Swaraswati school of music and Sangeethaamsha, are proud to present an intimate baithak with Smt Lalita Sharma & Smt Sheetal Limaye.

Smt Lalita Sharma is a well-known exponent of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani music. She initially trained in Carnatic music in Kolkata, where she was born and raised. She continued training under Sri V R Krishnan of Chennai. Her introduction and training in the nuances of Hindustani classical music came from the inimitable Padma Vibhushan late Pandit Jasraj. She has founded the Pandit Jasraj Schools in Florida, Atlanta and Los Angeles. She has several performances, recordings and compositions to her credit. Besides India, she has performed in the USA, UK, Australia, Kenya, Singapore, and Canada. More info here.

Smt Sheetal Limaye is a classical and semi-classical vocalist based in Pune. She has trained under Smt. Rajeshwari Dikshit in Indore, and Smt. Manjiri Alegaonkar in Pune. For the last 10 years, she has been receiving tutelage under Vidushi Padma Talwalkar. She also offers music lessons under her guidance. Sheetal is an AIR artist for Marathi and hindi light music.

Also featuring Visham Pathak on the Sitar. Visham is a 9th grader and has been learning sitar since the age of 7 from Dr Prasad Joglekar and from Pt Partha Chatterjee. He's also learned Hindustani vocals since hte age of 7. He received the AACM scholarship to learn from Ustad Alam Khan. He's a Indian Raga Fellow and is also an advanced Trumpet player in his school's band.

Also featuring, Manoj Tamhankar on the Harmonium. He learnt the basics of Harmonimum from Shri Haribaba Khare of Guhagar in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. He has had opportunities to accompany well known vocalists like Late Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Dr. Sou. Veena Sahastrabuddhe, Pt. Vijay Koparkar, Padma bhushan Dr. Bala Murali Krishna, Pt. Ajay Pohankar et al. Manoj has a keen interest in composing music, and has composed music to many albums that include: An album of his own compositions of Devotional songs on Ganesha: 'Jay Heramb' published by Times Music India (2009). An album of poems of the great freedom fighter Swatantrya Veer Savarkar - 'Gaan Veerkavyaache' (2011). With his wife Mrs. Archana, who has a masters degree in Hindustani Vocal, he continues to learn and teach Hindustani Classical Music in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Also featuring, Hemant Hariharan on the tabla. Having learnt tabla from his guru Shri Nawaz Mirajkar of Temple of Fine Arts (TFA), Singapore for over fifteen years, Hemanth has imbibed many aspects of the Purab baaz style of traditional tabla presentation. Hemanth is a winner of Singapore's National Indian Music Competition 2011 and a two-time winner in the Dhrutam percussion event of Saarang, IIT Madras. After completing his graduation concert (arangetram) in 2016, Hemanth has had the good fortune of performing with senior musicians in Chennai including Pt. Janardhan Mitta (Sitar) and Vidushi Lalita Sharma (Hindustani Vocal). A former member of the IIT Madras Classical Arts Contingent, he also belongs to the family of violin maestro Thirukkodikaval Krishna Iyer and the legendary Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. Hemanth completed his undergrad in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras in 2020 and is currently doing his master's in Sustainable Design and Construction at Stanford University. He really enjoys adventure sports such as bungee jumping and parasailing.

And, Souvik Ghosh on Tabla. He comes from a music-loving family, where his interest in music first arose after his sister started learning hindustani vocal music. Souvik started learning tabla at the age of 10 under Sri Muralidhar Pai. Since then, he has received training from Sri Debu Nayak, Ustad Hamid Hossain, and Enayet Hossain. He's currently a disciple of Pt Abhijit Banerjee at the Dhwani academy of percussion. Souvik is originally from Maryland, where he attended the University of Maryland and now works as a software developer at Google.

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Diwali baithak 2022

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Diwali baithak 2022

Hindustani classical baithak on Sat, Nov 5th featuring Smt Lalita Sharma and Smt Sheetal Limaye

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