Thursday, May 31, 2007

Bangalore Sangeet Sankalp- team and activities

Bangalore Sangeet Sankalp is in its fourth year, having successfully done programmes succesfully in local and National scale. The team consists of:

Shri Prakash Sontakke


Smt Chaitra Sontakke
Shri Adarsh Shenoy
Shri Abhijit Shenoy
Shri Koushik Aithal






A disciple of Pt. Parameshwar Hegde of the Kirana Gharana since the year 2000, Koushik was initially trained by Humayun Haralapur, for a period of 5 years. Began performing in the year 2003 and has since been performing at concerts arranged by organizations such as Rajguru Smriti, Shruti, Samvad, Ananya, Department of Kannada and Culture - Government of Karnataka, at Mumbai, Kalyan, Bhopal,and at a landmark concert organized by ITC Sangeet Research Academy in NCPA Mumbai. Awarded a scholarship for ‘Young Artists’ by the Government of India for the years 2006- 2008, this musician with a melodious and sonorous voice and has won the First Place at the national level in the ‘Hindustani Vocal Competition’ in the year 2006, organized by the All India Radio.He has also the distinction of being awarded the ‘Promising Artist’ award in the year 2006 from the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Bangalore Sangeet Sankalp's National Programmes
In 2004,the national programme featured
Shri Salil Bhatt (Satvik Veena).
Pt. Parmeshwar Hegde (Hindustani Vocal).


In 2005, the national programme featured
Shri. Abhay Pagare (Bansuri)
Smt. Shubhada Paradkar (Hindustani Classical Vocal)

In 2006, the national programme featured
Shri Pramod Gaikwad (Shehnai)
Shri Sitanath Biswas (Hindustani Classical Vocal)
Smt. Vibhavari Bandhavkar (Hindustani Classical Vocal)

In 2007, the national programme featured
* Hindustani Violin by Pt Santosh Nahar (Delhi)
* Hindustani Vocal by Pt Ulhas telang (Bhopal)
* Hindustani Vocal, Thumri-Tappa by Smt. Arti Shrivastava (Allahabad)

In 2008, the national programme features:
* Hindustani Violin by Shri ROHAN NAIDU (Raipur)
* Hindustani Vocal by Smt. SHRUTHI GOKHALE (Mumbai)
* Hindustani Sitar by Shri VIKAS GUPTA (Jaipur)
* Hindustani Vocal by Smt. CHETANA BANAVAT (Vanasthali)
* Hindustani Sitar by Smt. POONAM JOSHI (Udaipur)
* Hindustani Vocal by Shri. SAMEER DUBLE (Pune)


Local Sangeet Sankalp programmes
Shri Prakash Sontakke
Smt. Smita Bellur
Shri Abhijit Shenoy
Shri Adarsh Shenoy
Shri Koushik Aithal

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