About the
Artists:
Kalapini Komkali
Endowed
with a wholly
original, melodious and rich voice, Kalapini is well trained and widely
recognized as one of the finest classical vocalist of this generation.
She is the daughter and disciple of the legendary Pandit Kumar Gandharv
and has also been trained by her illustrious mother Vidushi Vasundhara
Komkali. Both these Gurus encouraged her to develop a capacity for
tremendous creativity along with the regular grammer and technique of
the North Indian Classical Music.
She is a regular performer in all the major musical festivals in India.
She has travelled and performed widely in many countries all over the
world like Russia, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Qatar,
UAE etc.
She has many commercial releases to her credit. These albums include
“Aarambha” and “Inheritance”
released by HMV, “Dharohar” by Times Music among
others. “Swar Manjari, a live recording was released recently
by Virgin Records. Kalapini has also recorded for the sound tracks of
the Indian films “Paheli” and Devi
Ahilya”.
She has received a fellowship from Department of Culture, Government of
India and has been honoured with Kumar Gandharv Award by the
prestigious Pujari Pratishtan of Pune.
Sanjay Deshpande
Sanjay is a
leading Tabla Player of the young generation from Pune, particularly
specialized in the field of North Indial Classical Vocal Music
accompaniment. He has been fortunate to be a disciple of two great
Tabla Maestros, Taalyogi Pandit Suresh Talwalkar and Ustad Alla Rakha
Khan Saheb. He has been performing regularly with almost all the top
notch vocalists from India which include Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Veena
Sahastrabudhe, Kalapini Komkali, Manjiri Asnare, Pandit Sanjeev
Abhyankar and many more. He has travelled and performed all over the
world in many countries like Australia, New Zeland, U.K., Germany,
Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Canada, U.S.A. and Korea.
Raya Korgaokar
Raya is a
leading Harmonium Player of the young generation from Goa, particularly
specialized in the field of North Indial Classical Vocal Music
accompaniment. He has received training from Guru’s like Late
Laxman Mandrekar, Pandit Mahdav Ghatval and Late Nirmal Pai Kakode.
He is performing regularly with almost all the top notch
Vocalist from India which include Padmbhushan Kishori Amonkar, Pandit
Ajay Chakraborty, Dr. Prabha Atre, Pandit Vyanktesh Kumar,
Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar, Dr. Ram Deshpande, Pandit Vinayak Toravi
and many others.
He has performed extensively in all over India in all major music
festivals.
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About the Venue:
Directions
and Parking:
The
Recital
Hall
is located just behind the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium
in
the
campus
of
St.
Catherine
University (2004 Randolph Ave, Saint
Paul, MN 55105). The Recital Hall
is Building 24 in the campus map (see
below).
Driving
Directions:
- From
I-94 going E: Take
Cretin Avenue exit. South (right) on Cretin to Randolph Avenue. East
(left) on Randolph to Cleveland Avenue intersection. Stay on Randolph.
Enter at GATE 3 on Randolph.
- From
I-94 going W: Take Snelling Avenue (US
51) exit.
South
(left) on Snelling Avenue to Randolph. West (right) on Randoplh to
Fairview/Randolph intersection. Stay on Randolph. Enter at GATE 3 on
Randolph.
- From
I-35E: Exit on Randolph Avenue. Proceed
West to Fairview/Randolph
intersection.
Stay on Randolph. Enter at GATE 3 on Randolph.
- From
I-35W: Exit on 94 eastbound to Cretin
Avenue
exit.
South on Cretin to Randolph Avenue. East on Randolph to Cleveland
Avenue intersection. Stay on Randolph. Enter at GATE 3 on Randolph.
Gate
3 is located between
Cleveland and Fairview and is nearest to the intersection of Randolph
and Prior Avenues. The Recital Hall is located right behind the better
known O'Shaughnessy auditorium. Parking is free after hours and on
weekends.
Click
here
for
a
campus
map
of St. Catherine
University.
Click
here
for
other
general
maps
and
directions to
St. Catherine University.
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