Concerts of Nachiketa Yakkundi
February 2018
o Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th – Gangaavatarana – a grand Kannada drama, with music and dance, written and directed by Rajendra Karanth based on the works of the great poet D. R. Bendre. The songs will be performed by me and my team. San Francisco Bay Area shows è Mission City Center for Performing Arts, 3250 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Times, tickets and details are here.
o Saturday
the 17th – Gangaavatarana – a grand
Kannada drama, with music and dance, written and directed by Rajendra Karanth
based on the works of the great poet D. R. Bendre.
The songs will be performed by me and my team. Los Angeles area show è Valencia High School, 500 Bradford Avenue, Placentia,
CA 92870. Times, tickets and details are here.
March 2018
o Saturday
the 3rd – Guest performer recital at the conclusion of the annual
student concert of Sheshaprasad Chikkatur’s
Mahati School of Music; Sanatana
Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Avenue, San
Jose, CA 95132; student performances start at 4:30 PM
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Sunday the 4th – Concert on the
occasion of the Atirudra Mahayagnam mega
event at the Livermore
Temple, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551; 2:00 PM; Ajay Sundar Raj (T) and Krishna Parthasarathy (V.)
This concert is free and open to all.
o Saturday the 24th - Swara Sanjeevini – a Kannada light music concert by the premier Kannada band Raaga, presented by the Kannada Koota of Northern California, the proceeds of which go to SSCF; tickets can be purchased via Sulekha; Carrington Hall, 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062; 5:00 PM
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Saturday
the 31st – Concert to celebrate Hanuman
Jayanti at
the Sankata Mochana Hanuman Temple, 35463 Dumbarton Court, Newark,
CA 94560; 5:00 PM; Ravi Gutala (T)
and Vivek Datar (H.) This concert is free and open
to all.
May 2018
o Saturday
the 5th - Concert of vachanas for Basava Jayanti; Livermore
Temple, 1232 Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551; 3:00 PM;
Kashyap Parab (T) and Rochan
Yakkundi (H)
o Saturday
the 19th – Concert at the Ustad Amir
Khan Music Festival organised by the Intonation Foundation; SRCM Heartfulness Meditation Centre, 585 Mowry Avenue, Fremont,
CA 94536; 3:00 PM; Ravi Gutala (T)
and Vivek Datar (H); tickets can be purchased here.
June 2018
o Saturday
the 2nd – Swara Lahari presents Swara Sanjeevini, a Carnatic-Hindustani
jugalbandi concert with Ragavan Manian and
myself, the proceeds of which go to SSCF; Jain Temple Auditorium, 722 South Main
Street, Milpitas, CA 95035. Concert
and ticket details are here.
September
2018
o Sunday the 2nd through Sunday the 23rd – NAATAK (the largest production in Naatak’s 23 years!) presents Mahabharat - a grand musical in Hindi on the greatest epic ever penned! Written and directed by Sujit Saraf, with music direction by me, there will be as many as 50 people on stage, weaving theatre, dance and music into an intricate presentation. Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
October 2018
o Friday the
12th – Navaraatri house concert at the Sivamani residence,
1055 Lily Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086; 7:00 PM; Ajay Sundar Raj (T) and Vignesh
Thyagarajan (V.) This concert is free
and open to all.
November 2018
o Sunday the
4th – Sangeeta-Nritya
Kusumanjali - a
fundraiser concert for the Sankata
Mochana Hanuman Temple featuring Hindustani vocal music from my
students and myself, as well as Bharatanatyam dance by Suganda Iyer and her students; Ajay Sundar Raj
(T) and Krishna Parthasarathy (V); Smithwick
Theatre at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Please
contribute to this wonderful cause to help the temple run effectively and
smoothly with the blessings of Lord Hanuman. Simply email me at nsyakkundi@gmail.com with the number of tickets
and denomination that you need, and your tickets will be waiting for you at the
venue.
o Sunday the
11th – Kannada Koota of Northern California presents KKNC Deepotsava 2018 “Geet Sangam”, in which I will present in song select poems of prominent Kannada poets
over multiple centuries and even recent decades. Vishvanath
Hulikal, a celebrated literary maven will provide
commentary and background on the poets and their poems, while Ajay Sundar Raj
and Ambhranee Yakkundi respectively will provide tabla and harmonium accompaniment.
Starting at 2:30 PM; Chabot College, 25555 Hesperian Boulevard, Hayward,
CA 94545
o Saturday
the 17th – RSV 2018: 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. This
concert is free and open to all.
