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Sunday September 5 On Stage presents: Odissi Dance Pankaj Kumar Pradhan is an experienced member of the famed Orissa Dance Academy, Bhubaneswar. He was initiated into Odissi by Guru Bijaya Kumar Sahoo, and later nurtured under Guru Pabitra Kumar Pradhan, under the supervision of Guru Aruna Mohanty and Guru Gangadhar Pradhan. He has extensively performed throughout India and countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia and China. He is also a recipient of the Senior National Scholarship from the Government of India in 2006. Tickets: Rs. 150 (all proceeds go to the artist) Ramagondanahalli, Whitefield, Bangalore |
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OnStage is an offering to fans of performing arts. We feature artists in an intimate relaxed setting, providing an opportunity to experience performances up close and creating a rich, close connection between the artist and the audience.
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Sunday August 8 On Stage presents: Kathak Dance Sweekruth B.P. is an accomplished Kathak dancer, teacher and choreographer. His initial training was with the renowned dancer couple, Shri T.D Rajendra and Smt. Nirupama Rajendra and since then trained with several Guru’s, including Geetanjali Lal, Murli Mohan and Pt. Birju Maharaj. He was the recipient of the “Nrutya Kowmudhi” award and most recently featured in the “Attendance” magazine as one of the leading artists in Bangalore. He has performed extensively in India and tours in USA and Europe. He is the artistic director of the “Sathkrutha Academy of Movement & Expression (S.A.M.E)” in Bangalore. Smitha Srinivasan has been training in Kathak under the able tutelage of renowned Kathak exponents Nandini Mehta and Murali Mohan at NADAM. She has been a company dancer since NADAM’s inception. Since then she has honed her repertoire by training with Pt Birju Maharaj, Smt Bragha Bessel, Shri Maulik Shah and Smt Ishira Parekh. She has performed extensively in India and Europe. |
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Sunday July 18 On Stage presents: Jazz MoonArra means “Three Streams. These five musicians - Jagadeesh (acoustic guitar, oud), Madhuri (vocals), Prakash Sontakke (slide guitar, vocals), Karthik Mani (ghatam, cajun, khanjira, and konnakol) and Wilson Kenneth (bass) - are on a journey that has no destination. They are inspired by sounds that have travelled from North India to Andalusian Spain to their collective upbringing in Carnatic and Hindustani classical. MoonArra performed at the Indigo & Blues jazz festival in 2008, in 2009 at the Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia (largest jazz festival in the world) (video clip), and in 2010 at the Bangkok Jazz Festival. They have had rave reviews, including in The Hindu: "MoonArra's music was as chatty as the band, honest without hype ... a bridge to music from across the world with a geography all its own." MoonArra's first CD Indian Accent will be released in August. |
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Sunday June 6 4pm On Stage presents: Odissi Dance We are extremely fortunate to have a performance by Amulya who is conducting workshops in Bangalore, visiting from Orissa. Amulya is one of the leading Odissi dancers of the present generation. This extraordinary performer's thirst for knowledge and excellence, and quest for perfection in dance, took him to Orissa Dance Academy in Bhubaneswar, where he received training under Padmashree Guru Gangadhar Pradhan. Gurus Aruna Mohanty, Bichitrananda Swain and Manoranjan Pradhan |
Friday February 26 8pm On Stage presents: Western Classical Music Excelicia has played piano in different settings - operrettas, musicals, and at the Taj and Leela. She has sung solo in India, Bangkok, and the Netherlands. She was a member of the Studente Koor (a choir in Amsterdam), and the Anglo -American Theatre Group of the Hague. She co-founded and directed the Madrigal Internationale (Choir), Bombay, and founded and conducted the choir in Christ Curch, Amsterdam. Excelicia is involved in a variety of activities here in Bangalore from NGO's to corporate training, and college lecturing(literature), but most of the time follows her passion for music. Excelicia will be accompanied by Mariella on the piano when she sings. |
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Friday January 29 8pm On Stage presents: World Fusion Music An Indo-Canadian band exploring offshoots of classical traditions into funk, jazz, and the blues. Since 2005, the trio bring together their roots in North and South Indian classical and Western musical forms to create a genre-defying and universally appealing music, both energetic and contemplative. Vocals, and English and Classical Indian styles intertwine with Hindustani slide guitar, violin, bamboo flute, and vocal harmonics. Their music is driven by the ghatam, a clay pot drum, konnakol, a linguistic drum language, and other world percussion peppered with funky and bluesy guitar styling’s. They have played both in India and Canada and have received some rave reviews. Here is what some of the local critiques have to say about them: “[Lehera] …has given fusion a different dimension, mixing classical [Indian] with funk and jazz.” - The Deccan Herald, India. “The band has expertly blended everything from konnakol to blues and jazz guitaring to vocal harmonics from the Tuvon tradition” Most recently, Lehera was also chosen as winners in the world fusion category of the prestigious Independent Music Awards (IMAs) 2009. For more information visit Lehera's website. |
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Friday January 15 8pm On Stage presents: A Carnatic Music Concert A trio of Bangalore's best Carnatic musicians spanning two generations. TAS Mani has been playing the Mrindangam for over 5 decades across the world. Rated as “A top” artist by All India Radio, Mr Mani has played with several eminent artists ranging from D.K.Pattamal and M.S. Subbalakshmi to Charlie Mariano and Doug Hammond. He will be accompanied by his son Karthik Mani on the Ghatam. Karthik is is an extremely versatile player, playing different genres of music as well as varied percussion instruments. He too has toured across the world and has his own bands “The Karthik Mani Group” and “Taalization”. He is also the highly-acclaimed percussionist of the Indo-Canadian band "Lehera” and the first Indian percussionist to win the “Independent World Music Award” for World Fusion. Joining the percussionist duo is Amith Nadig, widely acclaimed as a child prodigy of Karnataka. He is one of the youngest “A” graded artist of All India Radio and has performed all over the world. He is famous for his rare talent of producing sound which can range from a of mood of deepest meditation to experimental world music and already has 10 albums to his credit! |
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