Concerts of
Nachiketa Yakkundi
February
2020
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Saturday
the 1st – Solo
harmonium debut concert of my daughter Ambhranee Yakkundi, organised by SR Fine Arts;
Community of Infinite Spirit (Divine Science), 1540 Hicks Avenue, San
Jose, CA 95125; 5:15 PM; Arush Joshi (T.) This concert is free and open to everyone.
April 2020
o Sunday the 26th – Global
Basava Jayanti Celebrations – As a result of the worldwide tumult caused by COVID-19, this year the
annual event was held live online. It was be a truly global event, with Basava associations from
all over the world participating. Prominent speakers who addressed the occasion
were India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Karnataka's Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa. The Veerashaiva Samaja of North America
afforded me the glorious opportunity to perform vachanas
for a short duration during these august celebrations. Here is the video
of the two vachanas that I performed.
June 2020
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Saturday
the 13th – Ekata – an online concert organised by UC Berkeley Dil Se to raise funds for the
Black Lives Matter movement; 3:00 PM US/Pacific via YouTube Live at
http://tinyurl.com/ucberkeleydilse
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Saturday
the 13th – Sangeet Samvaad – an online concert organised by Bay Area Uttara Karnataka;
7:30 PM US/Pacific (8:00 AM India
on Sunday the 14th) via Facebook Live
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Sunday
the 21st – Sangeetotsava – an online concert organised by Nataraj Sangeet Vidyalaya - Bagalkot through
the eminent tabla artist Keshav
Joshi; 7:30 AM US/Pacific (8:00
PM India) via Facebook
Live
July 2020
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Sunday
the 5th – Rungmunch – online live interview of the doyen of Hindustani music Dr. Prabha Atre by Dr. Vikas Kashalkar and myself; 7:00 PM US/Pacific (7:30 AM India on Monday the 6th)
via Facebook Live
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Thursday
the 9th – Online
concert – organised
by Kannada Cultural Association - Southern
California; 7:30 PM US/Pacific (8:00 AM India on Friday the 10th) via Facebook Live
August 2020
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Sunday
the 2nd – Hindustani vocal concert of my son Rochan Yakkundi, organised by SR Fine Arts;
harmonium accompaniment is by my daughter Ambhranee
Yakkundi; 7:00 PM US/Pacific (7:30
AM India on Monday the 3rd) via Facebook Live; its
recording is here
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Sunday
the 16th – Conversation
about Pt. Basavraj Rajguru
– conducted by my guru bhagini (fellow sister student of my guru) Poornima Bhat Kulkarni on the occasion of the
birthday month of our guru; midnight US/Pacific (12:30 PM India) via Facebook Live; its
recording is here
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Saturday
the 29th – Navikotsava – a global event held every two years, and this year online, organised by
NaViKa
2020; I will be performing at 6:45 PM US/Pacific (8:15 AM India on Sunday the 30th)
for a half hour; registration required to watch; its recording is
here
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Saturday
the 29th – Ganapati
Festival Concert – a
FREE online concert organised by Sangeethaamsha;
8:00 PM US/Pacific (8:30 AM India
on Sunday the 30th) via Facebook Live; Ravi Gutala (T) and Vivek Datar (H); its recording is here
September
2020
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Wednesday
the 9th – Hindustani vocal concert of my daughter Ambhranee Yakkundi, organised by SR Fine Arts;
Arush Joshi (T) and Tanmayi Rao (H.) 5:30 PM US/Pacific (6:00
AM India on Thursday the 10th) via Facebook Live; its
recording is here
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Sunday
the 27th – Shelter
in Peace – an online
concert of devotional offerings organised by the Prasada
Festival & Bhakti Arts Collective; 5:30 PM US/Pacific (6:00 AM India on Monday the 28th)
via Facebook Live
