Beginner Workshop 1:00pm

Demonstration 2:00pm

Intermediate Workshop 2:30pm

The workshop is at 2208 W. 11

Directions: Go to the Enfield (West 15 street exit of HI35 or MoPac (Loop 1). Take the MoPac frontage road going South and take the third right after Enfield. The workshop is at 2208 W. 11.
Call 474-7446 for additional directions.
Tape recorder OK, beginners please arrive early, donation asking $25 (Please no checks)

Biography:

"Born in a family of music-lovers, Sadanand Naimpalli was motivated to take up some form of musical expression. Gifted as he was, with an uncanny sense of rhythm, it was only natural that he should take up to a percussion instrument viz: "Tabla." He found an ideal preceptor in Pandit Taranathji who lent free rein to the young boy's inherent capabilities.

It was not long before Sadanand blossomed into an accomplished Tabla player and was rightly hailed as a "Child Prodigy." He won the President's award for standing first at the All India Radio Competitions held on a National scale in 1963, when barely sixteen years old. Sadanand not only won fresh laurels at variuos music competitions but also began participating in various music conferences alongside-recognized stalwarts.

Sadanand's first visit abroad came at the tender age of seventeen years, when having been adjudged the most accomplished young Tabla player at the Inter University Youth Festival, he was selected by the Indian Government and UNESCO to tour Europe. Thereafter, he has had many more tours to the untied States of America, Europe, and the Middle East.

Sadanand is a First Class Distinction Holder in the Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy) Degree examinations and has successfully run his own engineering enterprise, manufacturing high quality Non Ferrous Castings, before reverting his energies to his first love "Tabla". Having taken up Tabla after a lapse of almost twenty years, Sadanand, a "Born-again" Tabla player has carved a special position in the Pantheon of prominent Tabla players with his assiduous "Riyaz" and foremost of all, the blessings of his mentor, Pandit Taranath.

Sadanand has accompanied a number of top musicians in their live concerts and also cassettes and long playing record albums. He has been a regular performer at all the premier music conferences all over India. An "A" graded artist of All India Radio (Akashvani) and T.V. (Doordarshan. Sadanand's Tabla solos on A.I.R. are eagerly awaited and listened to by an ever growing fan following. As a soloist, Sadanand has very few equals. It is scintillating experience for the listener to hear Tabla bols cascading from his deft fingers with crystal clarity and precision, Sadanand has numerous compositions to his credit. In addition to this, he has to-date composed four new Taals viz: Shani Taal of seven and a half beats; Nand Taal of eight and a half beats; Arpan Taal of nine and a half beats; and Ada Shut Taal of ten and a half beats; proof indeed--if it was ever in doubt-of the profoundity of his knowledge and complete mastery over the medium.

Recordings: sadanand, naimpalli, classical tabla solo [vishva music/ esquire, esqcd-088, cd, 1994]

Concert Excerpts: Pooja Sardeshmukh, (Tokyo, Japan http://www.mp3.com/darshanam 3/16/2000) Dear Friends Dr. Chandrakant a sitarist from Pune, senior disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar and Annapurnadevi will be playing two concerts in Mumbai and Pune, India as per following schedule: For both concerts, tabla Accompaniement is of veteran Mumbai based Tabla player Pt. Sadanand Nayampalli."

Tabla player Pt. Sadanand Nayampalli is Listed on the tabla Gharana page under masters:

Sangeet 2000 aka Society for Indian Music presents:

Nov. 27-30 2000:

Aashish Khan		Pranesh Khan

WORKSHOPS:
Sangeet 2000 proudly presents an intensive workshop on Hindustani instrumental and percussion music taught by Sarode Maestro Aashish Khan and Tabla Master Pranesh Khan. Although the material taught will be traditional Hindustani music, players of other instruments who want to incorporate Indian music into their repertoire are most welcome.
The instrumental workshop will be assisted by Amie Maciszewski and the tabla workshop by Warren Ashford.

