Concerts of
Nachiketa Yakkundi
February
2024
o Saturday the 10th – Sunaad – I will be a guest performer (along with Ravi Gutala on tabla) in a harmonium concert by Vivek
Datar titled Samvaad: The Art
of Musical Accompaniment
o
Saturday
the 24th – Pt.
Vinayak Torvi Amrut Mahotsav – my concert on the occasion of commemorating the
75th birthday of Pt. Vinayak Torvi; Sanatana Dharma Kendra,
3102 Landess Avenue, San Jose, CA 95132; 2:30 PM; Ravi Gutala
(T) and Vivek Datar (H)
March 2024
o Saturday the 16th – SR
Fine Arts - Hindustani Vocal
– my concert organised by SRFA
at the Saratoga Library,
13650 Saratoga Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070; 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM; Satish
Tare (T) and Vivek Datar (H)
o Saturday the 23rd – Shravan:
The Art of Listening II – organised by the Intonation Foundation; by
popular demand, Shravan: The Art of Listening is back for a second
session! I will be on the panel of an innovative session to discuss the
discipline and methodology that our Indian classical music demands for its
understanding, appreciation, and unalloyed bliss; joining me on the panel will
be stalwarts Prasad Jogalekar and Shubhangi Sakhalkar; Fremont, CA (address provided
upon ticket
purchase); 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
o Saturday the 30th – Raaga presents Swara Sanjeevini – I will be performing in a grand event presented by
the popular Bay Area Kannada band Raaga.
We will be performing to raise funds for SSCF - Sri Shankara
Cancer Foundation USA to help underprivileged pediatric
cancer patients (in Bengaluru, India) get free treatment. Carrington Hall,
1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062 at 4:30 PM. Buy your tickets soon!
May 2024
o
Friday the 10th – Jugalbandi – Asha Ramesh and I will be performing in a
Carnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi concert on the occasion of Raamanavami
at the Krishnan home at 10677 Amulet Place, Cupertino, CA 95014; 7:00
PM to 9:30 PM; Vignesh Venkataraman (M), Vikram Ragukumar (V), Ravi Gutala
(T), Vivek Datar (H); this concert is free and open to all
o
Sunday
the 12th – Hindustani
Vocal – my son Rochan
Yakkundi will be performing in a full-length concert; Sanatana
Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Avenue, San
Jose, CA 95132; 3:30 PM to
5:30 PM; Rohan Upamaka (T) and Ambhranee Yakkundi (H); this
concert is free and open to all
o
Sunday
the 19th – Basava Jayanti – I will be performing in a concert of vachanas for this auspicious occasion; Livermore Temple, 1232 Arrowhead
Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551; 2:00-2:45 PM; Ajay Sundar Raj (T); this concert is free and open to all
June 2024
o Sunday the 9th – Sunaad – My daughter Ambhranee Yakkundi performed
in a solo vocal recital. Here is the video
recording of her performance. Tejas Venkateswaran (T) and Mihika
Bahekar (H)
o
Saturday
the 29th – Jugalbandi by Rochan and Vikram – my son Rochan Yakkundi will perform with Vikram
Bharati in a Hindustani-Carnatic jugalbandi
concert organised by the West Valley India Community
Center; The
Grant Park Community Center at 1575 Holt Avenue, Los
Altos, CA 94024; 4:00 PM;
Hari Sivakumar (T), Ambhranee Yakkundi (H), Amit Ranganathan
(M), Sasidhar Madugula
(V); artist biographies
and ticketing information - get your tickets fast!
August 2024
o Sunday the 11th – House concert in Los Gatos, CA. This splendidly coincides with the
96th birthday of the great Pt. Ramashreya
Jha, whose magnificent compositions I will present. Praveen Narayan
(T) and Vijay Ghaskadvi (H)
September
2024
o
Saturday the 7th to Sunday the 29th – Naatak presents Vrindavan - a grand musical juxtaposing a myriad of emotions
conveyed through a brilliant original-script story, humour, wit, glorious
music, vibrant dance, spectacular sets and costumes, and stellar acting, all
superlatively written and directed by the indefatigable Sujit Saraf. Original music composition, music direction, and lead vocal
performance are by me. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
November 2024
o Saturday the 23rd – RSV
SILVER JUBILEE! Rajguru Sangeet Vidyaniketan will be celebrating its TWENTY FIFTH anniversary! The
annual student concert festival will feature Hindustani musical presentations
of our glorious Indian tradition by students and masters alike. There will be
special performances by Shubhangi Sakhalkar
and Hari Devanath! Staying in tune with
tradition, I will perform for the grand finale. Campbell Community Center, 1 West Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA
95008; starting at 1:00 PM. This concert is free and open
to all.
