TEACHERS AND PERFORMERS OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE (Germany)

Name: Alam-ud-din
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Heckstr.9, Bielefeld, NRW, 33609, Germany
Telephone: 0521/3044917
Misc. Info:


Name: Amit
E-Mail: akbkgp@gmail.com
Field: Hawaiian Slide Guitar (Clas­sical)
Location: Köln, Germany.
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a Slide Guitar player since child­hood, it's my hobby. I am a special­ist in Rabindra Sangeet, but also ver­satile in Nazrulgeeti & little bit about Hindu­sthani Ragas. I have a wish to learn play­ing Hinduthani ragas in Guitar in an exten­sive manner, if possible in my city. It'll be a pleasure for me to to attend all kind of Hindu­sthani instru­mental per­for­mances, or present instru­mental per­formances in if there exist a scope for amateurs. I'll be delighted if emailed about the upcoming events in Germany.

Name: Anubhab-Academy
E-Mail: info@anubhab.net
Field: Tabla, Indian vocal, Sitar, Santoor
Location: Cologne (Köln), NRW, Germany
Telephone: 0178/ 7320256
Misc. Info: The musical dir­ector and Tabla-player of our academy is Debasish Bhatt­acharjee, who is also a great Tabla-Teacher for the Hindu­stani music and also Afghani rhythms. We are also work­ing with the master of indian Kathak Dance DURGA ARYA, who is giving work­shops and con­certs in our aca­demy. With our En­semble ANUBHAB we are touring to whole Europe In our place you`ll also find the best quality tablas and har­mon­iums for sell. Please ask for more infor­ma­tion and see www.anubhab.net


Name: Anupama
E-Mail: anupama12rao@googlemail.com
Field: Carnatic clas­sical music (Vocal)
Location: Stuttgart, Badenwürttem­berg, Germany
Telephone: (0049) 1729331698
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fes­sional carnatic clas­sical music singer. I have a senior degree in both Vocal and Veena and Iam quali­fied for Vidhwat aswell. I con­duct clas­sical music classes ( detailed lessons from basics or de­vo­tional songs or light music or pancha­ratna kritis for those with musical know­ledge). For fur de­tails you can con­tact me via e-mail.


Name: Farid Azar
E-Mail: faridtablanawaz@yahoo.de
Field: Tabla
Location: Wies­baden / Germany
Telephone: 01633428279
Misc. Info: www.myspace.com/faridtablanawaz, www.youtube.com/tablagharanafarid


Name: Balasubramanya
E-Mail: Balasubramanya.BN@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical Singing, Dev­otional Songs, Light Music
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0)176 6245 6830
Misc. Info: I have the Senior Degree in Carnatic Clas­sical Singing, Junior degrees in Veena, Mridangam, Ghatam. I am quali­fied for the Vidwat degree as well.


Name: Madhusree Banerjee
E-Mail: [email protected]gmail.com
Field: Hindustani Clas­sical  (Vocal)
Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Wüntemberg, Germany
Telephone: +4915124884401
Misc. Info: I have learnt Hindu­stani Clas­sical music from Pt. Asutosh Bharadwaj who is a direct dis­ciple of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi. Under his guid­ance I have imbibed the Kirana Gharana form of clas­sical music. Playing har­monium & key­board are also taught as comp­limentary to vocals. Exam­ination under Bangiya San­geet Parishad is con­ducted yearly and a cer­ti­fi­cate is issued to all suc­cess­ful can­didates. Skype classes are also possible.


Name: Suparna Banerjee
E-Mail: bushik@rediffmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam
Location: C/O Dr. Kaushik Banerjee Insti­tute of Environ­mental Research (INFU) Uni­ver­sity of Dortmund Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6 D-44221 Dortmund GERMANY
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fes­sional per­former of Bharata­natyam - the richest and oldest Indian clas­sical dance form with long teach­ing experi­ence. I am M.A. in Per­forming Arts from Uni­versity of Pune, India and also quali­fied Natio­nal Edu­cation Test of Uni­versity of Grants Commission (UGC) for Lecture­ship. I will be at Dortmund for one year and would like to ar­range regular classes and work­shops on Bharata­natyam. Class schedule and fees can be fixed on dis­cussion. Contact by E-Mail.


Name: Swapan Bhatt­acharya
E-Mail: swapantabla@gmx.net
Field: Tabla
Location: Spannskamp 29a, 22527 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 40 / 48 37 25, Mobil +49 (0) 173 / 215 77 25
Misc. Info: http://www.terekete.de/ Every Wednesday Tabla lesson 10:00 am - 20:00 pm.


