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
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
Anirudh Raja accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 17, 2021
December 17, 2021 6:00 PM EST
Uday Bhawalkar – Vocals | Pratap Awad – Pakhawaj | Meghana Sardar & Meghana Bhawalkar – Tampuras & Supporting Vocals
Free for 2022 Annual Members
Sunday, October 11 10:00 am EDT
vivēkĀvivēka; appreciating the timeless message of Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
Sunday, September 18, 2022 4:00 PM EDT
Phil Scarff – saxophone | Pranav Ghatraju – tabla
Venue: Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
December 19, 2021 6:00 PM EST
TM Krishna – Vocals | Vittal Rangan – Violin | Praveen Sparsh – Mridangam | Chandrasekara Sharma – Ghatam
Saturday, April 24 6:30 pm EDT
Kutcheri by Archana & Aarathi
Dr. Hemalatha – violin | B. Ganapathyraman – mridangam | Trichy Murali – ghatam
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
Kavita Ramanan accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Saturday, April 10
Hemmige S Prashanth – vocal | Charulatha Ramanujam – violin | BR Srinivas – mridangam
FREE for Annual Subscribers.
Available through April 25th.
Friday, April 30 6:30 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents
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
Renuka Suryanarayanan accompanied by Apoorva Ravindran Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Akkarai Subhalakshmi Violin Solo accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 16, 2021
Saturday, March 12 2022, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
Venue: Dublin Community Recreation Center
Click here to view competition rules. The deadline for registration will be February 19.
Sunday, October 11 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Sharing music to build bridges between communities. A conversation with the musicians of Maithree and members of the American Composers Forum.
Zoom Event
July 31, 2022, 9:30 AM EDTAugust, 2022 9:30 AM EDT
From the Misty hills of the Darjeeling region comes this fitting finale concert with
Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee on surbahar and sitar Soumen Nandy – tabla
This epic concert will be presented in two parts. Part two will be released on August 14th, 2022.
February 12, 2022 8:30 AM EST
Ulhas Kashalkar (vocals) | Yogesh Samsi (tabla) | Tanmay Deochake (harmonium) | Sameehan Kashalkar and Saurabh Naik (tanpura and backup vocals)
Saturday, March 19 7 pm EST
presented by JustUs Repertory & Dhvani India Performing Arts Society
Sunday, August 30 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Amritha Murali will share some insights into approaches to Raga Alapana. She will show us how different types of ragas can be handled In accordance with their intrinsic flavor.
Saturday, July 9, 2022 1:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Join us for an afternoon of fun with music and a potluck picnic lunch.
Venue: Dublin Coffman Park Amphitheater
Admission is free
Saturday, March 27 6:30 pm EDT
JA Jayanth – bamboo flute | B Anantha Krishnan – violin | Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – mridangam
Saturday, January 29 2022, 7:00 – 8:30 PM EDT
Dhvani Music School is proud to present a showcase of some ideas, concepts, and innovative techniques learned in these workshops with relevant explanations by students.
Free Event
Sikkil Gurucharan accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 15, 2021
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.
Sunday, August 2 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
An introduction to ghatam, the instrument, and its music will be presented by Vidvan Sri N. Guruprasad.
Adithya Anandan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
June 5, 2022, 9:30 AM EST
ABHISHEK RAGHURAM – Vocal | HN BHASKAR – Violin | PATRI SATISH KUMAR – Mridangam
Saturday, April 1, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Written and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan
Co-sponsored by: Ektaa Center – Irvine, CA | Kalavandanam – St Paul, MN | SciArt Services – Madison, WI | Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego – CA | Kalapriya Foundation – Chicago
Free for 2023 Annual Members
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 6:30 PM EDT
TM Krishna – vocal | Akkarai Subhalakshmi – violin | Praveen Sparsh – mridangam
Sunday, August 161:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We often think of ragas as being a structure of notes in a structured sequence. As with our understanding of colors, we realize that just as colors are both more and less that their chromatic numeric codes. so it is with ragas.
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.
Sunday, September 13 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
A Dhvani Exclusive: A short solo veena recital by the talented young musician followed by a virtual reception with the artist. Ramana plays solo and sings along.
July 3, 2022, 9:30 AM EDT
SHWETA PRACHANDE – Bharatanatyam | RITVIK RAJA – Vocals | HN BHASKAR – Violin | AADITH SESHADRI – Nattuvangam | PRAVEEN SPARSH – Mridangam / Kanjira |SIVA PRASAD – Mridangam
Saturday, December 5 8:00 pm EST
G Chandrasekara Sharma – vocal / ghatam/ konnakol | Ambur Padmanaban – mridangam | Sunil Kumar – kanjira | R Raman – moharsing
December 18, 2021 6:00 PM EST
Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath & Brindha Manikavasakan – Vocals | Vittal Rangan – Violin | Praveen Sparsh – Mridangam | Chandrasekara Sharma – Ghatam
April 17, 2022 9:30 AM EST
Pantula Rama – Vocal | Vittal Rangan – Violin | NC Bharadwaj – Mridangam | Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira
June 19, 2022, 9:30 AM EDT
WASEEM AHMED KHAN – VOCAL | BIVASH SANGHAI – TABLA | SARWAR HUSSAIN – SARANGI
Sunday, September 20 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We will be introduced to the bamboo flute and playing techniques by Jayanth.
Saturday, October 30, 9:30 PM EDT | 6:30 PM PDT | 7 AM IST (on 31st)
Tanjavur Quartet Compositions and their current-day relevance, a panel discussion with Bharathi Ramasubban, Charu Chandrasekar, Christopher Gurusamy, Ganesh Vasudeva and Preethi Ramaprasad.
Saturday, November 19, 2022 8:00 PM EST
Co-sponsored by: Ektaa Center – Irvine, CA | Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego, CA | Kalavandanam – St Paul MN | SciArt Services – Madison, WI
Saturday, September 26 8:00 pm EDT
Sushma Somasekharan – vocal
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
Melody, Harmony, Melharmony – Grammy & other Award winning Indian & Western stars celebrate Beethoven & Dikshitar Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Friday, September 11 8:00 pm EDT
Vignesh Ishwar along with RK Shriramkumar, K Arun Prakash and N. Guruprasad will present a concert exploring the grandeur of varnams – வர்ண களஞ்சியம்.