Sunday, July 25 1:00 pm EDT
War or Peace; story from the Mahabharatha
by Theater Nisha
Sauti, Vaishampayana, and Sanjaya were present at the Kaurava court when Sri Krishna came to broker peace between the Pandavas and Kauravas. These three observers have agreed to join us on Zoom to narrate the story from the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata.
FREE for Dhvani Annual Subscribers.
Saturday, July 24 11:00 am EDT | 10:00 am CDT | 9:00 am MDT | 8:00 am PDT
Abhinaya Deconstructed; Bharatanatyam Master Class for teachers. practitioners, and advanced students
Ramya Harishankar of Arpana Dance Company Student of the late Kalanidhi Narayanan
Sunday, July 11 1:00 pm EDT
Kalpavriksha; celebrating nature with Carnatic Music
Bharathi Ramasubban
Vocalist Bharathi Ramasubban shares her thoughts and examples of a variety of compositions where the composers have used nature for themes and ideas in their compositions. There is an 80-minute video – available from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning.
Please watch this video before the Zoom discussion with the artist at 1 PM.
The Video will be available here for viewing from 5 PM Wednesday July 7th to 11 AM Sunday July 11th (EDT).
Sunday, June 20 1 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents The Song of the Tambura a lecture demonstration on the exceptional qualities of this ancient and sonorous instrument by Ranjani Sivakumar.
FREE for Annual Members
Saturday, May 29 7:30 pm EDT
This is a story that weaves together the compositions popularised by the legendary Veena Dhanammal and her lineage of exemplary musicians.
Aishwarya Raghunath – vocal | RK Shriramkumar – violin | K Arun Prakash – mridangam
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
Friday, May 21 6:00 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents
Mr. Ghatams
N. Guruprasad | D.V. Venkatasubramaniam | N. Rajaraman | G. Chandrasekara Sharma
Available from Friday, May 21 6 PM EDT till Monday, June 7th at 9 PM EDT
Saturday, May 8 – Monday, May 10 7 pm EDT | 4 pm PDT
Bharatanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai interprets five emotions
Sunday, May 2 1:00 pm EDT
A lecture-demonstration about the chitravina and its precursor, the Gottuvadyam. Bhargavi will demonstrate how these instruments are played and the nuances of the tones they can produce.
FREE for Annual Members.
Available from Saturday, May 01 at 5:30 PM PDT – till Tuesday, May 4th 5:30 PM PDT ( 8.30 pm EDT | 6.00 am IST next day)
Through the eyes of the Apsaras
Exclusive Premiere presented by the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Friday, April 30 6:30 pm EDT
Trinity – a Carnatic musical play in English
A Madras Players production
with Vidwan Vijay Siva, Vidushi Gayathri Venkataraghavan and Vidwan Dr. Sunder in the title roles.
Available from Friday, April 30 – till Sunday, May 2nd
Sunday, April 25 1:00 pm EDT
The art of the storyteller
Ami Majmudar is the consummate storyteller. She will share one of her favorite stories from the Puranas.
FREE for Annual Subscribers
Saturday, April 24 6:30 pm EDT
Kutcheri by Archana & Aarathi
Dr. Hemalatha – violin | B. Ganapathyraman – mridangam | Trichy Murali – ghatam
Saturday, April 17, 7:00 pm EDT
Arohanam ; Bharatanatyam by Bhavajan Kumar
Vocal: Sri. Vignesh Ishwar, Sri. OS Arun, Sri. G Srikanth Nattuvangam: Ms. Leela Samson, Smt. Shobana Swamy, Sri. Bhavajan Kumar Mridangam: Sri. Karthikeyan Ramanathan, Sri. G Vijayaraghavan Veena: Sri. Bhavani Prasad, Sri Mudikondan Ramesh Violin: Sri B Ananthakrishnan Flute: Sri Sruthi Sagar
Videography: Sri Sarveshan
Friday, February 19 – 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST) Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
Friday, March 19 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Friday, April 16 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
Friday, April 16 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
When Eyes Speak – Indian Choreography Festival 2021
Saturday, April 10
Hemmige S Prashanth – vocal | Charulatha Ramanujam – violin | BR Srinivas – mridangam
FREE for Annual Subscribers.
Available through April 25th.
Saturday, April 10 7:00 pm EDT
a solo concert by Nisha Rajagopalan
Friday, April 2 8 pm EDT | 7 pm CDT | 5 pm PDT
Saturday, April 3 7 pm EDT | 6 pm CDT | 4 pm PDT
A tale of lost souls from the Mahabharata
EXCLUSIVE NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE presented by JustUs Repertory & Dhvani India Performing Arts Society
Saturday, March 27 6:30 pm EDT
JA Jayanth – bamboo flute | B Anantha Krishnan – violin | Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – mridangam
Friday, March 19 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Sunday, March 14 1:00 pm EDT
Sahana Bettada – vocal | Sreenath Kunapuli – mridangam | Srinidhi Puchha – veena and vocal | Anish Sairam – vocal and violin | Sujan Sriram – mridangam
Saturday, March 6 6:30 pm EST
RK Shriramkumar – violin | J Vaidhyanathan – mridangam | Dr. S Karthick – ghatam | Nandita Kannan – tambura
Held on Friday, February 19 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST)
Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
Dhvani presents in Collaboration with Kala Prashala
“The Art of Composing” an interactive session with Chitravina N Ravikiran & Neyveli R Santhanagopalan, on Zoom. Moderated by Dr. CM Venkatachalam and Revathi Subramanian.
Friday, February 12 – 7:30 pm CST | 8:30 pm EST |5:30 pm PST
Adithya Anandan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 17, 2021
Shilpa Sathyanathan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Samarth Anantuni accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Prameela Mandyam accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sapna Ganesh Prasad accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sai Govind Vijayaraghavan (Mandolin) accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Anirudh Raja accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
V K Arun Kumar accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Prithi Narasimhan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Renuka Suryanarayanan accompanied by Apoorva Ravindran Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Ajay Balasubramanian accompanied by K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Kavita Ramanan accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sowmya Acharya accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
T N Arunagiri accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
R Suryaprakash accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 16, 2021
Akkarai Subhalakshmi Violin Solo accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Special feature on Dikshitar by Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, and Archana Upadhyaya & Samanvi Udupi Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 15, 2021
Dr Pappu Venugopal Rao on Dikshitar, and Prof Robert Morris on Beethoven Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sikkil Gurucharan accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Melody, Harmony, Melharmony – Grammy & other Award winning Indian & Western stars celebrate Beethoven & Dikshitar Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Akkarai Sisters – Vocal accompanied by emerging performers Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 14, 2021