The Music Circle is proud to announce the first concert of our 2025 spring season! Join us on March 1 for Ras - Raga and Rhythm, a memorial concert in honor of Zakir Hussain.
This concert presentation focuses on the evolution of modern day Indian music in both Carnatic and Hindustani styles. In the great improvisational traditions of music, one can see a resemblance between the Indian Music Traditions and Jazz. Both traditions involve fixed compositions, standards and artistic innovation which fuels the evolution of the music.
Featuring Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin) and Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam).
🗓️ March 1 at 6 PM
📍 Herrick Chapel at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA
🎟️ Tickets are available at musiccircle.org
📸: Ragas Live Festival 2024
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The Music Circle is excited to announce our Spring 2025 concert series! We're excited for these 6 special events celebrating Indian classical music.
🎵 March 1 - Zakir Hussain Tribute Concert: Featuring Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin) and Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam)
🎵 March 29 - Father and Son Sitar: Shahid Parvez Khan and Shakir Khan with Yashwant Vaishnav on Tabla
🎵 April 12 - Tanmay Deochake, Soham Gorane and Atharva Kulkarni -- Harmonium, Vocals, Keyboard, and Tabla
🎵 April 26 - Partho Sarathy (sarod) and Paul Livingstone (sitar)
🎵 May 24 - Annual Parampara Festival
🎵 May 24 - Kushal Das (Sitar) and Abhijit Bannerjee (Tabla)
Tickets are on sale now at musiccircle.org. 🎟
Sajan Mishra's vocal concert is now streaming in the Music Circle Archives.
In this video from his performance, he sings Raag Megh, accompanied by Swaransh Mishra on vocals, Ramchandra Joshi on Harmonium, Abhijit Bannerjee on Tabla, and Anita Sinclair on Tanpura.
Watch the full performance at youtube.com/watch?v=M6NvpWkLmtk
Music Circle family - We have an exciting announcement! Today, after years of preparation, we are launching our online performance library on our website and YouTube channel. These are the first of many videos from our 50 years of concerts. You can relive world-class sarod player Tejendra Majumdar’s show from April 2023 or watch Sajan Mishra’s stunning vocal performance from May 2024. View the ragas of your choice at youtube.com/@themusiccirclela.
Our mission is to preserve Indian Classical music. In today’s world, that doesn’t just include bringing artists from India for concerts, but capturing these concerts and sharing them with the world.
You can expect to see regular updates to our website and YouTube channel with both recent and legacy concerts. Keep an eye on our socials to make sure you don’t miss a new release.
Enjoy!
Tomorrow is our Baithak: Taal and Laya- our final event of the year! Join The Music Circle at a gorgeous private residence in Pasadena for an evening of learning and music. We'll explore the complexities and meaning behind the rhythmic structure of Indian Classical Music. Our Artistic Director Vinod Venkataraman will share his knowledge and you'll hear what you're learning in our musical demonstrations. Plus, a vegetarian Indian dinner will be served.
🗓️ November 9 at 6 PM
📍 Pasadena, CA
🎟️ Tickets are available at musiccircle.org
Once you understand the complexities of Indian Classical Music, it transforms from simply beautiful to mind-blowing! While Western music is almost always in 4/4 or sometimes 3/4 time, Indian Classical Music can be in *any* time signature- 7, 15, 9- even fractions like 7 and 3/4!
Our Bhaitak on November 9 will break down this system of Taal and Laya- essentially cycle, rhythm, and tempo.
Eat dinner in a stunning backyard setting while attending a lecture and demonstration that will help you understand the complicated world of rhythm and cycles in Indian Classical Music.
🗓️ November 9 at 6 PM
📍 Pasadena, CA
🎟️ Tickets are available at musiccircle.org
The Music Circle wishes you a Diwali filled with light, friends, family, feasts, and of course, music!
What if you practiced an instrument for just 17 minutes a day? Our Artistic Director Vinod Venkataraman led a Bhaitak on the Mridangam for the Institue of World Culture Santa Barabra, and it was full of wisdom.
The next Music Circle event is Bhaitak: Taal and Laya, also led by Vinod Venkataraman. This interactive event is an opportunity to better understand the complex rhythms of Indian Classical Music and connect with the Music Circle community. The evening will include a lecture, demonstration, and dinner, held in a private residence.
Pre sale tickets, including dinner, are available now for $45.
🗓️ November 9 at 6 PM
📍 Pasadena, CA
🎟️ Tickets are available at musiccircle.org
How did the Mridangdam get its shape? Our Artistic Director VR Venkataraman explains the symbolism behind the instrument's shape in this presentation from the Institute of World Culture Santa Barbara.
Learn more about Indian Classical Music at our upcoming Bhaitak on November 9. Tickets are available at musiccircle.org.
Spend your Saturday evening with The Music Circle! Tonight we're honored to host the Gundecha Brothers-Pandit Umakant Gundecha and his nephew Anant Gundecha-at Herrick Chapel. Tickets are still available online, including our concert+dinner option to join us for a vegetarian meal and social hour after the concert for an additional $20.
🗓️ October 26 at 6 PM
📍 Herrick Chapel at Occidental College in Los Angeles
🎟️ Tickets available at musiccircle.org
This is your last chance to secure tickets for the Gundecha Brothers! Pandit Umakant Gundecha and his nephew Anant Gundecha are performing here in Los Angeles tomorrow night - don't miss their striking Dhrupad vocal concert.
🗓️ October 26 at 6 PM
📍 Herrick Chapel at Occidental College
🌱 Join us for dinner and social hour after the concert for $20
🎟️ Tickets available at musiccircle.org
Have you secured your tickets yet for the Gundecha Brothers? Hear Pandit Umakant Gundecha and his nephew Anant Gundecha's captivating Dhrupad Sangeet vocal concert in Los Angeles on October 26!
🗓️ October 26 at 6 PM
📍 Herrick Chapel at Occidental College
🌱 Join us for dinner and social hour after the concert for $15
🎟️ Tickets available at musiccircle.org
Founded in 1973 by Ravi Shankar and Harihar Rao, The Music Circle has presented the finest Indian cl
