Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance
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Name: Mrs Sruthy Appu, Srishti Indian Dance & Music
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Classical Music/ Karnatik Music Singer & Semi Classical Dancer
Location: Amstelveen , Netherlands
Telephone: +31615369341
Misc. Info: http://www.srishti-indianmusicanddance.com. Srishti Indian Dance and Music @Amstelveen offers different types of Indian dance, Indian music & instrumental lessons under one roof for both adults & kids. We also accept on demand requests for workshops, trainings & performances for stage shows and any other events.
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Name: Prajna Bhattacharya
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindustani classical and semi-classical vocal (Geet, Ghazal, Bhajan, folk songs in Hindi and Bengali languages)
Location: Delft, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 015 2121008, Mobile: +31 0628266374
Misc. Info: Prajna Bhattacharya has started learning singing at her childhood and acquired her degree from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh with distinction in North Indian vocal classical music. Afterward she took lessons from some eminent teachers from Kolkata on semi-classical and light music. During the last 25 years she is performing semi-classical, ghazal, bhajan, Bollywood music and different genre of Bengali music in various places of India, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. She is a regular artist of the Gandhi Centre, part of ICCR in The Hauge.
Name: Sandip Bhattacharya
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla, Pakhawaj, Dholak, Harmonium
Location: Jan van Galenstraat 215-2, 1056 BW Amsterdam/ Netherlands
Telephone: Studio +31-20-7371341, Mob. +31-681940300
Misc. Info: Sandip Bhattacharya- one of the very well known and respected Indian musician based in Netherland since last 32 years. He has trained under his illustrious tabla maestro, Guru Pt. Ishwarlal Mishra (Benaras) is in the tradition of the legendary tabla maestro Pt. Anokhelal Mishra. He also studied Farukhabad & Ajrara with Pt. Arvind Mulgaonkar (Mumbai). Sandip is very highly respected teacher and has many students who are making their mark in their respective area. He travels around the globe with great Indian masters for concerts, festivals, master classes etc. and collaborates with top musicians from all over the world. www.sandipbhattacharya.org
Name: Niti Ranjan Biswas
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Van Baerlstraat 27. 1070 LP Amsterdam, the netherlands, 1070 LP
Telephone: +31 615510021
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Name: Daniël Crisafulli
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Goidschalxoordsedijk 18 in Goidschalxoord in the Netherlands
Telephone: 31648610483
Misc. Info: Sitar world. Strings. Teaching for one hour 25 euro.
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Name: Surajit Das
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Rivierenlaan 156 8226 LH lelystad Holland
Telephone: 0031 6 24948687
Misc. Info:www.surajit.net My name is Surajit Das, born in India (Kolkata), and I am an Indian music (sitar) performer, teacher, and composer for more then 35 years. I live in Holland and also partly in India. Name of our music group is “Shanti” it is a traditional Indian music with free jazz and world fusion music, where instruments from different cultures or countries (like sitar, tabla, didgeridoo, mantra singing, key board, piano, flute, and jembe) are used. To listen my music www.surajit.net and click to music. For concert and lessen, . Tel -0031 320 254492
Name: Heiko Dijker
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
Telephone: 06-22801775
Misc. Info: www.heikodijker.com – Disciple of legendary Ustad Faiyaz Khan. Regular performer in India and the rest of the world. Years of teaching experience, lecture demo’s and seminars. Teaches at WMDC Rotterdam, SKVR, and private.
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Name: Hari and Chethana
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: at KORZO Theatre no 42 Prinses Straat den Hague
Telephone: 00 31 6 49 05 18 44
Misc. Info: www.harinoopur.com
Name: Tammo Heikens
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar and Esraj
Location: Tweede Westerparklaan 108, 3544 VR Utrecht, the Netherlands
Telephone: +31302885198
Misc. Info: website: www.shambo.nl
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Name: Shashwathi Jagadish
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Music
Location: Rotterdam
Telephone: +31 647657167
Misc. Info: Shashwathi Jagadish is a Carnatic musician from Chennai, India. She has learned music for about 20 years and she taught for 3 years at the Kalakshetra Foundation Chennai. She has performed concerts all over South India. She did her debut in movies for the maestro Illayaraja for the movie Gaayam 2 and has sung backing vocals for renowned music directors like A.R. Rahman. Residing in Rotterdam, she continues to teach Carnatic singing to students from all over the world over via Skype. Working with young children, she constantly tries to innovate with creative new methods to keep children engaged and inspired in their pursuit of this precious art form.
