Sitar players

Creator: Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies

Poster for "An Evening Indian Classical Music" featuring Pandit Manu Kumar Seen playing the sitar and Ustad Akram Khan playing the tabla. The event was scheduled for 23rd November, 2011 at the Centre of the Indo-Canadian Studies. The first half of the event includes a lecture/demonstration followed by the second half featuring the performances of the famous South Asian musicians, both belonging from well-known families of musicians.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Brochure advertising a performance of classical music at Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montreal, Quebec. Features Irshad Khan on the sitar and surbarhar and Hindol Majumdar on the tabla. Irshad Khan is a sitar and surbahar player and vocalist based in Mississauga, Ontario. Considered a child prodigy, Khan has been performing publicly since the age of 7. He is also the founder/president of the Universal Academy for Musicians. In addition to actively performing, he also conducts workshops, lectures and master classes in various educational institutions. Hindol Majumdar is a tabla player. He began learning tabla at the age of 5 and had his first performance at the age of 10. He has since collaborated with world music percussionists like Doyra player Abbos Kosimov, four time Grammy award winner Glenn Velez, and world renowned Mridangam exponent Legendary Trichy Sankaran. He also founded the Hindole Majumdar School of Music and Dance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in USA where he teaches Tabla and Indian Rhythm.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising an instrumental performance at the D.B.Clarke Theatre, Montreal, Quebec. Features Shahid Parvez on the sitar and Vineet Vyas on the tabla. Shahid Parvez Khan is a sitar player. He was born on October 14, 1954 in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. He is a student of the Etawah Gharana (school) and is the great grandson of Imdad Khan, one of the school's founders. Vineet Vyas is a tabla player. He was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and was introduced to Hindustani classical music at the age of 5. He is the grandson of the classical vocalist Pandit Brahmanand Vyas and the disciple of tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj. He holds an MFA in World Percussion from the California Institute of the Arts.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of Illuminations at Grande Bibliotheque, Montreal, Canada. Features Kartik Seshadri on the sitar and Arup Chattopahdyay on the tabla. Kartik Seshadri is sitar player, composer and teacher of Indian classical music. He was born in 1957 in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. He is a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar and the director of the Indian Classical Music Ensemble at the University of California, San Diego. Arup Chattophadyay is a tabla player. He was born on October 11, 1961 in the city of Chandannagar in West Bengal, India. He is the son of the tabla player Pankaj Chattopadhyay and a disciple of Pandit Sankar Ghosh of the Farukkhabad gharana (school).

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising an evening of Serene Classical and Scintillating Folk Music at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan on the sitar and Hindol Majumdar and Mayookh Bhaumik on the tabla. Shujaat Husain Khan is a sitar player from India. He is the son of the sitar maestro Vilayat Khan and a student of the Imdad Khan gharana (school) of sitar playing. Hindol Majumdar is a tabla player. He began learning tabla at the age of 5 and had his first performance at the age of 10. He has since collaborated with world music percussionists like Doyra player Abbos Kosimov, four time Grammy award winner Glenn Velez, and world renowned Mridangam exponent Legendary Trichy Sankaran. He also founded the Hindole Majumdar School of Music and Dance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in USA where he teaches Tabla and Indian Rhythm. Mayookh Bhaumik is tabla player and electronic sound artist. He was born in New York, United States and currently lives in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. He has studied under Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sabir Khan.

Creator: Kabir Cultural Centre

Poster advertising a performance of The Magic of Twilight at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Irshad Khan on the sitar and the Surbahar, Subhajyoti Guha on the tabla and Geeta Thakur on the tanpura. Irshad Khan is a sitar and surbahar player and vocalist based in Mississauga, Ontario. Considered a child prodigy, Khan has been performing publicly since the age of 7. He is also the founder/president of the Universal Academy for Musicians. In addition to actively performing, he also conducts workshops, lectures and master classes in various educational institutions. Subhajyoti Guha is a tabla player from Kolkata, India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 5 and is a disciple of the acclaimed tabla maestro and trainer Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. He has been performing since 1992 and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including the President's Award from All India Radio. Geeta Thakur is a tanpura player.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of Ustad Irshad Khan performing at a musical event held at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, B.C.

Based in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Ustad Irshad Khan was a child prodigy, and is considered one of the greatest living surbahar and sitar players. He is known for his melding of "gayaki-ang" (vocal) and "tantra-ang" (instrumental) styles, making him known as one of the most dynamic musicians of the world. He performs traditionals ragas, pure Indian music, folk, and new age. He comes from a background of renowned sitar players, including his father Ustad Imrat Khan and uncle Vilayat Khan.

The Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre was named after Norman Rothstein, a successful Jewish businessman, and his life partner Annette who had a love for the cultural arts. The Theatre is part of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, which is located in Vancouver, B.C.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Group portrait five unidentified men at a musical event held at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, B.C.

Based in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Ustad Irshad Khan was a child prodigy, and is considered one of the greatest living surbahar and sitar players. He is known for his melding of "gayaki-ang" (vocal) and "tantra-ang" (instrumental) styles, making him known as one of the most dynamic musicians of the world. He performs traditionals ragas, pure Indian music, folk, and new age. He comes from a background of renowned sitar players, including his father Ustad Imrat Khan and uncle Vilayat Khan.

The Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre was named after Norman Rothstein, a successful Jewish businessman, and his life partner Annette who had a love for the cultural arts. The Theatre is part of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, which is located in Vancouver, B.C.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of Ustad Irshad Khan performing at a musical event held at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, B.C.

Based in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Ustad Irshad Khan was a child prodigy, and is considered one of the greatest living surbahar and sitar players. He is known for his melding of "gayaki-ang" (vocal) and "tantra-ang" (instrumental) styles, making him known as one of the most dynamic musicians of the world. He performs traditionals ragas, pure Indian music, folk, and new age. He comes from a background of renowned sitar players, including his father Ustad Imrat Khan and uncle Vilayat Khan.

The Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre was named after Norman Rothstein, a successful Jewish businessman, and his life partner Annette who had a love for the cultural arts. The Theatre is part of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, which is located in Vancouver, B.C.

Creator: Bodalia, Chandra

Photograph of Ustad Irshad Khan performing at a musical event held at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver, B.C.

Based in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Ustad Irshad Khan was a child prodigy, and is considered one of the greatest living surbahar and sitar players. He is known for his melding of "gayaki-ang" (vocal) and "tantra-ang" (instrumental) styles, making him known as one of the most dynamic musicians of the world. He performs traditionals ragas, pure Indian music, folk, and new age. He comes from a background of renowned sitar players, including his father Ustad Imrat Khan and uncle Vilayat Khan.

The Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre was named after Norman Rothstein, a successful Jewish businessman, and his life partner Annette who had a love for the cultural arts. The Theatre is part of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, which is located in Vancouver, B.C.