsuji is also getting worldwide appreciation. Abhisek has performed extensively within India and across the world in countries like USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka etc. Subrata Bhattacharya is one of the leading tabla players in India today. He has received his taalim under Shri Tamal Krishna Chatterjee, Shri Nripen Karmakar and Shri Tapan Kr. Banerjee before he was finally accepted as a student of tabla maestro Pt. Shankar Ghosh, all of whom honed his talent to the level of refinement now witnessed by audiences everywhere. He has since proved himself a worthy exponent of the Farukhabad Gharana. Recognition of his talent has come in the form of such awards as the Sangeet Prabhankar and the Gold Medal and the Saangeet Praveen from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahadad, and Sangeet Bhushan from the Bhatkhande College, Lucknow. Renowned artists whom he has accompanied in the past few years are Dr. L. Subramaniam, Dr.N. Rajam, Pt. Buddhaditya Mukherjee, Ud Shahid Parvez Khan, Ud Ali Ahmed Hussain, Chitraveena Ravikiran, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pt. Samaresh Chaudhury, etc. The next milestone of his creativity and innovation is “Naad- The Everlasting Sound”, a group he has formed to experiment with fusion music. It seems the next inevitable step in Subrata’s career as a mingling and merging of eastern, middle eastern and western styles of music is the trend among makers and lovers of music these days. He is been a part of the Chicago based Indo -Jazz band Flat Earth Ensemble since its inception. Saturday, June 6, 2026 4.00 PM Kathak Rhythms Studio 4020 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 150, Plano, TX 75024 Tickets: ————————————- ICMC Members: FREE General: $50 Students: $30 ICMC Zelle ID: 2143363459 (Tickets & Membership)