APCA

Alif Laila

Posted by pcadmin on May 3, 2017

APCA presents Alif Laila at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage August 20, 2017 @5:30PM The Kennedy Center 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC, US 20566 (800) 444-1324 http://www.kennedy-center.org/video/index/M63404 Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Laila began to learn from Ustad Mir Qasem Khan, nephew of the legendary maestro, Ustad Alauddin Khan(Ravi Shankar’s guru). She further continued under the tutelage of Partha Chatterjee, Krishna Bhatt and Kushal Das.Laila has a BA degree in Fine Arts from Dhaka University. She has performed in prestigious venues like,The Kennedy Center Wash DC, The Shakespeare Theater ,Wash DC,The Purcell Room, South Bank Center, London, The Nehru Center, London, The Bengal Festival, Dhaka, The India International Center, New Delhi, BHU, Benares etc Her performance “Music For Peace’ at UNESCO presented by the Embassy of Bangladesh, Paris. She has recorded and performed with world renowned tabla artists such as Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Ustad Tari Khan – collaborated with South Indian classical, Jazz saxophone – composed for Sitar/Cello duet and music for dance (Dakshina Dance Company). She has combined her sitar concerts with her water color paintingsin the US, UK and Bangladesh. She is featured in the ‘Touring Artists Roster’ of the Maryland State Arts Council. She has received the prestigious Individual Artist’s Award from MSAC and AHCMC. She received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from ASHA, a women’s organization. Alif established her music school, Sitar Niketan, in Bethesda MD. Her DVD ‘Hridayaragam’, was featured in the’ Women’s History Month’, Smithsonian, Wash DC. And ‘Strings of Resonance” was nominated as the best classical music, in Dhaka. Laila’s upcoming CD , Ekavali (The Connecting Thread) with sitar/world melodies/world percussion, symbolizes the unity of humanity. Click Here to visit Alif Laila’s...

Death in San Francisco

Posted by pcadmin on Sep 25, 2022

“Sujit Saraf’s play, Death in San Francisco, shows us the family and friends of a recently deceased middle aged Indian in Pacific Heights, CA – a ritzy neighborhood of San Francisco. Naveen Gupta, seemingly secular in life, surprised everyone by stipulating in his will that his son Ajay should cremate him in San Francisco, just as Naveen had cremated his father in India, thirty years earlier. The play offers us humor in the varying reactions of Naveen’s family and friends to this quixotic demand; and, as is typical of Saraf, holds an unblinking spotlight to our community and its foibles.” Written by: Sujit SarafDirected by: Krishna S. MurtiAssistant Director: Meera NarasimhanCast of the playAnagha-AshwinSanjay KumarJiju NairShona BrambleK.R. BalaSubramaniamSrini ThupukariManoj SinghSumedha MalhotraMeghan Williams ElkinsSumedha MohanNeerja TripathiSwati SinhaNisha NarayanVigil BoseRajiv PaulVikrum Mathur Saturday October 8, 2022 @ 4:00 PMSunday, October 9, 2022 @ 4:00 PMBender JCC of Greater Washington Kreeger Auditorium6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852Tickets are available Onlinehttp://www.natyabharati.org$25 & $3520% discount until September 25, 2022Additional 10% discount for a group of 10 or moreAny questions or Concerns please write...

SITAR CONCERT

Posted by pcadmin on Apr 14, 2024

Biography: One of the leading disciples of Pandit Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee, doyen of the Imdadkhani Gharana, Anupama’s style is characterized by scintillating fast taans, mastery of the meditative alaap, and brilliant fluency of melody (raaga-bhava), while remaining true to tradition.Anupama has been conferred the title Surmani, by Sur Sringar Sansad, Bombay (1995). Early on, she had won First Position in the All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition (1994), as well as a HRD Scholarship from the Government of India (1993-1996Anupama obtained her Masters in music from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, India; and received grants in ‘00, ‘02, ‘04, and ‘08, from the Ohio Arts Council (USA). Anupama’s repertoire of performances world-wide span major universities and conservatories, notably: SouthBank Center (London, UK), Ali Akbar Khan School of Music (Basel, Switzerland), MIT Fall Concert Series (Boston, USA), U Penn, Berkeley, Ole Miss (USA), Asian Arts Museum (San Francisco), U of Victoria & Calgary, Musée Guimet (Paris), Musée des Beaux-Arts (Angers, France). Anupama has been lauded by the connoisseurs in India for her performances at prestigious festivals and venues such as: Doverlane Music Conference (Kolkata), Ustad Amir Khan Smriti Samaroh (Indore), Saptak (Ahmedabad), Sankat Mochan Samaroh (Varanasi), Sangeet Research Academy (Kolkata), Baba HarBallabh Samaroh (Jalandhar), KM Conservatory (Chennai) and more. Anupama has appeared on All India Radio, Doordarshan National Television (India), WKCR (New York City), WDPR (Dayton Public Radio), WEFT (Champaign, IL), Mood Indigo (California Arts TV), WRIR Radio Show (Richmond, VA), etc. Anupama has also collaborated on World-Music performances such as Lotus Festival, Global Rhythms, Cincinnati Choir etc., in addition to jugalbandis with renowned Indian musicians of other...

Posted by pcadmin on Apr 5, 2014

HISTORY: APCA was established in 1996 to promote charitable activities in the fields of art, music and theater. MISSION: APCA is dedicated to supporting the best talent in each field and working closely with other local organizations which have similar goals and purposes. In addition, APCA sponsors local and visiting artists; to inform, educate and entertain the public at large. Since its inception in 1996, APCA has sponsored numerous world renowned classical music artists from India. The local audiences got a rare opportunity to listen to such artists as Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Pandit Jasraj, Zakir Hussain, Gundecha Brothers, Amjad Ali Khan, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Shahid Parvez, L Subramanium, Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Kaushiki Chakraborty and many others. APCA provided support to Embassy of India during the celebrations of 50th anniversary of India’s independence at the Smithsonian. These programs were shown free to the public. APCA has provided support to the local theater group Natya Bharati during those early years when attendance at performances was sporadic. The local dance schools of Nrityalaya and Kuchipudi Kalanidhi have sought support from APCA a few times and presented classical dancers for enjoyment of the general public. In short APCA has been instrumental in helping local audiences to get exposure to the culture from the East and appreciate its...