Concerts and Events

Please note: Prasant has a wide range of content regularly available on Youtube. Please subscribe to his channel for updates. You can also subscribe to this website by entering your email in the sidebar–>. Or you can sign up for the email list (occasional). All concerts may not be listed due to time constraints. Events include concerts, Satsang, talks/ lec dems or other collaborative events.

Upcoming Concerts

March 30, 2024: With The Alaya Project at California Jazz Conservatory, Berkeley, CA. 8pm Tickets.

April 7, 2024: The Alaya Project at Brisbane Library, 2pm. FREE

April 8th, 2024: The Alaya Project at San Carlos Library, 6pm FREE

April 13th, 2024: The Alaya Project at Belmont Library, 2pm. FREE

April 14th, 2024: The Alaya Project at Millbrae Library, 2pm FREE

April 21, 2024: VidyA at Foster City Library, 2pm FREE

April 26, 2024: With The Alaya Project at the Amp by Strathmore. North Bethesda, MD. Tickets.

April 28, 2024: With The Alaya Project @ Joe’s Pub. New York City, NY. Tickets here.

May 4, 2024: VidyA Reunion Concert at SFIAF! 3:30pm. With David Ewell: Bass, Sameer Gupta: Drums. Tickets and info here. At Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA.

June 29, 2024: With The Alaya Project @ Mr. Tipple’s. San Franciso, CA.

Past Concerts

March 9, 2024: With Meklit at Brava Theater.

June 2023-Feb 2024: Misc concerts details to be added.

June 18, 2023: Carnatic saxophone and mridangam duet with Rohan Krishnamurthy at SFIAF, 2pm.

June 15, 2023: With The Alaya Project at SFJazz Festival. Two sets 7pm and 8:30pm.

June 11, 2023: Carnatic saxophone private event performance, San Jose, CA.

May 28, 2023: Carnatic saxophone private event performance, Atherton, CA.

May 27, 2023: Carnatic saxophone private event performance, Santa Clara, CA.

May 26, 2023: Carnatic saxophone private event performance, Campbell, CA.

May 21, 2023: Carnatic saxophone private event performance, Livermore, CA.

April 29, 2023: With The Alaya Project at Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA. 7:30pm.

April 15, 2023: With The Alaya Project at Newark Library Newark, CA, 2-3pm.

March 24, 2023: Carnatic saxophone concert at World Folk Jam, San Rafael, CA. 6pm.

November 13, 2022: With The Alaya Project at Black Cat Jazz Club, San Francisco, CA.

November 5, 2022: With The Alaya project: Radio interview in the studio at KPFA. Berkeley, CA.

Diwali Series at Bay Area Libraries with The Alaya Project October 21-25th:

October 21, 2022: Foster City Library, Foster City, CA. 2pm.

October 23, 2022: Belmont Library, Belmont, CA. 2pm.

October 24, 2022: San Carlos Library, San Carlos, CA. 6pm.

October 25th, 2022: Millbrae Library, Millbrae, CA. 6:30pm.

October 1, 2022: Private Concert, Dallas, TX

Friday, September 23, 2022: With The Alaya Project at Hammer Theater, San Jose, CA. 7pm.

August 29th, 2022: Private Event performance, Boston, MA.

July 14, 2022: With The Alaya Project at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, San Francisco, CA.

July 9th, 2022: Private concert, Pasadena, CA.

June 11, 2022: Carnatic saxophone concert at Minneapolis, MN.

June 5, 2022: Carnatic saxophone concert at Hindu Temple of Wisconsin, Pewaukee. 2-4:30pm.

May 21, 2022: With Meklit at Churchill Arts Council, Fallon, Nevada.

May 4, 2022: Online Musical Satsang with Prasant. 6pm PST.

March 20, 2022: SF Music Day with Alaya Project.

February 12, 2022: Online Musical Satsang with Prasant. 1pm PST.

Dec 11 and 12, 2021: Private event performances. San Ramon & Woodside, CA.

December 5, 2021: Private Event performance, Saratoga, CA.

November 7, 2022: Private Event performance, Livermore, CA.

October 24, 2021: Private Event performance. San Jose, CA.

September 10, 2021: Private Event Performance, San Francisco, CA.

