proudly presents a

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Pallavi of the Capital District
proudly presents a
CARNATIC CLASSICAL VOCAL CONCERT
Smt. Chandrika Pai
MRIDANGAM Ganesh Sankaranarayanan
VIOLIN Suhas Rao
Saturday, Feb 5th 2011, 530 P.M at Albany Hindu
Temple - Loudonville, NY
Members Students-free, Non-members - 10
For more information
Thiyagarajan Subramanian 518-831-9430
Lakshmi Ravichandran 518-373-9123 Sudharsana
Srinivasan 518-372-1248
See overleaf for Bio-Data of artists and
Directions.
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About the Artists Chandrika Pai started her
formal musical training at the age of five under
Sangeeta Vidhwan N. Gopalakrishna Iyer in
Mangalore and received vocal lessons for 16
years. During this time, she also received
intensive vocal training from her sister Sudha
Suresh who is an accomplished Carnatic vocalist
in her own right. She is also fortunate to have
received vocal lessons from Sangeetha Kalacharya
Sri Chengleput Ranganathan in Chennai. At the
tender age of 11, she secured first rank in the
state-wide Carnatic Vocal Junior exam obtaining a
perfect score of 100. Later, she passed her
Senior and Vidhwat examinations with distinction
honors. In 1997, she was placed second in the
prestigious national level competition conducted
by All India Radio (AIR). Since then, she has
been a graded artiste of AIR, Mangalore.She has
also received state and central government
scholarships in India in recognition of her
immense talent and creativity. She has given
numerous concerts all over South India, traveling
extensively in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala,
and also in the US. Suhas Rao is an accomplished
Carnatic musician and one of the top violinists
of the younger generation in the US. He got
introduced to Carnatic music when he came under
the tutelage of Smt. Tara Anand, an award winning
teacher in the New England area, at the age of
six. While he was learning violin from Tara, he
had his vocal training with Smt. Geetha Murali, a
renowned Carnatic vocalist in the area. He
underwent rigorous training under these gurus for
more than 12 years and started performing at the
age of 12. In addition, he has been receiving
advanced training in Chennai from stalwarts like
Sri Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Prof. T.R.
Subramaniam, and Smt. A. Kanyakumari. He has won
many awards and prizes in all major competitions
in the U.S. like Cleveland Aradhana and CMANA of
NJ, including the Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar
award for creativity.  In 2007, he was awarded
the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council to further his
training in Carnatic violin, and was featured in
the Keepers of Tradition exhibit at the National
Heritage Museum.  Suhas has performed in concerts
throughout the U.S. and in India as both a solo
artist and an accompanist, performing with
eminent artists like Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. R.K.
Srikantan, Sri Chitravina N. Ravikiran,
Prof. Trichy Sankaran, and the Carnatica
Brothers. Lately, Suhas has been teaching both
vocal and violin to many students. He is
currently a junior at Harvard University. Ganesh
Sankaranarayanan started learning mridangam at
the age of ten from the renowned guru Sangita
Kala Acharya Sri Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer in
Chennai, India. He has given many performances in
Chennai and Chidamabaram before moving to US in
2000. Since then, he has accompanied several
artists in US. He is currently undergoing
advanced training under M. Lakshman a senior
disciple of Palghat Sri T.R. Rajamani. Ganesh has
also learned carnatic vocal music from his mother
Smt. Saraswathy Sankaranarayanan. With his
knowledge in vocal music, he seeks to provide a
sensitive and sahityam-based accompaniment.
Ganesh is a research scientist at the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.