Festival of India
Saturday, April 4, 8:00pm
Amulya Pilla, a Kuchipudi dancer with more than two decades of experience is a dedicated disciple of Smt. Padma Sonti and Smt. Bala Tripura Sundari.
Amulya has played lead roles in several dance-drama productions, has taught and choreographed traditional and fusion pieces, and is an ardent believer that passing sacred art forms to future generations requires deep respect to its origins and intentional evolutions to its details.
Amulya is also a singer-songwriter, educator, and event planner.
Saturday, April 4, 9:00pm
Join us in welcoming the Spring and celebrate Holi – the Indian Festival of colors.
Time to clap your hands and tap your feet to some joyous traditional songs in six different Indian Languages with our amazing artists.
Om Guha has studied Hindustani Classical Music for sixteen years under the guidance of Shri Hemant Kulkarni. He performs Classical, Semi-Classical, Bhajans, and Light music
He also sings in six languages such as Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Marathi.
Om has performed at National and International Venues like Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in Madison Square Garden, the International Indian Icon in Chicago and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs North America in Mumbai, India
Abhinav Acharya has studied Tabla for the last nine years under the tutelage of Shri Prabhakar Betrebet. He has performed with the Archana Joglekar Institute and artists like Naveen Kumar and Pt. Supratik Sengupta
Sunday, April 5 3:00pm
Come join us for an afternoon of amazing performances by our young artists.
Enjoy a wide array of Indian Classical Arts and Indian Folk Arts from various parts of India.
The event begins with a Saraswati Vandana in Raag Bhairavi by singer Oviya Gandhi and tabla player Argha Dev Paul followed by Classical Dance performances by students of Guru Liza Joseph’s Natyamudra Dance School and Folk Dance performances by students of Guru Sonal Jhaveri’s Khushi Dance School.
Sunday, April 5, 4:00pm
Come and join us for a spectacular Sitar performance by a rising young artist Om Guha and Tabla Player Abhinav Acharya.
Om has studied Sitar for the last ten years under the tutelage of Pandit Supratik Sengupta Ji and Pandit Indrajit Banerjee Ji and has incorporated his Sitar into Music Therapy Research at local Medical Hospitals. He has performed Sitar at various venues in New York and New Jersey.
Abhinav Acharya has studied Tabla for the last nine years under the tutelage of Shri Prabhakar Betrebet. He has performed with the Archana Joglekar Institute and artists like Naveen Kumar and Pt. Supratik Sengupta.