Name: Dwijen Bhatt­acharyya
E-Mail: [email protected]yahoo.co.in
Field: Vocal (North Indian Clas­sical, Khyal, Bhajan)
Location: Finkenweg 15,53229, Bonn
Telephone: 017653051849
Misc. Info: Take talim from the le­gen­dary figure of Benaras Gharana Pt Mohanlal Mishra, and Pt Rajan & sajan Mishra. The spirit and re­sonance of the Benaras Gharana is evi­dent in Mr Dwijen Bhatt­acharyya"s style of musical re­pre­sen­ta­tions it is the tra­di­tion that I want to carry along with my melo­dious journey in indian clas­sical Music. I had per­formed in many national and inter­na­tional misical conferance and festi­vals. I have per­formed clas­sical and semi calssical music in Europe like Germany, France, Switzer­land, Holland and orga­nised many work­shop to teach Indian Clas­sical music in every corner of the world.


Name: Bettina Breese
E-Mail: berlinindia@yahoo.com
Field: Bharat Natyam and Kucha­pudi
Location: Berlin
Telephone: 030-705 44 02
Misc. Info: http://www.indischer-tanz.com/


Name: Yatziv Caspi
E-Mail: yatzivc@hotmail.com
Field: Tabla
Location: Gürtel str. 27 Berlin-Friedrich­shain 10247
Telephone: 0176-62887989
Misc. Info: www.myspace.com/yatzivcaspi


Name: Divya Chandrika
E-Mail: divyachandrika[email protected]googlemail.com
Field: Bharatnatyam
Location: Wiesloch, Germany-69168
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Having learnt the art form since the age of five from Guru K.V. Kalavathy of Kala­kshetra, Divya has been a regular per­former in major sabhas in India and also choreo­graphed shows for per­formances in senior homes, prisons and remote villages.She was a merit scholar­ship holder (CCRT) from the Indian Govern­ment. She has choreo­graphed the­matic per­for­mances on social issues. She also writes poems and short stories. She has been residing in Germany since the past one year and has per­for­med in varied multi-cultural fests.She is now a dance in­struc­tor and choreo­grapher in a dance school in Wiesloch where she will be con­duct­ing Bharata­natyam classes and also a se­pa­rate class for Bolly­wood dance. Her motto-Dance is a Prayer, it is pure Joy! For more about Divya, please visit - http://divyachandrika.weebly.com/


Name: Sandra Chatterjee
E-Mail: babli@sandrachatterjee.net
Field: contem­porary Indian dance, clas­sical Indian dance Bharat­natyam and Kuchipudi
Location: Munich, Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: www
.sandrachatterjee.net


Name: Amelia Cuni
E-Mail: info@ameliacuni.de
Field: Kathak & Dhrupad Song
Location: Klausener Platz 11, D-14059 Berlin/ Germany,
Telephone: 49-30-322 64 59
Misc. Info: Amelia Cuni is a singer, com­poser and per­former. She has trained her voice and musical skills in India, ac­cor­ding to the tra­dition of Dhrupad sing­ing and Kathak dance. Her present work in­cludes con­tem­po­rary and ex­peri­mental music col­labo­ra­tions with several artists of inter­na­tional repute. She is engaged in the trans­mis­sion of the know­ledge she has acquired from her gurus and teaches Indian sing­ing at the Vicenza Con­ser­va­tory in Italy. She is based in Berlin/ Germany. Amelia Cuni has been studying clas­sical music and dance from re­nowned masters in North India, fol­low­ing the tra­di­tio­nal system based on oral trans­mission. In 1978 she started with khyal sing­ing and tabla in New Delhi. In 1980 she joined the I.T.C. San­geet Research Academy in Calcutta where she met the master of dhrupad sing­ing Ud.R. Fahimuddin Dagar from whom she con­tinued to study voice train­ing pri­vately. She has been re­cei­ving musical teach­ings for several years also from Pt. Dilip Chandra Vedi in Delhi and Pt. Bidur Mallik in Vrindavan where she has been in­volved in the ac­ti­vi­ties of the dhrupad school at Sri Caitanya Prem Sansthan. www.myspace.com/ameliacuni, URL: http://www.ameliacuni.de


Name: Jagadish Das
E-Mail: [email protected]web.de
Field: Tabla
Location: Amtsgasse 5, 65929 Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Telephone: 069/ 677 27 602, 0176 664 793 27
Misc. Info: http:SangeetAshramHst.my-page.ms


Name: Hindol Deb
E-Mail: hindoldeb@gmail.com
Field: Sitar
Location: Köln, Ehrenfeld, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 1575 1758970
Misc. Info: Web­site- http://hindoldeb.tripod.com, Youtube link: https://youtu.be/eRuhipCkzMU Hindol is a tra­di­tio­nally trained Sitar player & Com­poser from Maihar Gharana based in Cologne. He was in­vited by the French ministry of Culture, Rikskonserter Sweden and the Academy of Carnegie Hall for music residency to work with several ac­comp­lished artists. His works combine Indian clas­sical with Contem­porary Jazz, Flamenco, Turkish, Nordic folk and Avant-garde music. He has travelled exten­sively to give con­certs and con­duct work­shops on Indian music in the schools and uni­ver­sities. Cur­rently Hindol is dedi­cated to teach­ing stu­dents and giving per­for­mances.


