Concerts of Nachiketa Yakkundi
February
2014
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Sunday
the 2nd Concert of
my students for Haridasa Day at Badarikashrama, 15602 Maubert Avenue, San Leandro, CA
94578, 1:00 PM. Note: This
concert has FREE admission.
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Saturday
the 8th Gaana Drishti: A Vocal
Jugalbandi Concert a Karnatic-Hindustani
concert with Asha Ramesh to
benefit Sankara Nethralaya,
a chain of charitable eye hospitals in India; McAfee Center,
Saratoga High School, 20300 Herriman Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070; 4:00 PM; Ravi Gutala
(T) and Vivek Datar (H.)
Tickets can be purchased at http://www.omtrust.org/gaana_drishti_2014.html.
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Saturday
the 15th Concert of
my students for Haridasa Day at the Livermore Temple, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA
94551, 3:00 PM. Note: This
concert has FREE admission.
March
2014
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My foray into Telugu literature was initiated and
greatly encouraged by Dr. Prasad Saripalli, an avid
aficionado of the Telugu language, a refined connoisseur of Indian classical
music and a spirited poet himself. The first poem of
his that I performed was the much-beloved "Manrang"
bandish in Ahir Bhairav, alabelaa sajana aayo ri,
for which Dr. Saripalli authored the Telugu lyrics in
such a way so as to preserve the original flavour of
the bandish as well as convey its essence in an
imaginative Telugu context. The song, ala bEla marula svaami raa,
was rendered by me and was published in November 2013 in the popular Telugu web
magazine Eemaata
and the link is here.
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Following the Hindi-to-Telugu bandish
was another poem, and this time it was a famous Bengali song by Rabindranath Tagore, aguner poroshmoni, that Dr. Saripalli
brilliantly translated to Telugu while maintaining the original songs purport,
style and undercurrent. The song, ogi nee,
was rendered by me and was published in March 2014 in Eemaata and the link is here.
April
2014
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Sunday
the 6th Geet Gita: A musical drama that captures the
essence of the mighty Bhagavad Gita
and retells it through simple dialogue and glorious song. I will be playing the
role of Lord Krishna. The language will be Marathi with supertitles in English.
William and Jane Bristol Civic Auditorium, 16600 Civic Center Plaza, Bellflower, CA 90706 (Los Angeles
area); 2:00 PM. Details and tickets for
the LA area show are here.
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Sunday
the 13th Geet Gita: A musical drama that captures the
essence of the mighty Bhagavad Gita
and retells it through simple dialogue and glorious song. I will be playing the
role of Lord Krishna. The language will be Marathi with supertitles in English.
Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center
10550 Albion Road, San Ramon, CA 94583 (San Francisco Bay Area); 12:00 PM. Details and tickets for the SF Bay Area show are here.
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Sunday
the 20th House concert at the Pradeep residence in Folsom, CA; Ravi Gutala
(T) and Vivek Datar (H)
May 2014
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Saturday
the 3rd Concert of vachanas for Basava Jayanti; Livermore
Temple, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore,
CA 94551; 2:45 PM; Amit
Rao (T) and Ameya Rao (H)
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Saturday
the 10th Concert in honour of the late Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
organised by VRKSHA; my students will be
performing as part of a multi-school
recital featuring various forms of Indian classical music, with tabla saath by Ibhanan Kulkarni; Sanatan
Dharma Kendra, 193 Commercial Street, Sunnyvale, CA 94086; 5:30 PM
to 7:30 PM
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Thursday
the 15th Lecture and demonstration (to university students,
faculty, staff and any interested public) of Hindustani raagas
with emphasis on the composition and raaga-interpretation
of the bandish; Stanford University; 7:00
PM; introduction and tabla
accompaniment by Vikas Yendluri
June 2014
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Friday
the 13th Concert organised by Sangeetaanjali
at the Sri Siddhi Vinayaka Cultural Center
located at 40155 Blacow Road, Fremont, CA 94538, 6:30 PM;
Nikhil Pandya (T) and Anand
Karve (H) My section will be preceded by a short
recital by my son Rochan Yakkundi,
who will be accompanied by Rahul Joshi (T) and Shishir Rao (H). Note: This concert has FREE admission.
August-September
(Labor Day weekend) 2014
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Concert
at the 2014 AKKA World Kannada Conference
in San Jose, California Pushparani a drama by Jnanpith Award winner Chandrashekhar Kambar directed by
Vani Dandin and Sadashiv Phadnis; original music composed by me and
performed by my team and me
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Concert
at the 2014 AKKA World Kannada Conference
in San Jose, California Vikasitaranga a dynamic orchestra fusing rich
musical tradition with vibrant sounds, sparkling talent and irresistible energy; includes original music composed by me and performed by the Vikasitaranga
team; directed by Pramod Korwar
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Concert
at the 2014 AKKA World Kannada Conference
in San Jose, California Raaga the Bay Areas popular Kannada
musical band will include a performance
by me
September
2014
o Saturday the 6th through
Sunday the 14th NAATAK presents Amavasya, a grand musical in Hindi written
and directed by Sujit Saraf;
the play features a unique combination of theatre, music and dance -
theatre by NAATAK, live music composed and performed
by me and my team, and original dance choreographed by Rasika
Kumar and performed by the Abhinaya Dance Company; Cubberley
Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
o Saturday the 20th Solo
Hindustani vocal concert of my son Rochan Yakkundi under the auspices of
LOTUS at Sanatan
Dharma Kendra,
193 Commercial Street, Sunnyvale, CA
94086; 1:30-2:15 PM; Amit Rao (T) and Pooja Vedam (H.) Note: This concert has FREE admission
o Friday the 26th Navaraatri house
concert at the Sivamani
residence,
October
2014
o Saturday the 4th Concert
of Vachanas That hallowed tradition of vachanas, which represents centuries of
distilled wisdom, will be rendered in a musical interpretation. Sanatan
Dharma Kendra, 193 Commercial Street, Sunnyvale, CA 94086; 4:00-5:30
PM; Satish Tare (T) and Manoj
Tamhankar (H.) Note:
This concert has FREE admission.
November
2014
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Saturday
the 1st Fundraiser for the Shirdi Sai Parivaar
Temple; Shirdi Sai Parivaar, 1221
California Circle, Milpitas, CA
95035; 5:00-6:15 PM; Satish Tare (T), Krishna Parthasarathy (V) and Samir Rao (H)
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Saturday
the 22nd RSV 2014: The annual student concert of our Rajguru Sangeet Vidyaniketan, in which my students will perform along
with many other talented musicians. Staying in tune with tradition, I will
perform for the finale, with Ravi Gutala and Vivek Datar on the tabla and harmonium respectively. Saratoga Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga,
CA 95070 starting at 2:00 PM. Note: FREE
admission.
December
2014
o Friday the 5th An evening concert
organised by Shri S. N. G. Shankar and Smt. Asha Shankar; The Clubhouse, 121, Sobha
Dew Flower, 35th Main, 4th Cross, Sarakki,
Bangalore 560078; 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM; Gurumurthy
Vaidya (T) and Ashwin Walawalkar (H)
o Sunday the 14th Morning Raagas a
concert of classical and semi-classical music devoted to morning raagas organised by the Kannada
Koota of Northern California to raise funds for
the Second Harvest Food Bank;
o Saturday the 20th
Concert at the Margazhi Utsavam music
festival; Sudha
and Chandrasekaran residence, 230 Estrella Road, Fremont, CA 94539; 6:00 PM;
Vikas Yendluri (T) and
Krishna Parthasarathy (V.) Note: This concert has FREE
admission.
