TENTH SEASON, 1996-1997

Sep 14, 1996 Sacred Music, Sacred Dance: The Mystical Arts of Tibet.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Hall

Oct 18, 1996 Hariprasad Chaurasia, Bansuri flute, and Sukhvinder Singh, tabla
Venue: First Congregational Church

Oct 18, 1996 Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Guitar, and Sukhvinder Singh, tabla.
Venue: First Congregational Church.

Nov 23, 1996 Ravi Shankar, sitar, Anoushka Shankar, sitar, and Zakir Hussain, tabla.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Mar 1, 1997 Bombay Jayashri, Carnatic vocal, Peri Sree Rama Murthy, violin, and Tirichur C. Narendran, Mridangam.
Venue: Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 12, 1997 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, Rahul Sharma, santoor, and Shafaat Ahmed Khan, tabla.
Venue: First Congregational Church

May 23, 1997 Rabindranath Tagore’s “Shyama”, presented in Bharatnatyam style by Viji Prakash and a troupe of 17 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Intermediate Theater, Portland Center for the Performing Arts

June 20, 1997 Lalitha GJR Krishnan, Carnatic vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy, violin, and J. Vaidyanathan, mridangam.
Venue: Fir Acres Theater, Lewis & Clark College

NINTH SEASON, 1995-1996

Sep 16, 1995 Purush: Expressions of man, C.V. Chandrasekhar and his troupe of 14 dancers and musicians. Classical dance forms: Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, and Kuchipudi.
Venue: Intermediate Theater, Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 29, 1995 Pandit Kishan Maharaj, tabla, and Ramesh Mishra, sarangi.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College.

Oct 14, 1995 Kadri Gopalnath, saxophone, Kanyakumari, violin, and Guruvayur Dorai, mridangam.
Venue: First Congregational Church.

Nov 11, 1995 Gandhi, The Mahatma: A dance drama in the Bharatnatyam style by Mythili Kumar and the Abhinaya Dance Company of 12 dancers and 6 musicians.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Mar 15, 1996 The Priya sisters; Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya, Carnatic vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan, violin, and Melakaveri Balaji, mridangam.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

May 10, 1996 Percussion Masters of North & South India: Ustad Allarakha, Zakir Hussain, Fazal Qureshi, tabla, Bhavani Shankar, pakhawaj, T.H. Vinayakram, ghatam, Selva Ganesh, kanjira, and Ustad Sultan Khan, sarangi.
Venue: Benson High School Auditorium

Aug 1996 Urmila Nagar, Kathak dancer, Nisha Joshi, Hindustani vocal and harmonium, and Vishal Nagar, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College.

EIGHTH SEASON, 1994-1995

Sep 9, 1994 Ali Akbar Khan, sarod, and Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Sep 15 – Oct 20, 1994 “Indian Classical Music & Dance,” lecture/demonstration series. Taught by local artists: Nisha Joshi, Rik Masterson, Radhika Narayanan, Shailajah Prasannan, and V. Shankar.
Venue: Portland Community College

Oct 21, 1994 Mallika Sarabhai, Kuchipudi & Bharatanatyam dancer, with the Darpana Dance Company of 8 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 19, 1994 Debu Chaudhuri, sitar, with his son, Prateek Chaudhuri, sitar, and Somnath Mukterjee, tabla, and Manju Chaudhuri, tanpura.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Jan 13, 1995 Aziz Mian Qawwal with his Qawwali troupe of six musicians.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Feb 18, 1995 Padmavathy Ananthagopalan, veena & Jayanthy Krishnan, veena, with Trichur Narendran, on mridangam.
Venue: Chapel, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 6, 1995 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, santoor with Shafaar Ahmed Khan on tabla. Lecture/demonstration
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College.

Apr 7, 1995 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, with Shafaar Ahmed Khan on tabla.
Venue: First Congregational Church

May 19, 1995 Dhruba Ghosh, sarangi, with Anand Badamikar on tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College.