September 2, 2021: Private Event Performance, Livermmore, CA.

July 15 2021: Solo saxophone performance, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA.

July 17, 2021: Carnatic saxophone concert hosted by Swaralahari at Mitchell Park, Palo Alto, CA. Free admission.

June 6, 2021: Private concert. Hayes Mansion, San Jose, CA.

June 5th, 2021: Lecture Demonstration presented by SPICMACAY at University of Washington: Bridging Carnatic music and Jazz. Free event at 10:30am PST / 11am IST. Register here. Watch the video archive.

June 4, 2021: Private concert. Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA.

May 1, 2021: Live solo performance with David Wilson’s “Sittings” at the David Ireland House, San Francisco, CA. View a video archive of the performance here.

August 14, 2020: Livestream Carnatic Saxophone Concert for Drive East Festival with Rohan Krishnamurthy on mridangam. 7:30pm PST. Info and tickets here.

March 13th, 2020: Sangeetha Satsang/Workshop for Realization through Music, Sound and Silence: The direct and easy path. 7pm. Washington D.C., POSTPONED

March 14th, 2020: Carnatic saxophone concert for Sangeetalahari, Washington D.C. POSTPONED

February 9th, 2020: Alaya Project at SFSU Morrisson Series. Knuth Hall, 3pm.

February 7, 2020: Alaya Project lecture demonstration at SFSU. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: mridangam.

January 19th, 2020: With Ghatam V. Suresh’s band, Nandi at Nadaneerajanam series, Tirupati, India, 6pm. With Ghatam V. Suresh and his disciple Prasanna Hariharan: Ghatam, Kannakol, Pascal Lovergne: Bass, Stefon Orins: Piano, Pramath Kiran: Percussion. Watch the video of the live broadcast here.

January 17th, 2020 6:15pm: Tribute to Prasant’s music Guru, Dr. Kadri Gopalnath special concert. With B.U. Ganesh Prasad: Violin, Melakaveri Balaji: Mridangam, B. Rajashekar: Morsing. Tributes by B. Rajashekar and V. Suresh before the concert. Arkay Convention Center, Chennai, India. Watch the stream and archive here.

January 6th, 2020: Carnatic and devotional program at Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, India. With Veena Ganesan: Violin, Nilesh (disciple of Rohan Krishnamurthy): Mridangam, Nikhila: Harmonium, Prajapati Deep: Tabla. See the concert video here.

Oct 6, 2019: Alaya Project at SF Chamber Music Day. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam, drum set, percussion, Colin Hogan: Piano and Accordian, Cory Combs: Bass.

August 24, 2019: Carnatic saxophone concert at Marakatha Festival. At Eastside Bahá’í Center, Bellevue, WA. 4:15pm. With Sankar Subramaniam: Violin, Nirmal Narayanan: Mridangam.

August 10, 2019: Alaya Project at San Jose Jazz Festival Summerfest. 7:30pm. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam, drum set, percussion, Cory Combs: Bass. Special Guest Rupa Marya: Vocals.

August 8, 2019: Carnatic saxophone concert at Drive East Festival 2019. 7:20pm at ART/New York Theaters, New York, NY. with Rohan Krishnamurthy on mridangam.

July 30, 2019: Alaya Project at California Jazz Conservatory, Way Out West series at Rendon Hall. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam, drum set, percussion, Colin Hogan: Keyboard. 7:30pm.

February 20, 2019: With The Alaya Project at California Jazz Conservatory, Rendon Hall, Berkeley, CA. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam, drum set, percussion, Colin Hogan: Keyboard. 7pm.

March 3, 2019: With Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose. Si Se Puede – the Struggles of Cesar Chavez. Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA. 4pm.

Dec 1, 2018: Live performance on KPFA Radio with Rohan Krishnamurthy’s Alaya Project. With Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam, drum set, percussion, Colin Hogan: Keyboard.

Though 2009. Please note concerts between 2012-2015 are not all listed.

November 18, 2018 – Carnatic saxophone concert at Sri Ashta Lakshmi Temple with Ajay Gopi, Mridangam. San Mateo, CA.

November 11, 2018 – Concert for Kala Mudhrika with Poovalur Sriji (percussion), Jonathan Jones (clarinet), Raman Kalyan (flute), Shubha Chandramouli (mridangam). Preceded by a lecture demonstation by Sriji and Shubha titled “Yati Prana.” Plano, TX.

