First Annual SADHANA Conference 2010

A one day conference sponsored by SADHANA Foundation and UC Berkeley to engage with South Asian classical music as it moves into the next decade, including a lecture discussion with Pandit Partha Chatterjee, a screening of "That Which Colors the Mind," a documentary about the life of Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, and performances by Srinivas Reddy, New Directions and VidyA.


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First Annual SADHANA Conference 2010
Tradition as Innovation - South Asian Classical Music in the Next Decade
UC Berkeley and The Julia Morgan - Berkeley, CA, April 1, 2010

LECTURE & DISCUSSION - Townsend Center, Gabelle Room - 1pm-3:30pm

          Welcome - Alexander von Rospatt, Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies

          Opening Remarks - Srinivas Reddy, UC Berkeley/SADHANA Foundation

CHATUR PANDIT MEMORIAL LECTURE - Pandit Partha Chatterjee
          "South Asian Classical Music in the 20th Century - A Practitioner's Perspective"

Panel Discussion - moderated by Partha Chatterjee and Srinivas Reddy
          Gautam Tejas Ganeshan (Sangati Center)
          Prasant Radhakrishnan (Vidya)
          Sameer Gupta (Namaskar)

FILM SCREENING - The Julia Morgan, 5pm-7:30pm

          "That Which Colors the Mind" - Pt. Nikhil Banerjee documentary
          A Conversation with filmmaker Steven Baigel

PERFORMANCE - The Julia Morgan, 8pm-10:30pm

          Introduction - "Listening to South Asian Classical Music"

          Sitar and Tabla - Srinivas Reddy and Michael Lewis
          New Directions - Gautam Tejas Ganeshan and Anantha R. Krishnan
          VidyA - Prasant Radhakrishnan, Sameer Gupta and David Ewell