Name: Dennis Dennehy
E-Mail: dennis@dennehy.com
Field: Musician; Guitar and Singer / Songwriter
Location: Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Telephone: Germany. 0178.3336647
Misc. Info: I am a guita­rist and singer/ songwriter living & per­for­ming in Germany and hoping to find a dancer of indian clas­sical dance for a duo-per­for­mance to replace my present dancer who is pregnant. I have a couple of my own guitar pieces which lend them­selves to Indian dancing.


Name: Shan Devakuruparan
E-Mail: devan[email protected].de
Field: Tabla, Mirudangam, Gadam, Genjira, Morsing and other per­cus­sion instru­ments
Location: Krefeld, Germany
Telephone: mobile number - (0049) 1778379403, landline number - (0049) 2151 936335
Misc. Info: The tamil musician living in Germany for 25 years, is ori­gi­nally from Sri Lanka. He plays many per­cus­sion instru­ments but mainly he plays the Tabla in various european and tamil-indian en­sembles. In ad­dition he ac­com­panies indian dances (for example: Bharata­natyam,etc.) with Tabla and other instru­ments. The tabla player, who comes from a musical family, also gives private lessons and offers courses in schools. Shan has many con­certs in many world­musical bands with dif­ferent mus­icians world­wide. Moreover, he released CDs and he had Radio and TV ap­pea­rances.


Name: Lalitha Devi
E-Mail: info@indischertanz.de
Field: Bharat Natyam, Indian dance therapy, con­tempary Indian sacred dance
Location: Hemigkofener­str. 10 88079 Kress­bronn Bodensee (lake of Constanz) Germany
Telephone: 0049 7543 913253
Misc. Info: 7 years train­ing in Kala­kshetra (academy of fine arts Madras/India) dip­loma Post gra­duated in Bharata Natyam, San­skrit and Yoga as a world citizen trying to bring east and west together through dance. Latest dance­creation: Siddhartha. the extracts of Hermann Hesses novel put into Indian dance and expression, to music and recitation, trying to bring out the spiritual impact of H. Hesses novel. giving lessons for begin­ners and advan­ced with the emphasize on Bhavam ( expres­sion ) and the Indian dance as a therapy and sacred danceform.www.indischertanz.de is a page in english and german language. Also check out http://www.Lalitha-Devi.de/


Name: Priyadharshini Dwarak
Email: priyadharshini.saptharishi@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic music (vocal), Bharat­natyam, Bolly­wood dance, Bolly­wood and Tamil light music
Address An der Schanz 2,50735, Köln, NRW, Germany. 
Telephone: +4917675652828
Misc. Info: I am pro­fes­sionally trained in Carnatic music, Bharat­natyam, Instru­ments (Keyboard and Violin) for about 9 years.  Have expe­rience in teach­ing Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam & Bolly­wood dance in India and Norway for stu­dents of all ages. Also have ren­dered work­shops in dif­ferent events/ forums.  I have given several  bolly­wood dance, light music (Hindi & Tamil) per­for­mances in India and dif­fer­ent parts of Europe. I am cur­rently avail­able for giving per­formances in dif­ferent events or con­duct­ing work­shops within Europe. I am also wil­ling to start music and dance classes  in Cologne and also avail­able for skype classes.


Name: E R Janardhan
E-Mail: saxjana@googlemail.com
Field: Saxophone - Carnatic music
Location: Wuppertal, Germany,
Telephone: 015166110205
Misc. Info: popular student of saxo­phone maestro sri Kadri Gopalnath ..


Name: Helene Eriksen
E-Mail: [email protected]eriksen.de
Field: Kathak, Folk Dances & dance research
Location: Burgstr. 19, D-37073 Goettingen/ Germany,
Telephone: 49-551-42063
Misc. Info: Helene Eriksen studied Dance Eth­nology at the Uni­versity of Cali­fornia, Los Angeles (UCLA) and was later a doctoral can­didate in Folklore, Slav­istics and Tur­cology at the Georg-August Uni­versity in Goettingen, Germany. In Los Angeles she per­for­med with AVAZ Inter­national Dance Theater, Gypsy Dance Company and Jasna Planina Ensemble. After a year at the Folkdance Academy in Plovdiv, Bulgaria she was a guest of the Turkish State Folkdance Ensemble in Ankara. She di­rec­ted her own ensemble Raqs-e Hilal for several years in Germany. Helene is a tea­cher and choreo­grapher of trad­itional dances of the Balkans and Islamic Orient. She lec­tures and pub­lishes on dance eth­nology and costume studies. In order to do this she has con­ducted many re­search pro­jects in Bulgaria, ex-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Egypt, the ex-USSR, Tunisia and Morocco as well as with im­mi­grants in Germany, Canada and the USA. - URL: http://www.helene-eriksen.de