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Name: Nitai Kar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Amstelveen, Netherlands
Telephone: +31619944131
Misc. Info: My name is Nitai Kar, born in Kolkata. I have been a tabla player, teacher and performer for the last 25 years. I have been part of several TV and radio recordings accompanying eminent vocal artists. I have also accompanied several classical dance performers all over India. The roots of my tabla are from the Benaras and Lucknow gharana. For private tuitions and performances please contact me at [email protected]
Name: Harikrishnan Kesavan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: Spieringweg 605F, Vijfhuizen, 2141EB, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 617567031
Misc. Info: Harikrishnan, native of Kerala, India, has been learning Carnatic music vocal for more than 20 years from prominent gurus like Shree Bellary Venkateshachar and Shree Chandramana Narayanan Namboothiri. His achievements include ‘Accredited Artiste Award’ in Carnatic music by Shree Sankara Accreditation Council, Semi-finalists in the reality show Superstar the Ultimate conducted by Amrita TV, Tanpura award from Dr. K. J. Yesudas as part of Shree Poornathrayeesa Sangeetha Sabha. He has been giving numerous performances including Netherlands and Germany. He is currently taking Carnatic music lessons at Nupur school of performing arts, Almere and Arulmigu Sri Arunachaleshwarar Temple at Beverwijk. Also open for Skype classes . Skype Id – hari.carnatic
Name: Gayatri Krishna
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal, Carnatic and Lite music
Location: Enschede, The Netherlands
Telephone:
Misc. Info: My name is Gayatri and I’m living in The Netherlands. I have been trained in Indian Carnatic music for 16 years. I can teach Carnatic music, Bhajans in various Indian languages like (Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada etc..) and lite music. I am very much interested in spreading my divine knowledge to other people by my teaching.
Name: Siddharth Kishna
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Telephone: +31616444866
Misc. Info: Siddharth started learning sitar at an early age of ten under guidance of Ustad Jamaluddin Bhartiya. Later he continued his study at Rotterdam Conservatory with Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee, exponent of the Imdadkhani Gharana (school where he passed with excellent marks. In 2000 Siddharth was awarded with the “Provision for Excellent Young Musicians”, a grant which is given by the Dutch government to stimulate top talents of conservatory students. Since then, Siddharth has performed all over Europe and India. Till now his most remarkable performances were in 2005 and 2007 when Siddharth performed in The Netherlands and New Delhi in presence of the Queen of The Netherlands of her official State Visit. In 2008 Siddharth performed in a series of concerts together with the Dutch Chamber Orchestra for the opera Marco Polo by Tan Dun. web: www.siddharth.eu
Name: Darshan Kumari
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, vocal
Location: Westerdok 314, 1013 BH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 625 85 08; Mobile: +31 (0)6 302 33 542
Misc. Info: http://www.school-of-indian-arts.tk/. Please refer to my website for more details about lessons and concerts.
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Name: Dr Pragati Shankar Mishra
Email: [email protected]
Field: Instrumental classical music (sitar) and Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam)/ semi-classical dance/Bollywood dance.