May 19, 1995 P. Unnikrishnan, Carnatic vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran, violin, and Mannargudi Easwaran, mridangam.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

SEVENTH SEASON, 1993-1994

July 9, 1993 Birju Maharaj, Kathak dancer, and his troupe of 8 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Aug 22, 1993 Lakshmi Shankar, Hindustani vocal, with Deepankar Ganguli, tabla.
Venue: Beaverton Christian Church

Aug 23-26, 1993 Lakshmi Shankar, Hindustani vocal workshop.
Venue: Music Lounge, Lewis & Clark College

Sep 23, 1993 Hariprasad Chaurasia, bansuri, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Sep 24, 1993 Hariprasad Chaurasia, bansuri, with Subhankar Banerjee, tabla.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Oct 8, 1993 “Sanghamitra,” a Bharatanatyam dance drama, featuring Shanta and V.P. Dhananjayan, and their troupe of 12 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Arelene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 6, 1993 Ravi Kiran, gottuvadyam, with H.V. Srivatsan, violin, and K.R. Ganesh, mridangam.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 2 – Jun 2, 1994 “Raga/Tala,” a series of ten classes on veena, sitar, Bharatanatyam dance, Hindustani and Carnatic vocal music, and tabla. Taught by local artists: Shreevidhya Chandramuli, Nisha Joshi, and Radhika Narayanan.
Venue: Lewis & Clark College

Apr 22, 1994 Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar, with Kartik Seshadri, sitar, and Abhiman Kaushal, tabla.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

May 20, 1994 “Jaya Jaya Devi,” a Bharatanatyam dance ballet composed by Lalgudi Jayaraman and choreographed by Shrimathi Rhadha, and performed by a company of 9 dancers and 5 musicians.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

June 25, 1994 Pandit Jasraj, Hindustani vocal, and Zakir Hussain, tabla, with Sanjeev Abhyankar, vocal, and Tripti Mukherjee, vocal.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

SIXTH SEASON, 1992-1993

Aug 14, 1992 “Gita Govindam,” an Orissi dance ballet featuring Sanjukta Panigrahi and her troupe of 12 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Sep 20, 1992 L. Shankar, Carnatic violin, with Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla, and Trichy Sankaran, mridangam.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Oct 17, 1992 Shamim Ahmed, sitar, and Rajiv Taranath, sarod, and Zakir Hussain, tabla.
Venue: First Congregational Church

Nov 22, 1992 Sudha Ragunathan, Carnatic vocal, with V.V. Ravi, violin, and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan, mridangam.
Venue:

Feb 6, 1993 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Qawwali vocalist, with his ensemble of 8 musicians.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Mar 12, 1993 U. Srinivas, Carnatic mandolin, with Ramamurthy, violin, and K.V. Prasad, mridangam.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

May 21, 1993 “Meera,” a dance-musical featuring: Viji Prakash, Bharatanatyam dancer; Maulik Shah, Kathak dancer; Lakshmi Shankar, Hindustani vocal; Babu Parameshwaran, Carnatic vocal; and a troupe of 12 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Jun 11, 1993 O.S. Thygarajan, Carnatic vocal, with Mysore Manjunath, violin, and M. Ramesh, mridangam.
Venue: Raleigh Park Elementary School Auditorium

FIFTH SEASON, 1991-1992

Sep 7, 1991 Mythili Kumar, Bharatanatyam dancer, solo performance with 3 Carnatic musicians.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Oct 25, 1991 Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Oct 26, 1991 Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar, with his son, Shubho Shankar, sitar, and Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla.
Venue: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Nov 8, 1991 Kanyakumari, Carnatic violin, with S.R. Rao, mridangam, and V. Nagarajan, kanjira.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Feb 28, 1992 Chitresh Das, Kathak dancer, solo performance with Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla, Mala Ganguly, vocal, and Christopher Ris, sarod.
Venue: Scottish Rite temple Auditorium