Name: Beate Gatscha
E-Mail: bgatscha@yahoo.de
Field: Kathak
Location: D-10405 Berlin/ Germany
Telephone: 49-30-44 16 292
Misc. Info: I am a free­lance dancer, choreo­grapher and per­cus­sion player based in Berlin. For 13 years I have trained clas­sical Indian Kathak dance under guid­ance of Ioanna Srinivasan, Pt. Vijai Shankar, Harish S. Gangani, Smt. Amala Patkar. My contem­porary approach to Kathak has de­ve­loped by a large number of inter­cultural and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­jects which in­clude taiko drum­ming, body pro­jection, masks, mar­tial arts, poetry and other ethnic and modern dance styles. Also I play several per­cus­sion instru­ments (taiko, hang, pak­havaj) and per­forme in close col­labor­ation with the saxophone player Gert Anklam. In co­operation with na­tio­nal and inter­na­tio­nal artists we both toured in India, Switzer­land, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Japan, USA and all over Germany. In 2009 I founded Rasa Daiko - Dance & Drums, a company of 5 female drumming dancers. www.beate-gatscha.de bgatscha at yahoo.de


Name: Divya Guruswamy
E-Mail: divyavguru@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Music
Location: Bremen, Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am an Indian from Tamil Nadu and I have learnt Carnatic clas­sical music(Vocal) for 15 years and have done various stage per­for­mances and have been a regular per­for­ming artist at All India Radio, Tiruchirapalli, India. I have re­cei­ved the "Growing Young Talent Award" for my contribution towards music.


Name: Joerg Holik
E-Mail: [email protected].de
Field: Tabla
Location: Am Sch�nblick 3, Isny, Baden - Würzburg, 88316, Deutsch­land
Telephone: 07562/914316
Misc. Info: www.tablajoerg.de


Name: Thomas Hupp
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Seeweg, Hoechberg bei Wuerz­burg, Bavaria, 97204, Germany
Telephone: 0931-400883, 0170-3228032
Misc. Info: http: www.thomashupp.de Percussion Creativ - Mitglied seit 1989, ehemaliger Fach­beirat und Dozent bei den Teacher-Tagen. Studium für Schlagzeug an der HfM Würz­burg, anschließend Tabla-Stu­dium bei ver­schie­denen Meistern in Mumbai. 1991 Veröf­fent­lichung des Buches East-West in Rhythm mit einem Vorwort von Zakir Hussain. Sti­pendium zwecks Austauschs indischer und west­licher Per­cussion, mehrere Cross-Over Pro­jekte mit indischen Musikern. Mitglied in ver­schie­denen Band-Projekten, Lehraufträge an HfMs Würzburg und Mainz, Gastdozentur in Mumbai, Teil­nahme am Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival für einen Auftritt mit Giora Feidman, Dozent bei ver­schie­denen Per­cussion-Symposien, Lehrer an der Musik­schule Würzburg.


Name: Indian Music Academy
E-Mail: imacarnatic@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal Music, Dev­otional Songs
Location: Frankfurt a.M. West, Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Run by Sudha Kommuri, who has obtai­ned Bache­lors and Masters Degree (Gold Medal­ist) in South Indian vocal music. She re­cei­ved tute­lage from Smt. Radha Viswanathan (Daughter of Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi). Ms. Kommuri also holds the State Level Lecturer­ship Certi­fi­cate and has been run­ning the music school "Indian Music Academy" in Frankfurt a.M suc­cess­fully since 2011. The academy trains children and adults in carnatic clas­sical vocal genre and has been suc­cess­fully taking part in dif­ferent events and per­formances in Germany. Carnatic vocal classes are being con­ducted on a weekly basis.


Name: Anhenn, Ingo
E-Mail: kopfende@web.de
Field: Sitar and Surbahar
Location: near Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Started ICM journey in 1997. Had beginner training from Shivnath Mishra, Varanasi. Later mainly the late Subroto Roychowdhury and Rafat Khan Niyazi, also tuition from Daniel Bradley and Mita Nag. I offer lessons for beginner and intermediate players, open to all styles, but with focus on Senia (Chowdhury bangshah) and Vilayatkhani Gharana; Website - www.ingoa.org.

Name: Kalamitra - Zentrum fuer klassischen indischen Tanz
E-Mail: tanz@kalamitra.de
Field: Bharat Natyam - clas­sical indian dance - klassischer indischer Tanz
Location: Hamburg (Germany)
Telephone: 040/74570347 (Katja-Shivani) und 04181/4605 (Anna Grover)
Misc. Info: Kala­mitra is a centre for clas­sical Indian dance in Ham­burg. It's tea­chers hold a pro­fes­sional dip­loma as tea­chers of dance and are highly skilled dancers in the field of Bharata Natyam with more than 20 years experi­ence in teach­ing and per­forming. Classes for all levels with ad­di­tional courses for theo­re­ti­cal and cul­tural back­ground know­ledge. Work­shops and summer train­ing camps with re­nowned tea­chers from India are of­fered re­gularly. For more infor­mation please visit www.kalamitra.de


Name: Madhura Karambelkar
E-Mail: madhuramk@yahoo.com
Field: Sitar
Location: Raintaler Strasse 24, 81539 Munich
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Madhura has had the privilege of per­forming at several con­certs in and out of India and is a respected Sitar player in her own right. With a Master's in Music with dis­tinction and being a Yoga teacher, she brings additional value to the art of teaching music to aspiring students. She has recently relocated to Munich and will be happy to help pro­pagate Indian Clas­sical Music culture by teaching/ per­forming where the right oppor­tunity presents itself. Fees/ class timing and other details can be provided by email com­munication.


