Sampradaya is a 30-year-old archival and documentation organization that has done extensive documentation and archival work in the field of south Indian music traditions. In continuation of our efforts we present Samvada - A conversation, a series of unique conversations with Masters of Carnatic music.

The aim of Samvada is to create a public forum where the great masters of our art can come and share with students, other musicians and the art lovers their musical journey. The idea behind this is that many of the greats leave behind a huge musical legacy in the form of their music but we are all always curious about their musical process and their life's journey.  We very rarely get to understand the mind behind the musician. Therefore in order to facilitate this we have arranged this series of events. In order to make the conversation focused, in depth and revealing we have also made some of the top musicians of today to hold the conversation with these masters. This will also be an interactive event with the audience. There will be one interview every month.

We start this series with:
Sangita Kalanidhi R.K.Shrikantan
in conversation with
Sangit Samrat Chitravina N.Ravikiran
Date : 28th August
Time : 6.30pm
Venue : Kasturi Srinivasan Hall (Music Academy)

Concert Announcement
Vina & Voice : Sreevidhya Chandramouli
Mridangam : Poovalur Srinivasan
Tambura : Kapila Chandramouli & Sushruta Chandramouli
The concert announcement is available at:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-folklife.html#july16

Details of the concerts

Concert 1:
Time : Aug, 19, 2009 @ 6:00 pm Eastern Time
Venue: Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Washington DC
Live webcast of the concert at the Kennedy Center Millennium
stage will be available at
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/

Concert 2:
Time : Aug, 20, 2009 @ Noon Eastern Time
Venue: Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC
The Noon concerts are uploaded to the link
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/concert/0809-homepage.html
few weeks after the program.
Radio Interview: Sreevidhya Chandramouli
at WAMU 88.5 FM (http://wamu.org),
American University Radio, NPR station, Washington DC
Date of broadcast of the interview will be announced in a subsequent email.

Concern India Foundation is conducting "TALENT SEARCH 2009" Classical Dance and Carnatic Vocal Competition for young upcoming Bharatanatyam dancers and vocalist This is the third year we at Concern India Foundation are conducting Dance and this year we have added Vocal Competition

Concern India Foundation will also be organizing Carnatic Music competition for young aspirants. We will have the elimination round for all categories and the finalists (seniors) will be given the great opportunity to present one hour Concert at a popular Sabha.

PURPOSE OF THE EVENT
This exciting talent hunt will give dancers and Vocalists an excellent opportunity to present their work The competition is a thrilling extravaganza of artists performing dance and vocal, this truly promises to be an unforgettable experience. We provide an entire and complete production package, which includes excellent theaters, lighting, sound, technical assistance and publicity.

ELIMINATION Round for Dance
Sub-Juniors-5Yrs-8Yrs
Juniors –9Yrs-14Yrs
Seniors-15Yrs-20Yrs
Group- 5-25Yrs
Date: Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of October 2009
Venue :Dakshinamoorthy Auditorium Mylapore
Finals:
Venue : Smt Sivakami Petachi Auditorium Mylapore
Date : Wednesday 25th of November 2009.

ELIMINATION Round for Vocal
Sub-Juniors-5Yrs-8Yrs
Juniors –9Yrs-14Yrs
Seniors-15Yrs-20Yrs
Date: Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of October 2009
Venue : Centenary Hall P.S.Higher Secondary School Mylapore
Finals: Date yet to be confirmed

These two events as always will showcase

Tradition, Culture and spirit of our country and PROVIDE A PLATFORM for Charity

We request you to kindly give us a Press Release in your esteemed News Paper. In this way it would really boost the confidence of the upcoming artist in the field of Classical Dance and Music and enable us in enrolling more participants and thus support us in our endeavor of helping the underprivileged of our society.

SATURDAY JULY 18 @ 5:00 PM - FREE

Kalavant Center for Music and Dance presents
"Indian Music in the Parks"
from July 11 to August 29 in New York City:

- Washington Square Park - July 11
- Union Square Park - July 18
- Washington Market Park - July 19
- Tompkins Park - August 29


Participants: Ustad Kadar Khan - Imran Khan -Zakir Khan - Salimuddin Khan - Javed Khan - Bina Kalavant - Shakir Khan - Rafiq Khan - Daniel Conant - Krishna Swamy - Azam Kalavant - Jude Fernandes - Siddharth Sachdev - Aziz Peerzada

Union Square Park
East 15 - 16 Street @ Union Square West - New York, NY
www.kalavant.org or 212-475-2348 or tim@kalavant.org

SUNDAY JULY 19 @ 4:00 PM - FREE

Kalavant Center for Music and Dance presents "Indian Music in the Parks" from July 11 to August 29 in New York City:

- Washington Square Park - July 11
- Union Square Park - July 18
- Washington Market Park - July 19
- Tompkins Park - August 29

Participants: Ustad Kadar Khan - Imran Khan -Zakir Khan - Salimuddin Khan - Javed Khan - Bina Kalavant - Shakir Khan - Rafiq Khan - Daniel Conant - Krishna Swamy - Azam Kalavant - Jude Fernandes - Siddharth Sachdev - Aziz Peerzada

Washington Market Park
Chambers Street - Tribeca, New York, NY
www.kalavant.org or 212-475-2348 or tim@kalavant.org