New Year's Invocation with Morning Melodies by Naren Budhakar & Indrojit Roy-Chowdhury *
10:30 AM
Admission $20 / members $15 / included in overnight guest rate
Naren (voice and Tabla) and Indrojit on Sitar will offer profound morning rāgas and Sanskrit mantras to begin the new year on an auspicious note.
Preceded by Ashram Meditation Program beginning at 9:00 AM (by donation).
Naren Budhakar was brought up in the Indian classical music tradition and began performing Tabla at a young age. A disciple of Tabla Maestro Ustad Shabbir Nisar, Naren has played with prominent instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers including Pandit Birju Maharaj, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Jasraj and Shaed Parvez and has performed at prestigious venues in the U.S. and Europe. He has provided Tabla accompaniment for various musical genres. He is also a disciple of Shri Aditya Khandwe of the Gwalior style of classical Indian vocal music. Naren is co-director of the East-West School of Music and as a faculty member teaches and performs regularly.
Indrojit Roy-Chowdhury is a disciple of Sitar Maestro Pandit Subroto Roy-Chowdhury. Trained in the Senia Gharana, which maintains the Dhrupad origins of Indian classical music, Indrojit strives to innovate while keeping a firm connection with the past. He has performed internationally including at Gyan Mancha (Kolkata), Hammerstein Ballroom (NYC) and Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.) and was featured on Indian National Television. Indrojit has also been a visiting faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania teaching Sitar. For more information, visit his website.