Name: Paul Kolep
E-Mail: [email protected].de
Field: Tabla
Location: Basselweg 65 c, 22527 Hamburg
Telephone: 040 -3892512
Misc. Info: Seit 1988 Tabl­unter­richt bei Ganesh Shankar Mishra in Varanasi. Seit 1992 Instru­mentalbeglei­tung und Konzerte u.a. mit Surendra Lutz Strathmeyer (www.surendra.de). Tanzbeg­leit­ung (Bhramari-Kathak) mit Rita Panesar seit 2000, sowie di­verse Studio- und Livepro­jekte mit ver­schied­enen Musi­kern im Bereich der klass­isch indischen und Medi­tationsmusik. Tablaunter­richt nach Termin­ab­sprache im Einzelunterricht.


Name: Sebastian Krollmann
E-Mail: sebastian[email protected].net
Field: Tabla
Location: München
Telephone: + 49 (0) 89 29 17 83
Misc. Info:


Name: Sudarsana Kumar
E-Mail: skumarberlin@yahoo.com
Field: Bharata­natyam, Kuchupudi & Bolly­wood
Location:
Telephone: 0049/ 0175 817 85 86
Misc. Info: www.natyadarshan.de


Name: Lakshmi
E-Mail: lakshmi.hbs3@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic clas­sical music (Vocal)
Location: Ottobrunn, Munich, Germany
Telephone: +4915145187608
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fes­sional carnatic clas­sical music singer. I have a senior deg­ree in carnatic clas­sical Vocal and Iam quali­fied for Vidhwat aswell. I conduct clas­sical music classes (detailed lessons from basics or de­vo­tional songs or light music or shlokas for those with musical know­ledge). For fur de­tails you can con­tact me via e-mail or phone no.


Name: Debarati & Nabanita Mandal
E-Mail: debimandal@hotmail.de
Field: Dance
Location: Frank­furt, Hessen, Germany
Telephone: 06152 59704, Mobile: 0176 62 57 00 37
Misc. Info: We, two sisters started our dance career at the in­ti­tial age of five under the guid­ance of Late Guru Madhusudan Chatterjee, Benares Gharana, specia­lis­ing Bharat Natyam, Kathak & Folk dances for years. Later Guru Sujit Sen of Kolkata Choir taught us Bharat Natyam, Bolly­wood, Folks dances & Rabindra dance drama. We per­form dance pro­gramme in Ger­many & other parts of Europe every year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biik36zbVQs


Name: Reinke Mano
E-Mail: gowinghat@gmx.net
Field: Tabla
Location: Barckhausstrasse 31, Darmstadt, Hessen, 64289, Germany
Telephone: 01757365615, 01757365615
Misc. Info:


Name: Roshini Narasimhan
E-Mail: roshiniv@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam, Indian clas­sical dance form.
Location: Rosenring 9, 63110 Rodgau, Germany
Telephone:06106 6395576
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fes­sional dancer with more than 10 years of per­forming experi­ence. I have presented many shows in Germany and in India. I have choreographed many clas­sical and Bolly­wood group dances. I have also con­ducted many dance work­shops , organised dance shows in the university, and have trained some stu­dents too. I have had my train­ing under my mother and Guru Sudha Narasimhan, Webpage - www.nrityaangana.com


Name: Sudha Narasimhan
E-Mail: sudhavnarasimhan@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam Indian clas­sical dance form.
Location: Rosenring 9, 63110 Rodgau, Germany
Telephone: 00496106 6395576, 00491736912490
Misc. Info: Teaching indian dance in Frankfurt in Indian Cultural Insti­tute for past 9 years. Have presented many shows in Germany and have trained many stu­dents. A pro­fes­sional dancer and choreo­grapher from Chennai , India with train­ing from re­nowned tea­chers in India. Webpage: www.nrityaangana.com


Name: Babua Pahari
E-Mail: babuapahari@yahoo.com
Field: Bansuri and Tabla
Location: Berlin, Germany
Telephone: 01776474512
Misc. Info: www.anandadhara.de. Babua Pahari was born in Kolkata into a family with a strong musical he­ritage. His father (late Indu­bhusan Pahari) was a res­pected tabla guru and taught his son the art of clas­sical In­dian per­cus­sion. At the age of fifteen Babua Pahari widened his know­ledge and learned to play Bansuri (Indian bamboo flute) from late Sri Parth Bhatt­acharyay and Sri Jayanta Chatterjee.