November 3rd and 4th, 2018 – Performances with Abhinaya Dance Company – Stories of Justice. Mexican Heritage Theater, San Jose, CA.

October 26, 2018 – Performance with Keenan Webster (Kora, Balafon and other instruments) and Patricio Angulo (drums and percussion) for Friday Night’s at de Young. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.

October 6, 2018 – Solo Carnatic saxophone concert for Bharati Kala Manram. With Maiyuran Gireedharan: Violin, Vijay Ganesh: Mridangam. At SVBF Hall in Etobicoke, ON. Toronto, Canada.

October 1, 2018 – Recitals by Prasant’s saxophone students for Navarathri at Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple. San Jose, CA.

August 23, 2018 – With the Supplicants at Cafe Stritch, San Jose, CA.

August 19, 2018 – With With Sameer Gupta’s A Circle Has No Beginning at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA.

August 16, 2018 – With Sameer Gupta’s A Circle Has No Beginning at Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA.

August 13, 2018 – With Sameer Gupta’s A Circle Has No Beginning at Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA.

August 12, 2018 – Morning Solo performance at BELOVED Festival in Tidewater, Oregon.

July 11th, 2018 – Private concert, Livermore Temple, CA.

July 7, 2018 – With Charlotte Moraga (Kathak dance performance) at Sunnyside Conservatory, San Francisco, CA. Ranjana Ghatak: vocal, Suresh Vaidiyanathan: Tabla.

June 16th, 2018: Ragamalika 25th anniversary performance. Varnaajalam, at ICC Milpitas, CA.

May 27, 2018: Duet with saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh for SFIAF. 4:30pm at Firehouse in Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

May 20, 2018: Private concert, Petaluma, CA.

May 15-18, 2018: Performance with Poovalur Sriji ensemble with Taipei Chinese Orchestra. eslite Performance Hall, Taipei, Taiwan.

April 7, 2018: Short performance at the MAPP, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA.

April 6, 2018: With Meklit at SFJazz, San Francisco, CA.

January 21, 2018: Saxophone duet with Hafez Modirzadeh. Minus Zero Presents
Musical Action for Planned Parentood Benefit Concert: A New Year of Resistance
The Ivy Room, Albany, CA.

December 16th, 2017: Brief charity performance for Matters of Community. Royal Palace, Fremont, CA. 6pm.

November 11th and 12th, 2017: Apoorva Katha with Abhinaya Dance Company. Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA.

November 11th, 2017: Private concert, Morgan Hill, CA.

October 20, 2017: With Meklit at the New Parish in Oakland, CA.

Oct 1, 2017: Carnatic saxophone concert at Indian Fine Arts of Arizona. Arun Ramamurthi: Violin, Mridangam: Sudhakar Subramaniam and Sharreth. 4pm, Murdock Hall, ASU. Phoenix, AZ.

September 24, 2017: VidyA at SF Music Day. At the SF War Memorial Building, 6:30-7pm in the Education Studio. With Eric Vogler: Bass, Vijay Anderson: Drums, Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam.

September 16, 2017: With Brooklyn Raga Massive and Classical Revolution at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival performing “In C” by Terry Riley.  1pm. San Francisco, CA.

September 2, 2017: Private concert, Mineapolis, MN.

August 19, 2017: VidyA at Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA.  David Ewell: Bass, Sameer Gupta: Drums. This concert was recorded live by Art Granoff and will be available for listening and viewing very soon.

June 2nd and 3, 2017: Undercover Presents: 50 year anniversary, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band at UC Theatre. 7pm doors, 8pm show. Rohan Krishnamurthy: percussion, Prasant Radhakrishnan: Tenor saxophone, Colin Hogan: Keys.

April 29, 2017: With Rohan Krishnamurthy at Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA. 

April 24, 2017: Prasant Radhakrishnan’s VidyA at Foster City Library. 6:30pm. David Ewell: bass, Hamir Atwal: Drums, Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam.

November 26, 2016: Concert and Sangeetha Satsang at Sri Raja Rajeshwari Temple, San Jose, CA. Click here for a transcript of the brief talk.

October 20-21st: Carnatic saxophone concert. Private event. Livermore Temple, CA.

October 14, 2016: Carnatic saxophone private event, Livermore Temple, CA.

October 14-16: Collaboration with Kathak artist Charlotte Moraga. Ben Kunin: Sarod, Rohan Krishnamurthy: Mridangam. ” San Francisco Trolley Dances” Tour. Performances between 11-2:45pm each day. We are playing at the Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library at: 1 Jose Sarria Court, San Francisco, CA. Info at www.epiphanydance.org. Something fun to do with kids, friends and family…

October 1, 2016: Carnatic saxophone concert and student performances at Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple, San Jose, CA. Gopi Lakshminarayanan: mridangam.

September 3, 2016: Carnatic saxophone private event, San Francisco, CA.

July 10, 2016: Carnatic saxophone private concert, Hayes Mansion, CA.

June 12, 2016: Carnatic saxophone wedding concert, Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate, Oakland, CA.

May 29, 2016: Maha Rudram at Sri Raja Rajeswari Temple, San Jose, CA. Prasant’s students recital at 3pm. See the lessons page for photos from this event.

April 24, 2016: Duet with Sameer Gupta at Red Poppy Art House as part of Brooklyn Raga Massive Presents: A Night of Cross-Coastal Raga-Inspired MusicMany wonderful artists from the SF Bay Area playing with the BRM artists from the East Coast. Info here. Check out Brooklyn Raga Massive’s website. Please support them and their excellent endeavor bringing forward raga music in NYC and beyond.

Apri 16, 2016: Carnatic saxophone concert at Chithirai Festival organized by Bay Area Tamil Manram. 12-2pm. At Centerville Junior High School. 37720 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA  94536. Prasant Radhakrishnan: Alto saxophone, Balaji Mahadevan: Tavil.

January 31, 2016: Sangeeta Satsang performance at HSNEF, Jacksonville,FL. At 12 noon after temple arathi. More info on satsang.

November 20, 2015: Prasant Radhakrishnan’s VidyA. at Presidio Sessions in San Francisco. Prasant – Saxophone, David Ewell – Bass, Vijay Anderson: Drums. Rohan Krishnamurthy – Mridangam.

November 13, 2015: 7pm.  Music meditation gathering in a private residence Lexington, MA. Free to attend. For details to attend, please send a message with the contact form.

November 12, 2015: Carnatic saxophone concert at Shri Sai Chavadi Sai Temple with Mali Santhanakrishnan on mridangam. 6-7:30pm, Canton, MA. 960 Turnpike Street, Suite 28 Canton MA 02021. Free to attend.

November 12, 2015: Guest lecture at Suffolk University, Music and the Brain class. 2:30-3:45. Room 302.

November 12, 2015: Guest lecture at Framingham State University, World Music Cultures Class. Room 201. 10:30am to 11:20
September 6, 2015: Private event, Raleigh, NC.

Nov 7, 2015: With Kiranavali Vidyasankar‘s Tradition: An Evolving Continuum Project funded by the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage.

October 25, 2015: Prasant Radhakrishnan’s VidyA at SF Chamber Music Day.

Oct 17, 2015: Prasant Radhakrishnan’s VidyA at de Young Museum 10th anniversary celebrations

August 7, 2015: With Bengal & Beyond at People in Plazas, San Francisco.

July 25, 2015: Private Event, Hopland, CA.

April 5, 2013 Carnatic saxophone concert at Subterranean Arthouse (Sangati Center). pr: saxophone, Krishna Parthasarathy: violin, Rajna Swaminathan: mrudangam Berkeley, CA 8pm
April 6, 2013 VidyA concert at Wisteria Ways pr: tenor saxophone, David Ewell: Bass, Hamir Atwal: Drums. Rockridge (Oakland), CA 7:30 pm
May 4, 2013 Bodhidharma Ensemble Premiere at OACC! Check the blog for updated info on this exciting new project combining Indian and Chinese classical music. Oakland, CA 7:30 pm
May 18, 2013 VidyA concert at PJCC. Includes a “meet the artists” reception after the concert. Foster City, CA 8-9:30pm

November 10, 2012 Private concert at Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 8pm
September 16, 2012 Guest with Karavika at Ashkenaz: Trina Basu: Violin, Amali Premawardhana: Cello, Perry Wortman: Bass, Sameer Gupta: Drums Berkeley, CA 8pm
August 3, 2012 With Sameer Gupta’s Namaskar at Red Poppy Art House. Sameer Gupta: Drums and tabla, Darren Johnston: Trumpet, David Boyce: saxophone, electronics, PR: tenor sax. San Francisco, CA 8pm
July 26, 2012 VidyA at Red Poppy Art House. David Ewell: Bass, Sameer Gupta: Drums San Francisco, CA 8pm
June 9, 2012 Carnatic concert at Sangati Center, Subterranean Arthouse. Papanasam Gokul on Violin, Shriram Brahmanandam on Mridangam. Berkeley, CA 4:30pm
April 28, 2012 With poet Michael Warr at Reader’s Cafe, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 3pm
April 26, 2012 With poet Michael Warr at Museum of African Diaspora San Francisco, CA 6pm
April 20-22, 2012 Natya and Narration: REBELution. Collaboration with dancer Vidhya Subramaniam and writers Jaya Padmanabhan, Kalpana Mohan and Arun Kumar at Counterpulse Theater San Francisco, CA 7pm Friday and Saturday, 2:30pm Sunday
April 7, 2012 VidyA, private event Healdsburg, CA 4:30pm
April 1, 2012 Carnatic saxophone concert at Learnquest Academy Music Conference 2012. Suhas Rao: Violin, Umayalpuram Mali: Mridangam. Note that the concert time has changed to 10:30am. Fine Arts Center, Regis College. Boston, MA 10:30am
March 24, 2011 Private Event. Santa Clara Convention Center. Santa Clara, CA 8pm
January 3, 2011 With Ghatam Suresh and Carola Grey’s Clay ‘n Drum India group at Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai, India
December 2011- Jan 12 Concerts with Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, info in local newspapers. Chennai, India TBA
December 18, 2011 Interactive rhythm concert with V. Suresh and other percussionists at Nageswara Rao Park, Mylapore. Chennai, India 12pm
December 18, 2011 Guest appearance at lecture demonstration with V. Suresh at Music Academy on infuence of solkattu and Indian music in jazz and Mediterannean music. Chennai, India 9am
December 24, 2011 Solo carnatic concert at Bharatiya Bhavan Mini hall presented by Guru Karaikudi Mani’s MLA series. Chennai, India 6pm
December 25, 2011 With Ghatam Suresh and Carola Grey’s Clay ‘n Drum India group at Hamsadhwani. Chennai, India 6pm
December 26, 2011 Solo Carnatic concert at Nadha Sudha, Ganapati Satchidananda Ashram, Velacherry. Chennai, India 5pm
December 28, 2011 Solo Carnatic concert at Arkay Hall, Royapettah. Chennai, India 11:15am
December 2, 2011 VidyA at Red Poppy Art House. David Ewell: Bass, Vijay Anderson: Drums San Francisco, CA 8pm
November 19, 2011 Carnatic saxophone performance at Subterreanean Art House in conjunction with Sangati Center. Ajay Narasimha: Violin, Karthik Gopalratnam: Mridangam, Ganesh Ramnarayanan: Kanjira. 2179 Bancroft Way @ Shattuck, Berkeley, CA Berkeley, CA 8pm
October 16, 2011 VidyA at Chamber Music America Chamber music day. at de Young museum, Wilsey Court. Free. David Ewell: Bass, Hamir Atwal: Drums. San Francisco, CA 1:30pm
October 14, 2011 VidyA performance. Private event. Redwood City, CA 6pm
October 8, 2011 VidyA at India Literacy Project Benefit. At ICC. Milpitas, CA 6pm
October 2, 2011 Solo improvisations at Oakland Asian Cultural Center Wa Sung Fundraiser. Oakland, CA 2-6pm
September 26, 2011 With “Bengal and Beyond” at People in Plazas series. Bishu: Chatterjee: bass, Sharmila Guha: vocal, Bryan Bowman: drums. San Francisco, CA 12pm
September 25, 2011 VidyA at Bird & Beckett. David Ewell: bass and Hamir Atwal: drums San Francisco, CA 4:30pm
September 25, 2011 With Jim Fleser band at Piedmont Harvest Jazz Festival Piedmont, CA 12pm
September 15, 2011 VidyA at SFSU Poetry Center. Knuth Hall. Eric Vogler: Bass, Howard Wiley: Drums. See some photos. San Francisco, CA 4:30pm
September 10, 2011 With “Bengal and Beyond” at Red Poppy Art House. Bishu: Chatterjee: bass, Sharmila Guha: vocal, Bryan Bowman: drums. San Francisco, CA 8pm
September 9, 2011 With de Young museum fellow Todd Brown’s “Teobi’s Dreaming” at Koret Auditorium San Francisco, CA 8pm
August 24, 2011 Private Carnatic performance Sunnyvale, CA 8am
August 21, 2011 Guest performance at NuBlue with Arun Ramamurthy Quartet. Arun Ramamurthy: Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanaban: mridangam, Perry Wortman: bass, Sameer Gupta: drums New York, NY 10pm
August 15, 2011 India Independence day Carnatic music festival at Cornelia Street Cafe! 1st set, Carnatic classical. Arun Ramamurthy: Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanaban: mridangam, 2nd set VidyA. Rashaan Carter: Bass, Sameer Gupta: Drums New York, NY 8pm
August 5, 2011 With “Bengal and Beyond” at Mint Plaza. Bishu: Chatterjee: bass, Sharmila Guha: vocal, Bryan Bowman: drums. San Francisco, CA 1pm
July 2, 2011 Carnatic concert. Private Event Raleigh, NC 6pm
June 18, 2011 VidyA At Red Poppy Art House. David Ewell: Bass, Hamir Atwal: Drums San Francisco, CA 8pm
June 30th VidyA at Yerba Buena Gardens. David Ewell: Bass, Hamir Atwal: Drums San Francisco, CA 12:30pm
June 5, 2011 Carnatic concert at Phoenix temple Phoenix, AZ TBA
May 29, 2011 Private Concert Los Altos Hills, CA 6pm
May 28, 2011 With Anthony Brown’s Asian American Jazz Orchestra at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival San Francisco, CA 1-2:30pm
April 23, 2011 With Asian Crisis at “We Are One Island Japan Relief Concert and Auction. At Oakland Asian Cultural Center Oakland, CA 7pm
February 26 VidyA concert at UCSB Multicultural Center. Read an interview Santa Barbara, CA 8pm
February 24 VidyA at El Valenciano San Francisco, CA 10:30pm
February 25 With Sameer Gupta’s “Namaskar” at Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, CA 8pm
January 23, 2011 Private event with Kadri Gopalnath and percussion ensemble Bangalore, India
January 22, 2011 Solo concert at Thiruvayaru Thyagaraja Festival Thiruvayaru, India
January 21, 2011 Private Event, Carnatic concert Chennai, India
January 8, 2011 Solo concert at Gandharva Ghana Sabha. With Trichur Narendran: Mridangam and H. Prasanna: Ghatam Ambattur, Chennai, India 7 pm
January 2, 2011 With Ghatam Suresh’s “Clay and Drum India” group at Krishna Ghana Sabha Chennai, India 9:30 am
December 29, 2010 With Kadri Gopalnath at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Chennai, India 2pm
December 18, 2010 Solo Carnatic concert at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Chennai, India 2pm
December 15, 2010 With Kadri Gopalnath at Narada Ghana Sabha Chennai, India 7:15pm
November through February 2011 Various performances TBA. Chennai, India
September through November Traveling in China Shanghai, China
August 19, 2010 VidyA at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival San Francisco, CA 12:30 pm
August 22, 2010 Carnatic concert at Sangati Center San Francisco, CA 8pm
August 23, 2010 VidyA studio recording San Francisco, CA Full day
July 31, 2010 VidyA residency concert at Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, CA 9pm
Date Event Location Time
June 3, 2010 With Rupa Marya and Todd Sickafoose at Yoshi’s San Francisco San Francisco, CA 8pm & 10pm
June 5, 2010 Solo saxophone ragas for healing and meditation at Sangati Center San Francisco, CA 7pm
June 19, 2010 Private Event Santa Clara, CA 2pm
May 14, 2010 Improvised saxophone soundtrack at Recontre Internationalle de la Clarinette Populaire to film Les Memoires Vive Brittany, France 8pm
May 15, 2010 VidyA at Recontre Internationalle de la Clarinette Populaire with guest Rais Damami Brittany, France 10pm
May 16, 2010 Improvised saxophone soundtrack at Recontre Internationalle de la Clarinette Populaire to film Les Memoires Vive Brittany, France 4pm
May 29, 2010 VidyA at OACC collaboration with Kathak dancer Rina Mehta Oakland, CA 8pm
April 1, 2010 SADHANA conference roundtable discussion and VidyA performance. Tickets Julia Morgan Hall, Berkeley, CA TBA
April 22, 2010 Interactive lecture on South Indian Classical Music and saxophone. Admission includes a free CD. At Red Poppy Art House as part of the residency. San Francisco, CA 7-8:30pm
April 23, 2010 Carnatic saxophone concert at Red Poppy Art House. San Francisco, CA 8pm
March 5, 2010 VidyA at Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, CA 8 pm
March 13, 2010 VidyA at Asian American Film Festival San Francisco, CA 2 pm
March 23, 2010 With Sameer Gupta’s Namaskar at Hudson Guild. Also featuring Marc Cary, Arun Ramamurthy, Neel Murgai. New York, NY 7pm
March 2, 2010 Carnatic Lecture Demonstration and concert at UNC Chapel Hill. Anantha R. Krishnan: Mridangam Raleigh, NC 12:30 pm
February 26, 2010 VidyA at De Young Museum. Special performance as part of the King Tut exhibit featuring aspects of Egyptian music. With special guest Rachid Halihal: Oud. FREE. San Francisco, CA 6:30 pm
February 6, 2010 Carnatic concert at Yuva Bharathi Mountain View, CA 3:30pm
February 6, 2010 Performance at MAPP at Red Poppy Art House San Francisco, CA 9pm
January 31, 2010 Carnatic concert at Sangati Center. Nishanth Chandran, violin; Nirmal Narayan: Mridangam San Francisco, CA 1pm
January 30, 2010 Carnatic chamber concert at Sarukkai residence. RSVP to sekhar [at] gmail. Nishanth Chandran, violin; Nirmal Narayan: Mridangam San Francisco, CA 6pm
December 18, 2009 Chamber music series Carnatic concert. Susheel Violin, Karthik Mridangam. Fremont, CA. 7:30pm
November 27, 2009 Private Event Pasadena Convention Center. Pasadena, CA
November 26, 2009 Private Event Arcadia Arboretum. Arcadia, CA
November 22, 2009 Private Event Mission Inn, Ontario, CA
November 14, 2009 Carnatic concert at Michigan Festival of Sacred Music. Rohan Krishnamurthy – Mridangam. Dalton Theater, Kalamazoo College. Kalamazoo, MI. 4:30pm
November 7, 2009 VidyA Duet with Sameer Gupta, drums. Sangati Center, SF, CA 3:30pm
November 5-8, 2009 Performing Diaspora collaboration with Charlotte Moraga, Kathak dancer. Ben Kunin – Sarod, Salar Nadar – Tabla, Jim Santi Owen – Kanjira/morsing. Counterpulse. SF, CA 8pm
October 18, 2009 Performing Diaspora Work in Progress. Counterpulse. SF, CA. 11am.
October 3, 2009 MAPP with Todd Brown, Michael Warr, Aaron Kierbel. Guests Sheela Bringi and Clinton Patterson of Premasoul. San Francisco, CA. 9pm
September 30, 2009 Carnatic concert with Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam and Thiripunithura N. Radhakrishnan – Ghatam. SMU Brown Bag series. Texas. 12pm
September 26, 2009 Carnatic concert with Narasimhan – Violin, Poovalur Sriji – Mridangam. Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, Frisco, Texas.
September 11, 2009 VidyA at Jazz at Intersection series De Young Museum, San Francisco, cA 6:30pm
June 23, 2009 VidyA at San Jose Flavors of Jazz Festival Maggiano’s. San Jose, CA. 6:30pm.
June 14, 2009 Healing Ragas on Saxophone for healing and meditation session. Sangati Center, San Francisco, CA 4pm.