Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance
Name: Nilanjana De
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Classical Music, Vocal (North Indian), like Khayal, Thumri, Bhajan etc. along with Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali Tappa.
Location: 3, Pool Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7NX., United Kingdom
Telephone: +447586676145
Misc. Info: I teach Indian vocal classical music viz, Khayal, Thumri, Bhajan, Tappa, Kajri, Hori etc. I am a disciple of Ustad Masqoor Ali Khan and the late Guru Gopal Sreshtha, the exponent in Benaras Gharana. Later, I came under the tutelage of Ustad Jainul Abedin of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata and Smt Purnima Chowdhury, the renowned singer. I was awarded ‘Sangeet Prabhakar’ and am a regular performer in the All India Radio. I earned the Certificate Of Merit by Rajya Sangeet Academy, Govt. of West Bengal. I am a skilled performer of vilambit and drut khayals in various talas and also Thumri, Dadra, Hori, Bhajans, etc with equal ease which has won acclaim from many. I can perform Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali tappa as well. For my students, I stress on rigorous voice training by scientific methods in order to build up a foundation for all dimensions. I live in Cheshire (Macclesfield), UK with my family.
Name: Kim Gandhi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Manchester (UK)
Telephone: 0780 170 8878
Misc. Info: Sitar lessons given in your own home by a qualified and experienced teacher. Sitar provided for lessons.
Name: Jimmy Khan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: singer and Harmonium teacher
Location: Manchester
Telephone: 07767663434
Misc. Info: I am singer from Lahore Pakistan I live in Manchester. I teach singing and harmonium. Welcome for lesson at my music school.
Name: Tasovar Lohdi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla, and Tabla repair
Location: Manchester
Telephone: 07767663434
Misc. Info: I have learnt tabla of master tabla player Ustad Faiyaz Khan Delhi India. I am in Manchester, England
Name: Abhinandana M.K.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kuchipudi, Contemporary dance forms
Location: Preston, UK
Telephone: 07894238617
Misc. Info: Trained classical Kuchipudi dance perfomer & tutor for the last 12 years. Recipient of prestigeous awards Natya Ratna, Singarmani, Outstanding young person, Pearl of Hyderabad to name a few. Please visit www.abhinandana.tk
Name: Monika Mahendru
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Bollywood dances, Bhangra, folk dances of India, fusion and contemporary dances
Location: Liverpool
Telephone: 00447846321733, 00919855406014
Misc. Info:
Name: Mahesh Navekar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Keyboards & Indian Harmonium Player – Bollywood, Bhajans, Ghazal and Classical
Location: Preston, Lancashire. UK.
Telephone: 07971 271433
Misc. Info: An experienced and versatile keyboard and harmonium player based in the North West, England. A disciple of Pandit Haridas Popatkar, with over twenty five year’s of experience. Portfolio includes; live stage performances as freelance musician with numerous local and international artists and groups. Also performed abroad including USA and on local television, radio and involved in recording studio work. A qualified tutor for Lancashire Adult Learning under Lancashire County Council, and teaching harmonium and keyboards courses in the community and working full time as a world music tutor. An experienced freelance musician, also has own band available for live stage shows, private parties, music workshops, raas garba events and religious bhajan programmes.
Name: Depak Panchal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dholak
Location: 22 Canterbury Road Ribbleton Preston :
Telephone: 07821367042
Misc. Info: I am an experienced dholak player from the north west. I have performed with various artists from Pakistan and India and am the disciple of Ustad Babr Ali, a dholak player from Lahore. I am now branching out into teaching as well as playing live.
Name: Sandeep Popatkar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: taal Traveller (Tabla, Dholak, Dhol + Percussion instruments)
Location: Manchester, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 7974 662286, +44 (0) 161 4346194
Misc. Info: I was taught the art of playing classical tabla by my father and only guru, Late. Pandit. Manikrao. Popatkar, who was a disciple of Tapasvi. Saamta. Prasaad, of Banaaras Gharaana. I have been playing and performing with numerous top-class musicians from India, UK and abroad, since the age of 10. Currently, I perform in musical events ranging from classical to Jazz, do workshops and teach at home.
Name: Dr. Swati Raut
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatanatyam and Mohiniattam
Location: Foxgloves, Wood Lane, Parbold, Wigan, WN6 7TH UK
Telephone: 01257 464481
Misc. Info: 1) Individual Private tuitions 2) Classes at Bolton on Saturday.
Name: Avital Raz
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: vocal, Dhrupad, introduction to Indian music for Western musicians
Location: Manchester, Preston (UK)
Telephone: 07415343285
Misc. Info: I’m a classically trained Western musician with degrees in vocal performance and composition, studied in North India for six years the ancient art of Dhrupad singing under prof. Ritwik Sanyal of Benares Hindu University. Available for workshops as well as private tutorial. www.avitalraz.com lessons are £25 for just over an hour.
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