Concerts of
Nachiketa Yakkundi
January
2015
o Saturday the 3rd Concert at the Bhandarkar residence in Los Altos Hills; Ravi Gutala (T) and Anand Karve (H)
o Saturday the 31st Bhaskara II 900 years an educational and
entertainment-filled drama on the life and works of the great Indian
mathematician Bhaskaraachaarya or Bhaskara
II; my students will be performing the opening vandanaa
event; McAfee Center, Saratoga High School,
20300 Herriman Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
February
2015
o Sunday the 8th Concert of my students for Haridasa Day at Badarikashrama,
15602 Maubert
Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94578; 2:00 PM. Note: This concert has FREE
admission.
March
2015
o Sunday the 15th To commemorate
the upcoming Raamanavami, lecture-demonstration on Hindustani
music interspersed with short performances (all live) on the Kannada radio show
Srigandhada Gudi (English
flyer; Kannada
flyer) broadcast on KLOK 1170 AM at 6:00-7:00
PM US Pacific time. With gratitude to
Vinay Bhardwaj, a recording of the programme in its entirety is now available
here.
April
2015
o Saturday the 11th Concert by Rochan
Yakkundi at the Sivamani residence on the
occasion of the upcoming Tamil new year; 1055 Lily Avenue, Sunnyvale,
CA 94086; 6:00 PM; Amit Rao
(T) and Ameya Rao (H)
o Sunday the 19th
Hindustani-Karnatic jugalbandi with Jayanthi Umesh at the KKNC Yugadi
celebrations, Chabot College
Performance Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian Blvd. Hayward,
CA 94545; overall event starts at 3:00 PM; Ajay Sundar Raj (T) and
Krishna Parthasarathy (V)
o Sunday the 26th Concert under
the auspices of Prabha Gopals
organisation at 3064 Stinson Circle, Walnut Creek, CA 94598; 4:00 PM;
Ravi Gutala (T) and Vivek Datar (H)
May 2015
o Saturday the 2nd Concert of vachanas for Basava Jayanti; Livermore Temple, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551; 3:00 PM; Amit Rao (T) and Ameya Rao (H)
o Sunday the 3rd A concert of
morning ragas at the Rao residence in Palo Alto, CA; 7:00 AM;
Ravi Gutala (T) and Vivek Datar (H)
o Saturday the 16th Nenapina
Doni a variety musical programme presented
by Raaga and sponsored by KKNC; Carrington Hall, 1201 Brewster
Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062; 5:00 PM
o Sunday the 31st Nirarthaka Apekshegalu
a Kannada drama by Vinay Bhardwaj staged as part of
the multilingual drama festival Naatakothsava
music composed and performed by me, featuring Prasad Jogalekar
on the sitar; Evergreen Valley High School Theater,
3300 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95148
June 2015
o Saturday the 6th Concert at Kalamahotsav
2015; Sunnyvale Temple, 450 Persian Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089; 8:00 PM;
Satish Tare (T) and Anand Karve (H.) Note: This concert has FREE admission.
o Saturday the 13th Concert
organised by Sangeetaanjali;
Sri Siddhi Vinayaka
Cultural Center, 40155 Blacow
Road, Fremont, CA 94538; 7:00 PM; Nikhil Pandya
(T) and Manoj Tamhankar (H.) Note: This concert
has FREE admission.
o Saturday the 27th Concert at Sangeet
Dhwani showcasing raaga
Bhairav and its allies; Milpitas Library, 160 North Main Street, Milpitas,
CA 95035; 11:00 AM; Satish Tare (T) and Vivek Datar (H.) Note: This concert has FREE admission.
July 2015
o Sunday the 26th Karnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi
with Ragavan Manian; Vivekananda Vidya
Kendra, Opposite PES University, Hanumantnagar Main
Road, Katriguppe, Bangalore 560085; 10:30 AM;
Gurumurthy Vaidya (T) and Ashwin
Walawalkar (H) along with H. L. Shivashankaraswamy
(M) and R. Raghuram (V.) A comprehensive profile of all the artists who are performing is here.
August
2015
o Sunday the 2nd Concert by Rochan Yakkundi; Community Hall of Mantri Tranquil Apartments, Gubbalala, Pass Kanakapura Road, Subramanyapura Post, Bangalore 560061; 10:30 AM; Gurumurthy Vaidya (T) and Ashwin Walawalkar (H)
September
2015
o Saturday the 12th through Sunday the 27th NAATAK (in its 20th year!) presents its 50th production! Vrindavan, a grand musical in Hindi written and directed by Sujit Saraf; the play features a spectacular combination of theatre, music and dance - theatre by NAATAK, live music composed and performed by me and my team, and original dance choreographed by Dipanwita Sengupta and performed by the California Nupur Dance Academy; Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
October 2015
o Friday the 16th Navaraatri house
concert at the Sivamani residence,
November
2015
o
Saturday
the 21st RSV 2015: 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. Saratoga Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga,
CA 95070 starting at 2:30 PM. Note: FREE
admission.
