1. in proud collaboration with NY State Arts Grant Council presents CARNATIC FLUTE CONCERT Tickets :$2 –Adults, Free- Children, Seniors and Students (Tax deductible Donations welcome) Saturday, Oct 4 th 2014, 6:00 P.M at Steamer 10 Theatre, Albany, NY See overleaf for Bio-Data of artists and Directions. Lakshmi Ravichandran 518-373-9123 Sudharsana Srinivasan 518-372-1248 MRIDANGAM Vijay Ganesh Pallavi of the Capital District VIOLIN N.Sashidhar V.K.Raman Kirthivasan Nagarajan 518- 783-0352 Srividya Swaminathan 914- 299-3638

2. About the Artists : V.K.Raman (a.k.a Flute Raman) Studied music with many renowned musicians of diverse backgrounds, enriching the repertoire of my music. Intensive training with renowned flautist Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Ramani and advanced performance techniques under the guidance of several great stalwarts in the field. Experience with many musical genres including Carnatic Classical, Hindustani, Jazz, Contemporary, Folk and World Music. Proficiency on the South Indian Bamboo Flute as well as North Indian Bansuri. Widely acclaimed for the successful Collaboration with Mandolin Shrinivas ( Mandolin ), Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt,( Mohan Vina ) and Kadri Gopalnath.& Rudresh Mahanthappa( Saxophone ) Nand Kishore Muley ( Santur ) Kodandaram ( Nadaswaram ),D Balakrishna & Suma Sudheendra ( Veena ) Two of my CDs are on the list of Top Ten Albums of 2007 on iTunes in the World Music category, globally. Released over 60 CDs with various labels worldwide. Best Flautist Award for my Music Academy Performance twice in 2009 and 2013 from the Madras Music Academy, Madras. Raman’s Meditation music You tube videos have more than 300,000 hits National Program of Music on Doordarshan with Thavil Maestro A K Palanivel Shashidhar began his music studies with Padmashri Lalgudi Jayaraman at the age of ten and received twelve years of intensive training. Under the Gurukula ‑ like (traditional Indian school where the pupil lives with the teacher during his training) system of training, he absorbed the style of the "Lalgudi School," of which he proves to be a worthy pupil. His concert debut was made in Shri Krishna Gana Sabha in Madras, India. From then on, he has played many solo concerts in India, USA and Canada, accompanied leading artists such as TN Seshagopalan, Balamurali Krishna, N. Ramani, Ravikiran and others. As an artist of All India Radio, he has played many recitals on the radio. He has performed at the Smithsonian Institution, National Folk festival and Lowell Folk festivals. He has released a CD ‑ album “Indian Classical Music ‑ The Other Facet” (released by Kaveri Records). Vijay Ganesh, young mridangist, learnt this divine art from the age of 6. He had his tutelage under great and illustrious master:Vidwan Late Sri. Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer.Vijay Ganesh has over the years established himself as a Mridangam player, and has performed extensively in music festivals in India, USA and Canada. He is a regular performer at Cleveland Tyagaraja festival. He has accompanied many eminent Carnatic musicians, vocalists and players of instruments notably Sri Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Sri TK Govinda Rao, Sri Maharajapuram Ramachandran, Sri Malladi Suri Babu, A. Kanayakumari, Sri HN Bhaskar, Smt.Mala Chandrasekhar, Smt.Gayatri Venkatraghavan, Smt Vijayalakshmi Subramanian, Sri Suryaprakash Sri V.K Raman and among others. He has also played with outstanding musicians of the Hindustani stream. He is an AIR, Chennai graded artist.Vijay Ganesh has captured the hearts of music lovers with his versatile and masterly performance on the mridangam. He has performed at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C and Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD. He has won several awards which includes 1)Best Mridangist award from Music Academy – 1999 2)Best Mridangist award in Gokulashtami festival from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha- 1998 3)Awardees of Government of India Cultural Scholarship for Mridangam from 1995 to 1999.