
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Taal Chakra 2015

Vijay Ghate - Tabla, George Brooks - Sax, Rajesh Vaidya - Electric Veena, U. Madolin Rajesh, Sridhar Parthsarthy - Mrudangam, Mukul Dongre - Drums, Arun Kumar - Drums, Atul Raninga - Keyboard, Sheetal Kolwalkar, Manasi Deshpande - Katthak, Mrs. Shama Bhate - Choreography And Roop Kumar Rathod - Vocal.

Pandit Swapan Chaudhary - Tabla, Dilshad Khan - Sarangi.

Vidwan VikkuVinayakram - Ghatam, Santiago Jimenez - Violin, Dallas Smith - Flute, Soprano, Clarinet, Bansuri, Max Åhman - Acoustic Guitar, Christian Paulin - Electric Bass, Sebastian Printz-Werner - Percussion, Swaminathan Ganesh - Khanjira.

Vidwan Manargudi Vasudevan - Tavil.

Sukhwinder Singh Namdhari - Tabla, Tanmay Deochake - Harmonium.

Sivamani - World Percussion, Runa Rizvi - Sufi, Folk Gazal, Ojas Adhiya - Tabla, Vishal Dhumal - Key Board
Special Event: Taal Ratna Award
First ever percussionist award “Taal Ratna” to be awarded at this year’s music festival.About Taalchakra
Taalchakra believes in the power of music and a necessity of a platform for performance and appreciation. Taalchakra is a philanthropic touch to the world of music. It is the idea of Pt. Vijay Ghate, who with a group of music enthusiasts has created this platform to promote young and upcoming musicians and to financially support the needy ones.So far Taalchakra has successfully staged, a rich variety of events encompassing vocal, instrumental performances in different parts of the country to promote this initiative. Besides encouraging young artistes, Taalchakra also plans to start a pension scheme for musicians and music teachers who are not in a position to support themselves due to various reasons and help them lead a dignified life. Music workshops by veteran musicians for the music lovers will also be conducted. Taalchakra mainly promotes classical music through its concerts. Good fusion music will also become part of it in due course of time.
Pt. Vijay Ghate

Vijayji is one of the few rare tabla players who are adept and comfortable accompanying all the three streams of Vocal, Instrumental and Dance. Quick fire anticipation fuelled with a very creative mind and imagination, clarity in playing, dexterity and accuracy are his forte.
He has been accompanying many well known artistes like Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhat and many others all over the world. He has been very well acknowledged for his forays into fusion with Western musical giants like George Dukes, Aljereu, Ravi Coltarin, and also frequently working with Egberto Gismonti, Larry Coryell, George Brooks, etc. He has also collaborated with Indian musicians namely Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan, Shivmani etc.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Vasantosav 2013

Saturday, October 27, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
72nd Aundh Mahotsav
72nd Aundh Mahotsav Schedule
Venue: Aundh Kala Mandir, Aundh (Dist: Satara)
Session | Artiste | Performance | Tabla | Harmonium | |
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9:30 am to 12:30 pm | Aditya Khandwe | Vocal | Shruteendra Katagade | Siddhesh Bicholkar | |
Chandrashekhar Vaze | Vocal | Pravin Karkare | Shri Gosavi | ||
Chandrashekhar Mahajan | Vocal | Shruteendra Katagade | Siddhesh Bicholkar | ||
Pt. Sudhir Pote | Vocal | Pravin Karkare | Chinmay Kolhatkar | ||
1 to 2 pm | Lunch | ||||
2 to 4:30 pm | Artists can visit the famous Aundh Museum, Devi Yamai temple. | ||||
4:30 pm to 6:45 pm | Udita Bhave | Child Prodigy | |||
Yuji Nakagawa | Sarangi | Shruteendra Katagade | |||
Mukul Kulkarni | Vocal | Shruteendra Katagade | Yuji Nakagawa | ||
Smt. Madhavi Nanal | Vocal | Pravin Karkare | Siddhesh Bicholkar | ||
6:45 to 7:15 pm | Felicitation of | at the hands of | |||
Pt Madhukar Joshi | Pt Babanrao Haldankar | ||||
Dr. Sucheta Bidkar's Book | Smt Madhavi Nanal | ||||
Pallavi Joshi's CD release | Dr Shubhangi Bahulikar (Chief Guest) | ||||
Riyaz Smaranika | Pt Sudhir Pote | ||||
Prasad Kulkarni, Nandkumar Kulkarni, Sudhir Pote, Madhavi Nanal | Shri Bachchubhai Joshi | ||||
7:15 to 9 pm | Parimal Phadke | Bharathnatyam | |||
Pravin Godkhindi | Flute | Pt Vibhav Nageshkar | |||
9 to 10 pm | Dinner | ||||
10 pm to 6 am | Pallavi Joshi & Apoorva Gokhale | Vocal (Jugal) | Pravin Karkare | Siddhesh Bicholkar | |
Kavita Kharavandikar | Vocal | Shruteendra Katagade | Siddhesh Bicholkar | ||
Pt Vibhav Nageshkar | Tabla solo | Chinmay Kolhatkar | |||
Smt. Archana Kanhere | Vocal | Pravin Karkare | Chinmay Kolhatkar | ||
Dr Arawind Thatte | Harmonium solo | Pt Vibhav Nageshkar | |||
Pt Arun Kashalkar | Vocal | Shruteendra Katagade | Dr. Arawaind Thatte | ||
Pt Madhukar Joshi | Vocal | Pravin Karkare | Siddhesh Bicholkar | ||
Pt Babanrao Haldankar | Vocal | Dhananjay Kharawandikar | Chinmay Kolhatkar |
Monday, September 24, 2012
CONCERT: Kedar Bodas, Pundalik Bhagwat
Manas Swar Saptak, Pune Presents
- Vocal recital by Shri Kedar Bodas (Gwalior and bhendi-bazar gharana)
- Tabla solo by Shri Pundalik Bhagwat (Banaras Gharana)
Accompanists:
Harmonium: Shri Paveen Kaslikar
Tabla: Shri Shrutindra Katagade
4-Oct-2012
6:30 PM
Bedekar Ganpati mandir, Paud Road, Pune.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
पं. जितेंद्र अभिषेकी शिष्य परिवारातर्फे आयोजित गुरु पोर्णिमा

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
CONCERT: Nikhil Phatak & Prashant Pandav (Tabla Duet), Chaitanya Kunte (Harmonium solo)
Tabla duet: Nikhil Phatak & Prashant Pandav
(disciples of Pt. Yogesh Samsi)
Solo Harmonium: Chaitanya Kunte (Disciple of Dr Arawind Thatte)
Date & Time: Saturday, 23rd June 2012, at 5.30pm
Venue: Bedekar Ganapati Mandir, Kothrud, Pune.Welcome to all connoisseurs!
Saturday, July 16, 2011
पंडित सुरेश तळवलकर यांचा गुरु अभिवादन सोहळा
तालयोगी पंडित सुरेश तळवलकर यांचा गुरुपोर्णिमेनिमित्त
Saturday, February 26, 2011
CONCERT: Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla Solo) & Pandit Hariprasad Chorasiya with Zakirbhai on tabla
'सा' व 'नि' सूर संगीत आयोजित
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
LEC-DEM: Taalyogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
'Kalapini' presents a Lecture-Demonstration by Taalyogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar. The program also also features lectures on various subjects, by Dr. Vikas Kashalkar, Dr. Rajiv Sharangpani and Nandu Natekar.
