TEACHERS AND PERFORMERS OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE
(Oceania, Indonesia, and South Pacific, New Zealand, but NOT Australia)

 

Name: Rini Dadheech
E-Mail: [email protected]gmail.com
Field: Vocal music, Harmon­ium
Location: 31 mulgan street, New Windsor, Auckland 0600
Telephone: 02040778481
Misc. Info: Well trained in Hindu­stani clas­sical music and play­ing har­monium, Have more than 10 years of experi­ence in musical field, also teach Indian semi clas­sical, light songs, Bhajan, and basic music for begin­ners.


Name: Vidwan Diwakar
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Carnatic music tea­cher, teaches Vocal, Veena, and carnatic Key­board
Location: 1 Nirvana Way, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041
Telephone: 09 627 3174, MOB: 022 645 3113.
Misc. Info:


Name: Syamala Hariharan
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Violin- Indian Clas­sical Karnatic Music
Location: 48A, Haycock Avenue, Mt.Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand
Telephone: -00-64-9-6260654
Misc. Info: Teacher and Violinist in Auckland, New Zealand


Name: Kim Hegan
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Clas­sical Sitar
Location: 3/70A Sackville Street Grey Lyn Auckland 1021
Telephone: +64212769666
Misc. Info: San­geet Kriyod Degree (Honours. (7 years study) 2 years Vishva Bharati Uni­versity West Bengal, 5 years Late Ustad Radhika Mohan Maitra Calcutta. Per­formed Calcutta and toured Australia, New Zealand 1980's!


Name: Dhruv Mody
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Sitar
Location: Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Telephone: 0212363205
Misc. Info: I have more than 10 years of experi­ence play­ing the Sitar. I can also play the Tabla.


Name: Yamini Ramesh
E-Mail: [email protected]hotmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: New Zealand
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Teacher & Vocalist in New Zealand


Name: Chetan Ramlu
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Tabla, Percussion
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Telephone: +64211430010
Misc. Info: Chetan Ramlu is a New Zealand musician. Though his main instru­ment is the tabla (a pair of tuned hand drums from India), Chetan plays many other per­cus­sion instru­ments. His biggest musical influ­ence is Ustad Zakir Hussain, a virtuoso per­cus­sion­ist whose name is synonymous with the tabla. Chetan plays Vhatkar Tabla and Meinl Percussion. Chetan started play­ing the tabla at the age of 10 and was trained by Dr. Tarlochan Singh, Muhammad Sardar Khan and Shantanu Kinjawadekar (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy). He has also trained in the art of Indian clas­sical sing­ing with Sumeet Tappoo and briefly with Pandit Vithal Rao (Hyderabad).


Name: Acharya Dr Chintamani Rath PhD (Music)
E-Mail: [email protected].nz
Field: Violin - Hindu­stani Clas­sical; Esraj; Musicology
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a violinist/violist in the Hindu­stani clas­sical trad­ition as also a music­ologist. I also play the Esraj and can handle the Tabla. I am at home in western clas­sical music, too - both per­formance and theory. For more details, please visit www.ragaculture.com


Name: Balamohan Shingade
E-mail: [email protected].com
Field: Vocal, Hindu­stani clas­sical music
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I'm a singer of Hindu­stani clas­sical music from Auckland, New Zealand. I continue my education in the guru-shishya trad­ition with Pandit Rajendra Kandalgaonkar, who is one of the fore­most disciples of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. After completing a degree equivalent to the Graduate Diploma in Music at the Gandharva Maha­vidyalaya, I have per­formed in India, Australia, and exten­sively in New Zealand. Profes­sionally, I work as a contem­porary art curator and writer, and am a Master of Fine Arts graduate from the Uni­versity of Auckland.


Name: Amanatpreet Singh
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Tabla
Location: New Zealand, Auckland Papatoetoe
Telephone: 00640224060512
Misc. Info: I have 5 years experi­ence of tabla tea­cher.I can play tabla with both clas­sical and instru­mental music.


Name: Mrs Kalaichchelvi (Selvi) Uthayakumaran
E-Mail: [email protected]xtra.co.nz
Field: Bharathanatyam
Location: Auckland
Telephone: 0064 09 2722159
Misc. Info: 15 years of teach­ing experi­ence under the Kalashetra style of Dance.


Name: WIA Hindi Language & Cultural School
E-Mail: [email protected].com
Field: Tabla, Harmon­ium, Dance & also Hindi Language classes also for people from non-Indian Ethnicities
Location: Auckland City, New Zealand
Telephone: +64 21 686 357 or 021 686 357
Misc. Info: Also known as Waitakere Hindi School in the local com­munity. url is www.whs.org.nz whs.org.nz



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