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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
Oct 24, 2026 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Music
With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)
Presenting Indian Classical Music from the Indian sub-continent and anywhere else in the world too. We are four different DJs that present from our personal collections with our own introduction to the songs. We broadcast every Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 on 103.3 FM (NJ,NY and PA).
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| 11:42 AM |
| Hariharan Kab Tak Yun Hi Rulaayegi Tanhaiyaan Kafeel Azhar Reflections Sony Music India / 550 Music 1987 Ananthasubramani Hariharan was born in Mumbai in 1955. Known mainly as a film playback singer, he also sings bhajan and ghazals. His mother was a Carnatic vocalist Alamelu Mani. (Ghazals are like love sonnets set to music. the style can range from pop to semi-classical, where they are analogous to thumris, but with much more emphasis on the flowery Urdu lyrics.) |
| 11:34 AM |
| N. Ramani Brova Barama - Bahudari Tyagaraja Rendezvous with Legends Dr. Natesan Ramani (1934 – 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. Ramani was born into a family of flautists, learning first from his grandfather, Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer. He later became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, T. R. Mahalingam.
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| Budhaditya Mukherjee Yaman Kalyan Enchanting Hour EMI 1982 Budhaditya Mukherjee is a sitar and surbahar player of the Imdadkhani gharana. He was born in 1955 in Bhilai, (Chhattisgarh State), and was taught by his father Bimalendu Mukherjee, a multi-instrumentalist. Budhadiya also earned a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur.> with Kumar Bose (tabla) |
| 10:53 AM |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyan Shree Venugopala - Darbar Koteeswara Iyer Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born in Chennai in 1968. He began studying violin with V. Lakshminaryana (L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar's father), He studied vocal music with Rukmini Rajagopalan and Calcutta K. S. Krishnamurthi.
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| 10:37 AM |
| Kishori Amonkar Jhanak Jhanak Payal Mori Baje: Raga Suha (Khyal in Madhya Lay Teental) Ragas Shuddh Kalyan & Suha Navras Records 2006 Kishori Amonkar (1932 – 2017) was a HIndustani vocalist representing the Jaipur gharana, but incorporated other styles. Her initial teacher was her mother Mogubai Kurdikar. with Purushottam Walawalkar (harmonium), Balkrishna Iyer (tabla), Vidya Bhagwat (vocal support) |
| 10:03 AM |
| Michael Nyman & U. Shrinivas Samhitha U. Shrinivas & Michael Nyman Sangam Warner Classics 2002 Michael Nyman is a British composer born in 1944. The Sangam disc features one collaborative work with U. Srinivas, and 3 others with Rajan & Sajan Mishra. Uppalapu Srinivas (1969 – 2014) pioneered the mandolin in Carnatic classical music. Because he was a child prodigy, he was sometimes called the Mozart of classical Indian music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic playing style (sustained notes and musical ornamentation). |
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Set Break:
Concerts over the next few weeks
Sunday Oct. 25th, 6:30 pm: bansuri by S. Akash & Vivek Pandya in NYC at Chhandayan (269 W. 39th St. 5th floor) Thurs. Oct. 29th 6:00 pm: Suvamita Banerjee sings modern Bengali songs, in Honey Brook PA, 1250 Walnut St. 484-885-8743 Saturday Oct. 31st, 8:00 pm: Swarnendu Mandal (sarod) at Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St. Philadelphia $15/$20 Sunday Nov. 1st, 4:30 p.m.: vocal by Aditi Chakraborty, in NYC at Chhandayan Ctr. (269 W. 39th St. 5th floor) Sun. Nov. 1:, 7:00 p.m. Niladri Kumaar (sitar) will be at Penn Live Arts (3680 Walnut St. Philadelphia) | |
| 9:56 AM |
| Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan Manasa Sanchara Ra - Sama Sadashiva Bhahmendra Violinist Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan (1935-2008) was trained by his father, a vocalist who also played flute, jalatarangam and veena. Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan stopped accompanying vocalists in 1976 to concentrate on his solo violin career. > with longtime collaborator Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam (thavil) |
| 9:44 AM |
| Munir Khan & Raghunath Prasanna Maand Raga Multani Ducale 1992 Munir Khan (sarangi) was born in Sikar, Rajasthan in 1927. He received initial training from his father Nazeer Khan, and then from vocalist Ameer Khan. Raghunath Prasanna comes from a family of shehnai players from Varanasi. > tabla by Zamir Ahmad Khan, harmonium by Imrat Hussain Khan (Munir's son). |
| 9:37 AM |
| Nithyasree Mahadevan Shanmuga Kandanum - Shanmukhapriya Sattur Karpagam December Season 2007 2008 with Hemalatha (violin), Neyveli Skanda Subramanian (mridangam), and Trichy Murali (ghatam)
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| 9:33 AM |
| Nithyasree Mahadevan Vanna Mayil (Viruttam) December Season 2007 2008 Nithyasree Mahadevan was born in 1973 in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, to Lalitha Sivakumar and Iswaran Sivakumar. Her paternal grandmother is D. K. Pattammal, and her grand-uncle is D. K. Jayaraman. Her maternal grandfather was the mridangam maestro, Palghat Mani Iyer. |
| 9:11 AM |
| Raghunath Seth Raga Puriya Kalyan Realm of Raga Keytone Records 1980 Raghunath Seth was born in Gwalior in 1931, and died in 2014. He learnt from Pannalal Ghosh with Kashinath Mishra (tabla) |
| 9:02 AM |
| Malladi Brothers Varnam in Kamboji Tanjore Ponnayya Brova Baramma Vol. 1 Divo Tv Private Limited 2007 The Malladi Brothers, Malladi Sreeramprasad (born 1971) and Malladi Ravikumar (born 1973), obtained their music education initially from their father Malladi Suri Babu and grandfather Malladi Sriramamurthy.. Subsequently, they studied under Sripada Pinakapani, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Voleti Venkatesvarulu. > with Embar Kannan (violin), Arjun Kumar (mridangam) |