Mar 28, 1992 Dr N. Ramani, Carnatic flute, with Kanyakumari, violin, and Guruvayur Dorai, mridangam.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 10, 1992 Alla Rakha, tabla, and Zakir Hussain, tabla, with Sultan Khan, sarangi.
Venue: First Congregational Church

May 30, 1992 Viji Prakash, Bharatanatyam dancer, solo performance of the “Ramayana,” with her daughter, Mythili Prakash, dancer, and 4 musicians.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

FOURTH SEASON, 1990-1991

Sep 22, 1990 Ranganiketan, Manipuri dance troupe of 12 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Oct 6, 1990 Shahid Parvez Khan, sitar, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Reed College

Oct 7, 1990 Shahid Parvez Khan, sitar, with Vijay Ghate, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Feb 15, 1990 G.S. Sachdev, bansuri, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Lincoln Hall, Portland State University

Feb 16, 1990 G.S. Sachdev, bansuri, with Shyam Kane, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 26, 1991 L. Subramaniam, Carnatic violin, with Vinod Venkatraman, mridangam, and Subash Chandran, ghatam.
Venue: St. Philip Neri Church

May 18, 1991 “Baul Gan,” an evening of Baul music featuring Sanatan Das and his two sons, Bishwanath and Basudev.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

May 22, 1991 Vijay Kichlu’s Troupe featuring Shujat Khan, sitar, and Vijaya Jadhar, Hindustani vocal.
Venue: Office, Engineering Design Corporation

Jun 8, 1991 Pandit Jasraj, Hindustani vocal, with Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla, and Shweta Jhaveri, vocal.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

THIRD SEASON, 1989-1990

Sep 15, 1989 Ali Akbar Khan, sarod, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Sep 16, 1989 Ali Akbar Khan, sarod, and Swapan Caudhuri, tabla.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Oct 7, 1989 Lakshmi Shankar, Hindustani vocal, with Ramesh Kumar, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Nov 11, 1989 Bismillah Khan, shehnai, with his ensemble of 7 musicians.
Venue: First Congregational Church

Apr 27, 1990 Sanjukta Panigrahi, Orissi dancer, lecture/demonstration.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 28, 1990 Sanjukta Panigrahi, Orissi dancer, solo performance with 4 musicians.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

May 20, 1990 T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Carnatic vocal, with Mysore Nagaraj, violin, and Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam, mridangam
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Jun 22, 1990 Maharajapuram Santhanam, Carnatic vocal, with son, M. Ramachandran, vocal, V. Thyagarajan, violin, and Vellore Ramabhadran, mridangam.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

SECOND SEASON, 1988-1987

Sep 23, 1988 Alla Rakha, tabla, and Zakir Hussain, tabla, with Sultan Khan, sarangi.
Venue: Intermediate Theatre, PCPA

Oct 14, 1988 Hariprasad Chaurasia, bansuri, with Sabir Khan, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

Apr 2, 1989 Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, guitar, with Sukhvindar Singh, tabla.
Venue: Evans Auditorium, Lewis & Clark College

May 19, 1989 Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, and Zakir Hussain, tabla.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

June 2, 1989 Rohini Bhate’s Kathak Dance Troupe of 8 dancers and musicians.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

FIRST SEASON, 1987-1988

May 29, 1987 Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, and Zakir Hussain, tabla.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

May 26-30, 1987 Zakir Hussain, tabla workshop.
Venue: Private home

Sep 19, 1987 L. Subramaniam, Carnatic violin, with Poovalur Srinavasan, mridangam.
Venue: Northwest Service Center

Nov 7, 1987 “Listening to Indian Music,” a workshop with Ramesh Gangolli.
Venue: Music Lounge, Lewis & Clark College

Jan 22, 1988 Rajan and Sajan Misra, Hindustani vocal, with Kinnar Seen , tabla.
Venue: First Congregational Church