Name: Deepika Potdar Panchamukhi
E-Mail: deepika.panchamukhi@gmail.com
Field: Bharatanatyam
Location: Taufkirchen (near Munich) , Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a trained Bharata­natyam dancer from Mumbai and pre­viously a core dancer at the Sankhya Dance Company, founded by Shri Vaibhav Arekar, an inter­nationally acclaimed artist in Mumbai. I gra­duated with a  Bachelor's Degree in Per­forming Arts from Nalanda Nritya­kala Maha­vidyalaya, founded by Padma Bhushan Dr Kanak Rele. It would give me immense pleasure to present the tradition that Bharata­natyam promotes at prestigious platforms that Germany has to offer. I am also keen to conduct work­shops/ lecture demonstra­tions/ teach the art form to share and enlighten the audience with the ideologies in Indian classical dance.


Name: Rita Panesar
E-Mail: [email protected].de
Field: Kathak
Location: Waterloostr. 22, D-22769 Hamburg/ Germany
Telephone: 49-40-495 585, Fax: 49-40-432 80 770
Misc. Info: URL: www.wrage.de/kgs/03-00kb_earthmusic.htm, Earth Music & Kathak Tanz. Der Fluss subtiler Energie und deren Mani­festa­tion in einem rhythm­ischen Zyklus wird die Be­sucher am drit­ten Frei­tag im Monat in der Chris­tus­kirche bezau­bern. Bhramari Kathak ist ein medi­tativer Tanz, der sich durch Rhythmik, Be­we­gung und Mimik aus­dr�ckt. Rita Panesar - ihr Vater ist Inder, die Mutter Deutsche - sagt: "Kathak zen­triert, statt zu veraus­gaben". An den mit­telalter­lichen H�fen der Maha­radschas haben die Meister des Kathak die ganze Nacht durch­getanzt. Der Abend in Ham­burg beginnt mit Tanz und wird weiter­gef�hrt von einem der besten, auch in Indien aner­kannten Tabla­musiker Deutsch­lands.


Name: Plato Pathrose
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical Flute
E-Mail: tvmguy09@gmail.com
Location: Maximilian Strasse, 2 Aschaffenburg, Germany 63739
Telephone: 0049-15166326987
Misc. Info: Flute Artist of around 14 years ex­peri­ence. Disciple of Late Padma­shree Dr. N. Ramani. Per­formed con­certs in dif­fe­rent places of India and in Europe. please con­tact over e-mail for further infor­ma­tion.


Name: Anuradha Prakash Patil
E-Mail: anu64100@gmail.com
Field: Kathak Dance
Location: Darm­stadt (Farnkfurt) Germany
Telephone: 00491626372857
Misc. Info: I am a resident of Darm­stadt. I have been trained with Kathak Nruthya Visharad from Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva Maha­vidhyalay, Mumbai. I am per­former, Choreo­grapher. With kathak have a descent experi­ence in Maha­rash­trian folk dance (Lavani, Koli, Jagar and Vaghya­murali) and other Indian folk dances. With all the know­ledge and expe­rien­ces that I have gained, I would like to dis­semin­ate my skills by forming a dance group and giving train­ing to inter­ested people. Please feel free to con­tact me by email.


Name: Soumitra Paul
E-Mail: Flyingartist@hotmail.de
Field: Tabla
Location: 12205 Berlin Carstenn­str.4 bei Soysal
Telephone: 00491773396025
Misc. Info: (http://www.myspace­.com/soumitrapaul


Name: Deodatt Persaud
E-Mail: deodatt_kathak@yahoo.com
Field: Kathak Per­former and Teacher
Location: Göttingen, Germany
Telephone: 0049-015227929814
Misc. Info: I am a pro­fes­sional Kathak Dancer, I learnt from the pres­tigious National Insti­tute of Kathak Dance -'Kathak Kendra' New Delhi, India. I have given per­fromances in India and abroad in several pres­tigious festi­vals. Any concerns about Kathak and Classes please con­tact me via E-mail or visit my web­site www.deodattkathak.com..


Name: Prana Punniyamoorthy
E-Mail: pira18@hotmail.de
Field: Bharath­natyam, Kuchi­pudi, Carnatic
Location: Cologne, Germany
Telephone: 017684438345
Misc. Info: Diplom in Bharatha­natyam with spe­cific tea­cher train­ing


Name: Harsha Raghuram
E-Mail: harsharbharadwaj@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic vocal (South Indian clas­sical music), light music and devara­namas.
Location: Pirmasens / Kaisers­lautern (Rhein­land-Pflaz, Germany)
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Harsha Raghuram is a trained and a per­for­ming artist of the carnatic clas­si­cal music. Pre­sen­tly a student of the po­pular music maestro Tirumale Srinivas (Bangalore, India), he has per­for­med on various pres­ti­gious plat­forms in India.


Name: Shweta Rajput
E-Mail: tanay_tanu@yahoo.co.uk
Field: Indian Folk Dance, poetic songs, dance dramas.
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Telephone: 015206310800
Misc. Info: i have 12 yrs expe­ri­ence in music field. I have been per­for­ming since past 15 yrs. right now i am teach­ing indian folk dance in inter­na­tional school of frank­furt. in vocal i have per­for­med lots of poetic songs written by pres­ti­gious poets of our country.