When: Instrumental workshop Monday, Nov. 27- Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000. Beginners 5:30-6:45 p.m., intermediate 7:00-8:15 p.m. Cost: $120 entire workshop, single session $40.
Tabla workshop Wednesday, Nov. 29-Friday, Dec. 1, 2000; beginners 5:30-6:45 p.m., intermediate 7:00-8:15 p.m. Cost: $75 entire workshop, single session $30.

Where: Red Bluff Studio, 4907 Red Bluff Drive.(5 min. from downtown. Go east on Cesar Chavez, past 6 traffic lights to crossing of Cesar Chavez with Springdale/Red Bluff. Go right on Red Bluff; the studio is 1.5 blocks down on the right.)

Cost: $120 entire workshop, single sessions $40

Aashish and Pranesh Khan will also be available for private lessons by appointment.

For information and to register, please call 447-6025.

CONCERT:
Sangeet 2000 presents a unique concert of Hindustani music featuring sarode maestro Aashish Khan and tabla master Pranesh Khan, brothers who are continuing the legacy of the Maihar Gharana established by their grandfather, Baba Allaudin Khan.
This performance will be opened by Austin's own big world ensemble The Gypsies, showcasing a piece taught to them by Aashish Khan in the Maihar "Vrindya Vadan" (multi-instrumental ensemble) tradition, in addition to selected original pieces.

When: Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Helm Fine Arts Center, St. Stephen's School (Take Westlake West off Loop 360, go left on Bunny Run and follow the signs)

Tickets: $20 advance, $15 students (with valid ID), $25 at the door. Advance tickets will go on sale Nov. 1 at South Asia Bazaar (Guadalupe at 30th) and Phoenicia Bakery (S. Lamar at Barton Skyway). For further info, please call 447-6025 or 2278-1121.

Review by Dr. Brenda Romero, ethnomusicologist, composer, and professor at University of Colorado/Boulder:

Sangeet 2000: "The Gypsies with Aashish and Pranesh Khan"

On November 25, 200 I attended a very special concert in Austin, Texas. Riding along with doctoral student Nancy Schaeffer and world music vocalist Caroline Lyons, we found our way to the charming grounds of around St. Edward's Helms Hall.

The Gypsies opened the concert with a number of their compositions. Their closing number was a premier performance of Aashish Khan's Sarode Concerto, featuring Aashish Khan on sarode and his brother Pranesh Khan on tabla. . I was in Austin as an outside member of a student's doctoral committee, and had been staying at Amie (Gypsies sitar player) and Sunit's house, where Aashish and Pranesh were. So I had been lucky enough to witness the dress rehearsal at the house the night before.
The piece knocked me out again, although I thought Aashish had been more adventurous during the dress rehearsal. It was still gorgeous and only seemed to go by too fast, and now I realize how much I had enjoyed the prolonged rehearsal the night before. It was so beautiful I could have listened to it another half hour the night of the concert. No doubt my perceptions were enhanced by having heard so many parts of it rehearsed over the past few days that I relished in hearing the finished, coherent, lovely work.

After the intermission Aashish and Pranesh performed a couple of ragas.
Pranesh had a cold so Aashish was a little nervous and worried about his brother and at times I wanted him to slow down and sink into the raga a little more, but the energy was faster than that and Aashish played to it. He only talked to introduce the raga and tala. At one point Pranesh did a tabla solo, never revealing that he was under the weather.

Having been around Aashish over the past few days, I thought the audience would have also enjoyed him talking more.
He has a great speaking voice, a great sense of humor, and an engaging smile. I can hardly wait to hear him play again, and so I and various ethnomusicologist friends of mine in Mexico City (where I am based this year) invited him to the biggest city in the world, so he can introduce the sarode to students at the School of Music. We're looking forward to seeing him in a small concert here on April 21, and the School is planning to bring both Aashish and Pranesh with a little for planning time.

As for the Gypsies, I'm hoping to bring them to the University of Colorado to do a concert in the near future. Aashish and Pranesh too.

THESE EVENTS ARE FUNDED IN PART BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AUSTIN ARTS COMMISSION.

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: A Celebration of India's Music and Dance

SATURDAY, OCT. 28, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

Please join us for this exciting creative collaboration of local artists, featuring: