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RagaChitra Programs

Includes performances of teachers and students of RagaChitra.

Past Events

RagaChitra Annual Day

Date........... December 17 2006, Sunday
Time........... 4:00 p.m.
Venue......... Tamil Christian Church, 79-11 Caldwell Ave, Middle Village (Queens), NY 11379
Chief Guest.. Peter Rushefsky, Executive Director, Center for Traditional Music and Dance

Performance by RagaChitra students; compositions of Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Annmacharya, Surdas, Purandaradasa, Andal, Meera; bhajans and folk songs; music compositions of Nivedita ShivRaj.

Mere tho Giridhar - a unique music and dance presentation depicting the love of Radha, Meera and Andal, for Lord Krishna.

Reception and Dinner at Gracie Mansion

Nivedita ShivRaj and team presented compositions of Annamacharya, Purandaradasa and Andal at the Reception and Dinner for South Asians hosted by Mayor Bloomberg.

Vocal ....... Nivedita ShivRaj, Samyuktha ShivRaj, Rajee Iyer, Akila Venkataraman
Violin ....... Raghuram Pantula
Mridangam..Prakash Rao
Date......... November 14 2006, Tuesday
Venue....... Gracie Mansion, NY
Organizer... Office of the Mayor of New York

Music from South Asia

International Resource Center @ Queens Library, Flushing in association with RagaChitra Foundation organized a program on ethnic music from South Asia by eminent musicians

Date......... November 4 2006, Saturday
Time......... 2:00 p.m.
Venue....... Flushing Library, Kissena Blvd, Flushing Ny 11355
Organizer... Queens library in colloboration with RagaChitra

Music from India

Veena.......................... Nivedita ShivRaj
Vocal............................Samyuktha ShivRaj
Mridangam.................... Sridhar Subramaniam
Bhajans & Folk Songs...... RagaChitra Choir

Ethnic Music of BanglaDesh ... Arun Gomes
Ghazals from Pakistan .......... AliAmin Kassam
Folk Music from Srilanka.........Katukurunde Gayan & Eranga de'Silva

Children's Day Celebrations

Bhajans & Patriotic songs by RagaChitra Students
Date......... November 14 2006, Tuesday
Venue....... Indian Consulate, NY
Organizer.. Indian Consulate

Diwali Mela

Bhajans by RagaChitra Choir
Date......... October 01 2006, Sunday
Venue....... Southstreet Seaport
Organizer... AIA

Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations

Meditation Music by Nivedita ShivRaj & Bhajans - lead by Nivedita ShivRaj & Samyuktha ShivRaj
Date........ October 01 2006, Sunday
Venue...... Yoga Bhavan
Organizer.. Yoga Bhavan

Sun to Stars South Asian Festival

Veena concert - Nivedita ShivRaj
Vocal - Samyuktha ShivRaj, Mridangam-Sridhar Subramaniam
Date: Septemeber 16 2006, Saturday
Venua:Styvessant Cove Park Organizer:Solar One

Janmashtami Celebrations

Krishna Bhajans by RagaChitra Students
Date:August 16 2006, Wednesday
Venue:Hare Krishna Temple, Freeport NY
Organizer:ISCKON

Thanthramukhi - Tamil drama by YGee Mahendra & troupe

Date...... August 05 2006, Saturday
Time...... 4:30 p.m.
Venue.....Flushing High School Auditorium
3501 Union St, Flushing, NY 11354

Anusham Chamber Concert

Vocal......... Radhika Murali
Violin............ Indira Rajesh
Mridangam..... Prakash Rao
Date............ July 08 2006, Saturday
Venue.......... Hindu Center Cultural Space

Open House at Yoga Bhavan

Meditation Music on Veena by Nivedita ShivRaj
Date...... June 25 2006, Sunday
Venue.... Yoga Bhavan, NEw York
Organizer.Yoga Bhavan

Anusham Chamber Concert

Sripriya Seetharaman - Vocal
Gopala Rao Panthula - Violin
Sridhar Subramanian - Mridangam
Date...... June 10 2006, Saturday
Venue.... Hindu Center Cultural Space

Anusham Chamber Concert

Lalitha Badrinath - Vocal
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Senthooran - Mridangam
Date...... May 14 2006, Sunday
Venue.... Hindu Center Cultural Space

Carnatic Music Festival 2006

Date: Saturday, April 29, 2006
Venue : Divya Dham Mandir, NY
Organizer : Ragachitra Foundation.

Carnatic Music Festival 2006

Date: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Venue : Divya Dham Mandir, NY
Organizer : Ragachitra Foundation.

Program : Shivarathri Celebrations

Bhajans by Nivedita ShivRaj & Students of RagaChitra
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2006
Venue : Divya Dham Mandir, NY
Organizer : Divya Dham Mandir.

Program : Spiral Music

Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Kumar Das - Tabla
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2006
Venue : Rubin Museum, NY
Organizer : Rubin Museum of Arts.

Program  : Performance Demonstration

Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Ed Feldman - Tabla
Date : January 11, 2006
Venue : Professional Performing Arts High School, New Yorkl

Program : Spiral Music

Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Kumar Das - Tabla
Date: Saturday, October 29, 2005
Venue : Rubin Museum, NY
Organizer : Rubin Museum of Arts.

Program : Childrens Day Celebration

Classical Chorus by Students of RagaChitra
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005
Venue : Indian Cosulate, NY
Organizer : Indian Cosulate, NY.

Program : Variations in Foreign Land

Bharathanatyam - Sridhar Shanmugham & Company
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena & Vocal
Samyuktha ShivRaj - Vocal
Date : September 22, 23, 24 & 25, 2005
Venue : Merce Cunningham Studios, NY
Organizer : Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America.

Program : India Day Festival

Sridhar Shanmugham & Company - Dance
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena & Vocal
Samyuktha ShivRaj - Vocal
Date : September  24, 2005
Venue : Flushing Library, Queens, NY
Organizer : IRC, Flushing Library, Queens, NY.

Program : India Day Festival

Kolam & Mehndi
Nivedita ShivRaj - Coordinator 
     Shanthi Shankar - Volunteer
Malini Bhashyam  - Volunteer
Vatsala Mettapalli - Volunteer
Date : September  24, 2005
Venue : Flushing Library, Queens, NY
Organizer :India Day Festivities Committee & Flushing Library, Queens, NY.

Program : Spiral Music

Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Kumar Das - Tabla
Date : Saturday, August 20, 2005
Venue : Rubin Museum, NY
Organizer: Rubin Museum of Arts.

Program  : Sounds of India

Sridhar Shanmugham - Bharathanatyam
Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Date : Saturday, May 7, 2005
Venue : Brooklyn Museum- Cantor Auditorium, NY
Organizer: Carnegie Hall.

Program  : Global Encounters

Performance Demonstration 
    Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Suresh Ramaswamy - Mridangam
Date : February 8, 2005
Venue : The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall
Organizer: Carnegie Hall

Program  : Spiral Music

Nivedita ShivRaj - Veena
Polash Gomes  - Tabla
Date : Saturday, November 20, 21, 2004
Venue : Rubin Museum of Arts, NY
Organizer: Rubin Museum of Arts.

Program  : Rhythms of India & Malayala Sandhya

Carnatic Chorus by Students of RagaChitra
Date : Saturday, November 06, 2004
Venue : Teaneck, NJ
Organizer: Fine Arts Malayalam Inc.

Program  : 17th Annual Festival Deepavali 2004

Bhajans by Students of RagaChitra
Date : Sunday, October 03, 2004
Venue : South Street Seaport, NY
Organizer: Association of Indians in America.

Program  : Introduction to Thiruvasakan in Symphony

Maestro Ilayaraaja
Date : Saturday, May 22, 2004
Venue : Hindu Temple Auditorium, Flushing, NY
Organizer: RagaChitra Foundation.

Program : Leap Year Program by Friends & Families

Veena Melodies & Fusion
Nivedita ShivRaj, Samyuktha ShivRaj & Students of RagaChitra
Date : Saturday, February 28, 2004
Venue : Kerala Center, Elmont, NY
Organizer : Friends Cultural Evening.

Program : Annual Fund Raiser

Veena Melodies & Fusion
Nivedita ShivRaj,  Samyuktha ShivRaj, & Students of RagaChitra
Date : Saturday, January 24, 2004
Venue : Hotel Adria, Bayside, NY
Organizer : The Hindu Center, Flushing, NY.

Program   : Thamizhar Thirunaal

Veena Isai Thendral
Nivedita ShivRaj, Samyuktha ShivRaj, & Students of RagaChitra
Date : Saturday, January 17, 2004
Venue : PS 203, Oakland Gardens, NY
Organizer : New York Tamil Sangam.

Program   : Thamizhar Thirunaal

"Sutta Pazham" Dance Drama
Samyuktha ShivRaj, & Students of Padmalaya Dance Academy
Date : Saturday, January 17, 2004

Venue : PS 203, Oakland Gardens, NY

Organizer : New York Tamil Sangam.

Program : "Sampradaya" Bharatha Natyam Ballet

Shobana and team
Date : Sunday, November 30, 2003
Venue : Hindu Temple Auditorium, Flushing, NY
Organizer : RagaChitra Foundation.



New Veena Music Album
New album of Nivedita ShivRaj -- Melodious tunes on the veena for meditating minds! Relax. Meditate. Practice Yoga. Traverse across the inner self. Click for details.

Vocal & Veena Classes by Phone
Carnatic vocal for intermediate and advanced level
Click for details


Carnatic Music Classes
in New York

RagaChitra offers Vocal & Veena classes for all levels. Click for details

Tambura CDs
Professionally-recorded, digitally mastered Tambura CDs are available for all sruthis! Click for details

Touch of India - Finest Indian Restaurant
Touch of India, the newest & finest Indian restaurant in midtown Manhattan, offers a nice ambience and great food for you and your family to enjoy. TOI is the proud sponsor of the forthcoming music festival. Click for details



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