The Asian Indian Classical Music Society

51491 Norwich Drive, Granger IN 46530

The Asian Indian Classical Music Society's goal is to foster the knowledge of, and promote interest in, the rich tradition of Indian classical music - both North and South Indian - in the Michiana area. The society organizes concerts featuring vocal and instrumental classical music and classical Indian dance at the University of Notre Dame, and has been in existence since 1993.

For further information, please contact Amitava Dutt (adutt@nd.edu) or Umesh Garg (garg@nd.edu).

Link to our Constitution

 

Office Bearers for 2016

 

Vidula Agtey (President)

Umesh Garg (Vice President and Program Coordinator)

Amitava Krishna Dutt (Secretary)

Ganesh Vaidyanathan (Treasurer)

Prashant Kamat

Runa Mozumder

Anand Pillay

  

Recent Concerts

2016

 

• Amrutha Venkatesh, vocal - March 16
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan veena) and Manju Mehta (sitar) - April 2
• Mita Nag (sitar) and Joydeep Ghosh (sarod) - April 26
• Debojyoti Bose (sitar) - September 12
• J A Jayanth (flute) - November 17

2015

 

• Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, dhrupad vocal, with Ignio Brunori (saxophone) and Virginial Nicoli (silverflute) - April 23
• Nagai Muralidharan (violin) - May 1
• Atulkumar Upadhaye (violin) - October 10

2014

 

• Rajan and Sajan Mishra, vocal - March 28
• Rajeeb Chakraborty (sarod) and Jesse Bannister (saxophone)- April 28
• Pantula Rama, vocal - September 19

2013

 

• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan veena) - April 10
• Sanmukha Priya and Hari Priya, vocal - April 26
• Arati Ankalikar, vocal - May 22
• Shubhendra Rao (sitar) and Saskia Rao-de Haas (cello) - September 15

2012

 

• Sandeep Narayan, vocal - March 20
• Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, dhrupad vocal - April 15
• Rupak Kulkarni (flute) - April 29
• Aliya Rasheed and Amita Sinha Mahapatra, dhrupad vocal - September 23
• Kushal Das (sitar)- October 14

2011

 

• Sugato Nag (sitar) - April 11
• Ganesh and Kumaresh (violin) - April 27
• Ritesh and Rajnish Mishra, vocal - September 6
• Shahid Parvez (sitar) - September 25

2010

• Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, vocal - March 28
• Joydeep Ghosh, surshringar - April 17
• Ronu Majumdar, flute - September 20
• Malladi Brothers, vocal - October 10.  Information on artists

 

2009

 

• Milind Tulankar (jaltarang) and Sunil Avachat (flute) - April 2
• Padma Talwalkar, vocal - April 26
• Rajeeb Chakraborty (sarod) and Reena Shrivastava (sitar) - September 6
• Sanjay Subrahmanyan, vocal - October 30

   

2008

• Shahid Parvez, sitar - April 9
• Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, Dhrupad vocal - April 26
• Rajan and Sajan Misra, vocal - August 31
• Esha Bandyopadhya (vocal) and Partha Bose (sitar) - November 9

   

2007

• Sugato Nag, sitar - April 1
• Uday Bhawalkar, Dhrupad vocal - April 14
• Shashank, flute - September 16
• Brij Narayan, sarod - November 4

 

2006

• Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, sarod - April 7
• Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha, Dhrupad vocal - April 30
• Jesse Bannister (saxophone) and Dr Rajeeb Chakraborty (sarod) - September 22
• Shahid Parvez, sitar - October 8

 

 

Other Announcements

 

The AICMS had its annual general-body meeting on April 15, 2016.  The new members of the Executive Committee were elected at the meeting.  They are: Vidula Agtey (President),Umesh Garg (Vice President), Amitava Dutt (Secretary), Ganesh Vaidyanathan (Treasurer), and Prasant Kamat (member at large).  Subsequently, Runa Mozumder and Anand Pillay were added as co-opted members of the Committee.