Location: Amstelveen , The Netherlands
Telephone: +31621921979
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Name: Raj Mohan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocalist: Geet & Ghazal, Thumri, Bhajan, Khayal, Crossover, and poetry
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Telephone:
Misc. Info: www.RajMohan.nl and http://www.Daayra.nl/
Name: Samhita Mundkur
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindustani classical and semi-classical vocal (geet, ghazal, bhajan, folk songs in many Indian languages)
Location: Arnhem, the Netherlands
Telephone: (+31) 026 8401545
Misc. Info: Samhita Mundkur started singing at a young age and has trained in both classical and light music. Holding Masters degrees in both Sanskrit and French, Samhita has had the opportunity to perform on radio and television since childhood, in Mumbai, India and later in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Samhita has participated in several theatrical and musical performances in India, France, Kenya and Malaysia and has had the good privilege of working with some great artistes and composers in India, including Bhaskar Chandavarkar, Zakir Husain, Taufiq Qureshi, Piyush Kanojia, Louis Banks.
Name: Satishkoemar Satishkoemar Myre-Makhan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatanatyam dancer/ choreograper / teacher and nattuvangam artist.
Location: Amsterdam-Holland / Oslo-Norway
Telephone: +31 627885959
Misc. Info: www.sidt-indiandance.com
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Name: Liesbeth Pankaja
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatanatyam
Location: Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31652371296
Misc. Info: website – wwww.chidambaramhiddentreasure.com
Name: Prema
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bhajan, mantra, Harmonium
Location: Trekvogelweg 371, 3815LL Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031/(0)6-3430.5885
Misc. Info: www.Prema.Be
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Name: Vishnupriya Rangarajan
Email: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music
Location: Amstelveen, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 6 45 31 01 59
Misc. Info: Whatsapp: +91 9940554491 – Vishnupriya is a Carnatic musician from Chennai, India. She has been trained for more than 20 years. She completed her graduation in the reputed Kalakshetra Foundation and has also taught there. She has performed in several concerts and has sung for several dancers in India and abroad. She continues to teach Carnatic music over Skype for students all over the world. Residing in Amstelveen, she strives to make her classes as interesting and creative as possible by also teaching some theory of Carnatic music.
Name: Aura Rascón
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bansuri (Indian bamboo flute) and general introduction lessons to Hindustani Classical Music for different (western) instruments
Location: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland. The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 652520461
Misc. Info: www.aurarascon.com A disciple of Pdt. Hariprasad Chaurasia since 2005. BA in traverse flute and music pedagogy from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, and a BA and MA on Bansuri and Hindustani classical music from CODARTS, Conservatory of Rotterdam. I have also studied in the traditional manner at my Guruji’s ashram: ‘Vrindaban Gurukul’ in Mumbai and Orisa in India. I have been active as a bansuri solo player, as well as a member of various cross-cultural music formations, touring internationally in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Teaching experience varies from private to group classes, workshops and lectures in Bulgaria, Mexico, The Netherlands, France and Argentina.
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Name: Surendra Sathi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar and vocal [light]
Location: Beukenlaan 236, 6823MK Arnhem Nederland
Telephone: 06-16992921
Misc. Info: Worked as a lyricist in Bollywood. composer. www.surendrasathi.com
Name: Chetna Sehgal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar & Hindustani Vocal (both light & classical)
Location: Amstelveen/ Amsterdam
Telephone: +31621921979
Misc. Info: www.globalragas.com
Name: Debjani Sengupta
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Manipuri classical dance and specialist in Rabindrik style of dance
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Telephone: (020) 8894310/0642787448
Misc. Info: First class first Sangit Prabhakar Diploma from Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad, India. Have performed Manipuri classical dance since 1965 and have choreographed dance dramas since 1985. Website – www.manipuridance.org
Name: Chrada Sheoratan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance Classes Bharatha Natyam
Location: Danceschool Natya Sudha in Utrecht and Almere, The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031 (6) 43140804
Misc. Info: Website – www.natyasudha.com private and group classes in Bharata Natyam provided by a professional dancer and choreographer. The following contents are covered: Carnatic vocal, Nattuvangam, theories and history of Bharata Natyam
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Name: Shyama Warrier
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Barathanatyam, Mohiniattam
Location: Amstelveen, Eindhoven, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Telephone:0631974502
Misc. Info: Talented dancer and teacher. Kindly contact for details of classes, Performances and workshops.
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