Name: Rajyashree Ramesh
E-Mail: natyam@aol.com
Field: Bharat Natyam
Location: Berlin
Telephone: Tel: 030-812 24 08, Mobil: 0179-398 54 49
Misc. Info: Critically ac­clai­med dancer, choreo­grapher, master tea­cher and Cer­tified Move­ment Analyst (CLMA) trained in Bharata­natyam, Kuchi­pudi and clas­sical Carnatic vocal. Groomed for stage since early child­hood and ac­clai­med by press and pub­lic for grace, pre­cision and ex­pres­sion, Rajya­shree has in her dance career span­ning over four de­cades pre­sented several solo per­for­mances, work­shops, radio/ TV and news­paper inter­views world­wide. Her style of per­for­ming and teach­ing has been nur­tured by several master tea­chers in Banga­lore and Chennai, influen­ced by a 30-year practice of Yoga and studies in the West (USA, Germany). Contact: http://www.rr-dance.net/


Name: Girija Ravishankar
E-Mail: girijaravishankar@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic clas­sical Vocal
Location: Tubingen, Baden-Wurttem­berg, Germany-72076
Telephone: +015236869299
Misc. Info: I am pro­fes­sional Carnatic Clas­sical vocal­ist, per­for­ming from the age of 13. I have com­ple­ted Vidwat (pro­fi­ciency grade) in Carnatic Clas­si­cal Vocal. I have been trained by Vid R N Tyagarajan (of the famous Rudra­patnam trad­ition). I have per­for­med exten­sively in var­ious Sangeeta Sabhas in India, apart from re­ceiv­ing several awards, tiltles and prizes( a few for Raga-Tana-Pallavi). I have also col­la­bo­rated with jazz mus­ic­ians. My pro­grammes were aired in the All India Radio and Indian tele­vision channels. For work­shops /classes/ lecture-demon­strations and con­certs ,contact me on email.


Name: Alexandra Romanova
E-Mail: alexandra@alexromanova.com
Field: Bharata­natyam
Location: D-69117 Heidel­berg
Telephone: 0049-6221.401558
Misc. Info: www.alexromanova.com (Bharata­natyam School in Heidel­berg)


Name: Liga Saukante
E-Mail: liga.saukante@gmail.com
Field: Bharat Natyam, Yoga dance, Oriental dance, Im­pro­vi­sation
Location: Freiburg, Ger­many
Telephone:
Misc. Info: www.liga.id.lv


Name: Gaura Shakti
E-Mail: gaura@musik-sitar.de
Field: Sitar
Location: Neue Hochstr. 51  13347 Berlin
Telephone: 0049 17699137668
Misc. Info: Gaura Shakti hat während seiner Aufen­thalte und des Studiums in Indien die Leben­sweise und Kultur verinner­licht. Auch während der sieben Jahre, die er im Hindu-Tempel lebte und arbeit­ete hat er dieses tiefe Wissen er in seiner Musik vereint. Das Sitar­spielen auf Konzert­niveau erlernte er bei dem bekann­ten indischen Sitar­meister Subroto Roychowdhury. http://www.musik-sitar.de/sitar-musikunterricht/


Name: Kala Sharma
E-Mail: kala164@hotmail.com
Field: Kathak dancer
Location: Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 15143392399
Misc. Info: I am a dis­ciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj and have been dancing Kathak for 16 years. I've also gra­du­ated with a BPA (hons) degree in Con­tem­por­ary Dance, at Nor­thern School of Contem­porary dance, Leeds, UK. I am avail­able for per­formances, and teach­ing groups or indi­vidual classes.


Name: Katja-Shivani
E-Mail: shivani@bharatanatyam.de
Field: Bharat Natyam - clas­sical indian dance - klassischer indischer Tanz
Location: Hamburg - Buxtehude - Jork (Germany)
Telephone: 040/74570347
Misc. Info: Katja-Shivani tanzt seit ueber 15 Jahren Bharata Natyam und wurde von bekannten Lehrerinnen wie Radha Sarma und Sita Sophia im Kala­kshetra-Style ausgebildet. Weiteres auch unter - www.bharatanatyam.de


Name: Mahima Soni
E-Mail: Maahi17mahima@gmail.com
Field: Kathak and Light music singer (ghazals, fusions)
Location: Kleiststrase - 12, Heilbronn- 74076
Telephone: 0151-75373796
Misc. Info: 6 years degree course from Allaha­bad university India, Visharad Pratham (Vocal) from Gandharav university India. Per­formed at various state levels in India and Japan. Per­for­med in TV channels (Indian). Re­ceived re­cog­nition from var­ious deemed cultural organi­sations. Appeared as Judge in various dance com­peti­tion


