TEACHERS AND PERFORMERS OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE
(Western Australia)

 

Name: Praashekh Borkar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sarod, Sitar, Harmon­ium, Key­boards, Guitar.
Location: 58 Keslake way, Parkwood, Perth, Western Australia 6147
Telephone: +61 (0)426789143
Misc. Info: www.indianmusicperth.com Praashekh Borkar - Surmani, San­geet Alankaar, National Gold Medalist, Music Scholar­ship holder, Sound engineer, Bolly­wood musician, Inventor of the Esarod - Teaching North Indian Clas­sical Music (sarod, sitar, har­monium, key­boards & guitar) . Available for Indian Music and Fusion Music Perfor­mances (Shows, Weddings, Private fun­ctions) . Available for Bolly­wood Dance choreo­graphy & Perfor­mances for All types of Perfor­mances & Functions.


Name: Branan Dubh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: clas­sical vocal
Location: Fremantle, Perth, WA, Australia
Telephone: 08 93355581 or 0411983549
Misc. Info: I am a singer in the ancient dhrupad style, I studied intensively with the Gundecha brothers (www.dhrupad.org) in Bhopal, India, since 2002. My special interests are micro-tonal tuning (shruti) and improvisation and I like to see music as a sadhana. I teach small classes and individuals as well as per­forming in clas­sical and fusional contexts.


Name: Yogesh Kakkad
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Telephone: +61 41 2299 518
Misc. Info: I com­pleted Visharad (B.Performing Arts) in Tabla and I took the train­ing from Pundit Nitai Chakra­borty (disciple of Pundit Samtaprasad & Pundit Kanai Dutt). I have been per­forming for over 20 years with many great Indian, non-Indain artists (i.e. Gauri Pathare, Sania Patankar, Raj Kumar Sharma, Nathan Gaunt etc). I have many Tabla stu­dents in Australia who have been learn­ing clas­sical & semi clas­sical with dif­ferent Gharana (i.e. Delhi, Banaras, Punjab, Ajarada, etc.). If anyone is inter­ested learn­ing Tabla or require me to accompany Tabla for Clas­sical / Semi-classical / Western style con­certs, please feel free to con­tact me.


Name: Acharya Dr. Sadanand Ganpati Mankar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal, begin­ning Tabla
Location: 2/71 High Street Fremantle W.A. 6160 Australia.
Telephone: 0011-61-0407561662
Misc. Info: Indian Clas­sical Music Research Academy Australia , I am teach­ing Hindu­stani �North Indian clas­sical Ragas-Vocal for BA/MA and up to Ph.D. Or Visharad/Alankar/Parangat/Sangitacharya level and basic tabla. I am Sangit Visharad/Bhushan/Parangat/Sangitacharya (vocal) also I am B.Sc. (Electronics) MCM-Management and Ph.D. (AM-Music Therapy). Teaching music and meditation more than 25 years. Initial cost for Raga lesson $25 per hour in Australia. Free Sahaja Yoga meditation with Indian Raga every Friday 7 to 8.30 PM For infor­mation go to web­site: www.icmraa.com.


Name: Sindhusmita Mishra
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi (Indian clas­sical dance)
Location: 103/130, Mounts Bay road, Perth, West Australia - 6000
Telephone: 0432381306
Misc. Info: I was brought up in trad­itional Indian music family,exposed to dance at an age as early as 5 yrs. Recieved  train­ing in Indian Clas­sical dance for around 15 years .Completed San­geet bhaskar (Post graduate) and Visharad (Bachelor degree)in Odissi Clas­sical dance. Have per­formed at many cultural fun­ctions in both clas­sical and semi clas­sical dance. Have also know­ledge of indian folk dances like sambalpuri, bihu, bhangda, dandiya etc. and alos bolly­wood style dancing. I would be glad to participate/organise any clas­sical/semi clas­sical programs. Also would be glad to impart my know­ledge of dance to any one who is inter­ested. Please feel free to con­tact for any further infor­mation.


Name: Lavanya Prabu
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian clas­sical dance - Bharathanatyam
Location: Perth, WA
Telephone: 63611499
Misc. Info: Bharatham Dance Academy aims at ahcieving pefection in that art though small class groups and indi­vidual attention and adheres strictly to the purest form the art.


Name: Vickneswaran Ramakrishnan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Perth, Western Australia.
Telephone: 0403 799 488
Misc. Info: Tabla Visharad from Gandharva Mahavidyalay, Pune. Studied under the able guid­ance of Ustad Hanif Mohamed Mirajkar in Pune. do con­tact for tabla classes and also per­forming (tabla solo & accom­pani­ment). cur­rently under the guid­ance of Tabla Maestro Pandit Kumar Bose,


Name: Balvinder Singh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Perth
Telephone: 0410527545
Misc. Info: Hi I teach Sitar and Indian music theory, I learnt from Ustad Samuel Dass and also Ustad Sabri Khan in India. Awards: Winner WA Music Industry song of the year awards, ArtsWA fellowship winner, ARTS Council of Australia JUMP Mentee. Give me a buzz if you want to learn, or email !


Name: Gurpreet Singh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Adress:Perth WA Australia
Telephone: 0412641520, 0435690611
Misc. Info: I am a Tabla player from Punjab Gharana, have been taking train­ing under Ustaad Kulwinder Singh since last 11 years.,i have won many Compititons like National Youth Festival-2006, Punjabi Uni­versity Patiala com­peti­tion 2005  and many other Compititons too.I have given Perfor­mances as Solo Artist and as an tabla accompanist also in many con­certs like Harballbh San­geet Samelan, Ustad Abdul Latif Khan Samaroh and many others both in India and overseas. Will be avail­able in Australia after July 2009 for two years mail me if you require any help in learn­ing or Accompanying Tabla or con­tact me for buying any Indian Musical Instruments.I am running two weekly tabla classes in perth.




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