october 2019 concerts

october Concerts Details:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 19Th 2019

TIME: 1.30 to 4.30 PM

VENUE: SANATHANA DHARMA KENDRA

3102 Landess Ave, San Jose, CA 95132

Phone: 408 481 9242

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All are welcome to attend these free concerts. Please feel free to spread this message to your friends and relatives.

Sripradha Manikantan (Veena)

Sripradha began her veena journey under the tutelage of Sri. Srikanth Chary and is currently under the guidance of Kalaimamani Sri Mudikondan S.N.Ramesh. She learns Carnatic music vocal from Sri Paduka Academy. Sripradha is very passionate about Carnatic music and enjoys playing Veena. She has been giving Veena performances in local Bay Area cultural events.

She also learns piano and has completed ABRSM level 7 piano exams with merit and distinction

Other than music, Sripradha plays tennis, pursues Speech & Debate, and is a member of the Varsity Basketball team in her school.

Sripradha is an 8th grader at Merryhill Middle School.

Varchas Bharadwaj (Mridangam)

Varchas started learning mridangam under Sri Shriram Brahmanandam. For the past 3.5 years, he has been under the tutelage of Vidwan Trivandrum Sri Balaji, disciple of the legendary percussionist Vidwan Palghat Sri R. Raghu. Varchas performs in the Bay Area regularly and was invited to perform at the “Parampara” festival in Dallas ,Youth Festival in San Diego and Margazhi festival at Detroit.

Varchas, a Sophomore at Monta Vista High School, enjoys playing for his school's basketball team.

Hari Narayanan Srivatsan (vocal)

Hari Narayanan Srivatsan is a disciple of his parents Smt. Subhapriya & Sri Hemmige V. Srivatsan, belonging to the Ariyakudi and KV Narayanaswamy parampara. Hari also learns Carnatic violin from him brother Keshavan Srivatsan & his father Hemmige V. Srivatsan. Hari learns Jazz trumpet and is an avid tennis player. He is a 7th grader at Dartmouth middle school.

Keshavan Narayanan Srivatsan (violin)

Keshavan Narayanan Srivatsan is a Carnatic vocalist and violinist, belonging to the Legendary Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar & Palghat K.V. Narayanaswamy Lineage. He is an accomplished vocalist and a concert artist, who has been training in vocal music under his parents Smt. Subhapriya K. Srivatsan and Hemmige Sri V. Srivatsan since a very young age and on the violin under his father. Keshavan has also had the rare privilege of learning with illustrious musicians such as Vidushi Smt. Padma Narayanaswamy, his Parama-guru-pathni, and Vidushi Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam. Keshavan is a freshman undergraduate student @ USC, studying Applied Mathematics.

Raaman Narayanan Srivatsan (mrdangam)

Raaman Narayanan Srivatsan is a student of mrdangam, under the guidance of Legend Trichur Sri Narendran. He has also had Carnatic vocal training with his parents Smt. Subhapriya K. Srivatsan & Hemmige Sri V. Srivatsan, and with illustrious musicians such as Vidushi Smt. Padma Narayanaswamy, his Parama-guru-pathni, and Vidushi Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam. His keen sense for world music has also urged an interest in western vocal music with self-training in various musical instruments. Raaman is a senior undergraduate student @ UC Davis, studying Industrial design.

Urmika Balaji (Vocal)

Urmika is a ninth grader at Homestead High School. She was initiated into Carnatic vocal music at the age of 5 by Shri Hari Devanath of Sri Paduka academy. She is currently under the tutelage of her uncle Shri K Chandrasekaran. Urmika also learns violin from Sangita Kalanidhi Kum A. Kanyakumari. Her vocal music is heavily influenced by her violin playing. Apart from music, Urmika loves to read books and do acrylic painting.

Aishwarya Anand (Violin)

Aishwarya Anand is a vocal and violin disciple of Guru Smt. Anuradha Sridhar, Director of Trinity Center for Music. She is the great-granddaughter of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri.T.K.Jayarama Iyer, a renowned Carnatic musician in the early twentieth century. Aishwarya is trained in western violin and a first violin for her school’s advanced strings orchestra.

Vivek Arvind (Mridangam)

Vivek Arvind is a sixth grader at Cupertino Middle School and learns mridangam from Sri Ganesh Ramanarayanan. Vivek accompanies bay area carnatic vocalists and instrumentalists at their respective school events and other events such as annual navarathri festival concerts, house concerts, OSAAT, and at CCC.

Vivek also enjoys playing tennis and solving puzzles.