Name: Ioanna Srinivasan
E-Mail: mail@kathakdance.de
Field: Kathak
Location: Wasgenstr. 10 : 14129 Berlin : Germany
Telephone: 0049 - 30 - 6861327
Misc. Info: www.kathakdance.de - Ioanna Srinivasan began her Kathak dance train­ing as a child. She stud­ied under the tute­lage of the re­nowned master in Kathak, Pandit Vijai Shankar, with whom she also per­formed. She graduated with a Kathak-Diploma (Chandighar) with distin­ction. Ioanna Srinivasan has been per­form­ing since 1982, as a soloist in clas­sical Kathak dance as well as avant­garde and fusion-projects with flamenco, modern Dance and Oriental Dance and choreo­graphed dance theatre. She has toured Europe as well as India, Malaysia and the GUS States and per­formed at various pres­ti­gious festi­vals like the Binda Din Kathak Festival in New Delhi. She has also per­formed for radio and tele­vision pro­grammes.

Professionelle Kathak-­Tänzerin/ Choreo­graphin, Meister­schülerin Pandit Vijai Shankars, staat­liches Kathak-Diplom mit Auszeichnung (Chandighar). Seit den 80ziger Jahren Konzerte in Europa und Asien. Neben Solokonzerten und Gruppenchoreo­graphien in der klassischen Tra­dition, Zusammenarbeit mit ver­schie­denen Stil­rich­tungen und eigene experi­mentelle Projekte, Radio- und Fernsehproduk­tionen. Leiterin der Academy of Kathak Dance in Berlin, Unterricht­stätigkeit seit 1987 (Work­shops, Classes, Lecture Demon­strations). Ihre Academy of Kathak Dance bietet eine umfang­reiche Ausbildung an (Kathak, Hindu­stani Vocal, Tabla), auch mit staat­licher Pr�fung (Kathak-Diplom Chandighar). Inten­sive Work­shops mit bekannten Tänzern werden regelm��ig ange­boten (z. B. Pt. Vijai Shankar, Ioanna Srinivasan - Kathak; Ramaprasad Chattopadhyay - Bolly­wood-Filmtanz; Shree Ganguly - Hindu­stani Clas­sical Music/Sarod).


Name: Amrit Stein
E-Mail: [email protected]online.de
Field: Kathak
Location: Tuerkenstr. 67 - Pavillon, D-80779 Munich/ Germany
Telephone: 49-89-271 95 31
Misc. Info: Amrit Stein learned ballet and modern dance from child­hood on. In 1980 she met Rohini Bhate, one of the fore­most Kathak masters in India, and since then has been dedi­cated to the art of Kathak. At present, she continues her Kathak train­ing under the guid­ance of Kumudini Lakhia in Ahmedabad. Amrit Stein has given various per­for­mances in Japan, Europe and India to wide public acclaim for her com­mand of the comp­lete tech­nique of Kathak, ex­pres­sive abhinaya, boldly in­no­vative choreo­graphy and the subtle blending of Indian and Western styles in her creative en­dea­vours. dance.


Name: Sayali Valsangikar
E-Mail: sayaligodbole@rediffmail.com
Field: Indian Clas­sical and light music vocal­ist
Location: Tonstrasse, 14, Hannover, 30449, Germany
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am San­geet Visharad and have learnt music from late Dr. Shobha Abhyankar and Dr. Alka Deo Marulkar. I have per­formed on the various plat­forms includ­ing tele­vision and radio. I have par­ti­ci­pated in the work­shops and com­peti­tions since an early age. Re­mu­ne­ra­tion per les­son is ne­go­tiable.


Name: Elavani Vijayendran
E-Mail: vanisaikalloorie[email protected]googlemail.com
Field: vocal and violin
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Telephone: 0049 160 9903 7693
Misc. Info: Since 2009 I'm teach­ing south indian music in vocal and violin. But I miss experi­ences in per­formance.


Name: Peter Vonessen
E-Mail: peter@schlagzeug-freiburg.de
Field: Tabla, Pakhavaj, Naal
Location: Wintererstr. 45, 79104 Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Telephone: 0761/34155
Misc. Info: www.schlagzeug-freiburg.de Dr. Peter Vonessen ist Musik­ethnologe und Musiker. Er studierte Schlag­zeug in München und Stras­bourg. Seit �ber 15 Jahren lernt er Tabla bei Hom Nath Upadhyaya. (Banaras-Gharana) und am Ali Akbar College in Basel. Er ist 2. Vor­sit­zender der Deutsch-Indischen Gesell­schaft Freiburg und organisiert seit vielen Jahre indische Kon­zerte. Peter Vonessen lebt in Freiburg / Deutschland als Musiker und Instru­mental­lehrer. Au�erdem gibt er Kurse über indische Musik, Philo­sophie und Religionen und Sprachkurse für Hindi und Sanskrit.


Name: Matyas Wolter
E-Mail: [email protected].de
Field: Sitar & Surbahar
Location: Berlin, Germany
Telephone: 017622912833
Misc. Info: www.matyasitar.de