Promoting Indian classical music, art and
theater for cultural/ethnic awareness

Events

 CURRENT EVENTS

Year 2011. Following events planned for this year are sponsored by APCA.

 PREVIOUS EVENTS

APCA sponsored these events in collaboration with other organizations where listed. Events at the Freer and Sackler Galleries and Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Women in the Arts were underwritten by APCA and shown free to the general public.

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2010

• Natya Bharati presents Indian Theater Festival.
• Nrityalaya presents multicultural dance, Helen Keller.

2008

• Smthsonian Center For Education & Museum Studies, Devotion - a Musical Worship of Nature, featuring Alif Laila on sitar and Nittin Mitta on tabla.
• Asia Society Washington, Amjad Ali Khan on Sarod with Samir Chatterjee on tabla at George Washington University, Washington, DC.
• Chhandayan, music concerts at Potomac Community Center, MD.
• Kuchipudi Kalanidhi, Transcending Tradition, a Festival of Indian Classical Dance, at American University, Washington, DC.

2007

• Natya Bharati, The play Rudali at Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD.
• Washington Performing Arts Society, Alif Laila (sitar) and Aditya Kalyanpur (tabla) at Potomac. MD.
• Kaushiki Chakraborty (vocal) and Shahbaz Hussain (tabla) at McLean, VA.
• Kuchipudi Kalanidhi dance performance, Rasa, at Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
• Suchimista Das and Nirmalya Roy (vocal) and Ganesh Jagdap (tabla) at Potomac, MD.
• Asha For Education, U Shrinivas (mandolin) and Samir Chatterjee on tabla at Performing Arts Center of University of Maryland.
• Chhandayan, Indraji Roychoudhary (sitar), Debu Nayak (tabla), Ruchira Panda (vocal) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla) at Potomac MD.
  

2006

• UPAKAR, Dr. Mrs N. Rajam; Dr. Sangeeta Shankar; granddaughters Mohini and Ragini, at GWU Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
• Chhandayan Concerts; various artists, at the Potomac Community Center, Potomac, MD.
• Swani Shende Sathya (vocal) in a baithak at McLean, VA.
• Washington Performing Arts Society, Anoushka Shankar at GWU Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

2005

• UPAKAR, Zakir Hussain and Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma at GWU Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC.
• Chhandayan, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee on sitar and Pandit Samir Chatterjee on tabla at Potomac Community Center, Potomac MD.
• IDEA, Dance Festival at Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, MD.

2004

• Open Theatre/DC, August Strindberg's A Dream Play at Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC.
• AID, JHU chapter, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan on sarod and Tanmoy Bose on tabla, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
• UPAKAR, Zakir Hussain on tabla; L Shankar and Gingger on violin and vocal; Sivamani on drums, Listner auditorium, GWU, Washington, DC.
  

2003

• Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar) and Janab Akram Khan, baithak in Potomac, MD
• MKK-USA, dance extravaganza, Eleanor Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Greenbelt, MD.
• Nritalaya and Gandhi Memorial Center, a multimedia dance ballet at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.

2002

• UPAKAR, Pt. Vijay Raghav Rao (flute) and Pt. Anindo Chatterji (tabla), Montgomery College Center for Performing Arts, Rockville, MD.
• MKK-USA, TRIUMPH (through dance), directed by KONARK Dance School, F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater, Rockville, MD.
• Natya Bharati, Hindi Play 'Bechare Bhagwan', Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, MD.
• Uday Bhawalkar and Manik Mande, baithak in McLean, VA.
• Lalitya Munshaw, baithak in Potomac, MD. (View pictures from this event)

• ASHA, Movie Screening of "Terrorist" at Cineplex Oden Wisconsin Avenue Cinemas, Washington DC.
• UPAKAR, Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla) and Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (Santoor) at the Lisner Auditorium, George Washington Campus, Washington, DC
• MKK-USA, Anjali of classical dances and a Tagore Dance Drama at the Jack Masur Auditorium, NIH, Bethesda, MD
• Gundecha Brothers Performance in Potomac, MD

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2000

• Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Sukhwinder Singh (UPAKAR).
• Pandit Purshottam Das Jalota (Rajdhani Mandir).
• Pandit Rajan and Sajan Misra (Durga Temple).
• Reading and discussion of his poems by Agha Shahid Ali at the Freer and Sackler Gallery.
• A program of devotional music at Durga Temple, by Gundecha Brothers.
• Baithak of classical vocal music by Pandit Vijay Kichlu.
• Baithak of Shahid Pravez.

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1999

• The Women in Indian Cinema" a series of four films directed by Indian women, shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in conjunction with the exhibit "The Narrative Thread" - Women's Embroidery from Rural India.
• Production of "Program Brochure" listing various public events scheduled for "Devi" exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
• Jugalbandi concert of Dr.L.Subramaniam (violin) and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (mohan veena) at the University of Maryland. (presented by AID)
• Hari Prasad Chaurasia, the renowned flute player at the Nova Auditorium. (UPAKAR)
• "Bus Savitri Bus" a play by Natya Bharati.
• Baithak of Shahid Pravez (sitar) with Subhen Chatterjee (tabla). (ARTS)
• Baithak of Sipra Bose (vocal), with Gobindo Bosa (tabla) and Sohan Lal Sharma (harmonium). (Shastriya Sangeet Parishad)
• Baithak of Hemang Mehta (vocal) disciple of Pandit Jasraj.
• Baithak of Pandit Vinayak Torvi (vocal), great exponent of Gwalior and Kirana Gharanas

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1998

• Swati Bhise (bharat natyam) accompanied by vocalist Savithri Ramanand and her ensemble, at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium. This performance was in conjunction with the exhibit "Sakhi, Friend and Messenger in Rajput love paintings".
• "Bin Baatee Ke Deep" a play presented by Natya Bharati.
  Concert of Ustad Zakir Hussain (tabla), Fazal Quereshi (tabla), Sivamani (drums) and Ustad Sultan Khan (sarangi) at the University of Maryland. (presented by AID)
• Concert of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) and Ustad Zakir Hussain (tabla) at the University of Maryland. (TOUCH)
• "Are! Mayavi Sarovar" - a musical fantasy in nautanki style. (Natya Bharati)
• Baithak of Gundecha Brothers, the great exponents of dhrupad tradition.
• Baithak of Pandit Raghu Nath Seth, the great flute player accompanied by Sandip Burman (tabla).

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1997

• Kuchipudi dance by Anuradha Nehru at The National Geographic Society.
• Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod) at the Freer's Meyer Auditorium.
• "Kuchipudi Quartet"- evening of classical Indian dance at Montgomery Colege. (Kuchipudi Kalanidhi)
• Channulal Mishra (vocal) and Brij Narayan (sarod) at the National Air and Space Museum.
• Baithak of Channulal Mishra (vocal), Ram Kumar Mishra (tabla) and Santosh Kumar Mishra (sarangi).
• Baithak of Phagulni Mitra (dhrupad) accompanied by Bhaskar Mukherjee (pakhawaj) and Pratima Mitra (harmonium). (Sanskriti, Inc.)
• Baithak of Pandit Vinayak Torvi, a senior disciple of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, accompanied by Debu Nayak (tabla) and Hamayun Khan (harmonium).
• Baithak of Asad Ali Khan (rudraveena) accompanied by Mohan Shyam Sharma (pakhawaj) and Zaki Haidar (tanpura).

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1996

• Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, the sarod maestro at The Kennedy Center. (presented by APCA)
• Amrish Puri's presentation "Aadhe Adhure" at Jack Masur Auditorium of NIH. (Natya Bharati)

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