Trikaya
Indian and West African folk traditions meet through bamboo flute, voice, harp, percussion, and improvisation. An intimate evening of live music, artists’ stories, conversation, and chai.
Artists: Srishti Biyani Oswal · bansuri and voice / Greg Fletcher · kamalengoni / Ben Isaacs · percussion
RootStock Arts is hosting a Weekly Raga Concert + Jam Session at 5741 Telegraph Ave in Oakland. Running 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesdays in September, this all-ages, alcohol-free community event features a two-set lineup each week. The 1st Set ($10+ sliding scale/donation) highlights a rotating featured act. October 20th features: Siddhant Chawla Following the opening performance, the 2nd Set transitions into an Open, Raga-friendly Classical Jam Session, inviting musici...
Kamal Ahmad with Edrees Osman
A guided evening of sitar and close listening, exploring a raag’s mood, signature phrases, and the freedom of improvisation within form.
Artists: Kamal Ahmad · sitar / Edrees Osman · accompaniment
Carnatic Violin Concert by Vid. Mysore Manjunath and Vid. Mysore Nagaraj accompanied by Vid. Sai Giridhar on Mridangam and Vid. Giridhar Udupa on Ghatam
Join us at RootStock Arts Center for an evening of Hindustani classical music featuring Mallar Bhattacharya on sarode, accompanied by **Nilan Chaudhuri **on tabla. Mallar is a sarode player of the Maihar Gharana and disciple of his guru Ustad Aashish Khan. Nilan is a Bay Area tabla artist and disciple of his father, renowned tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Together they will present a traditional sarode and tabla recital exploring the **depth, beauty, and improvisational spiri...
Carnatic concert : Venu by Vid. Shanthala Subramanyam, Veena by Vid. Guhan Venkataraman, Violin by Vid. Shiva Ramamurthi accompanied on Mridangam by Vid. Vignesh Venkataraman and Vid. Ajay Gopi.
Marc Cary Live at RootStock Arts Center Experience an extraordinary evening of spontaneous creation and rhythmic dialogue with visionary masters: pianist and keyboard player **Marc Cary, **basssist Marcus Shelby and tabla/percussion maestro Sameer Gupta. For years, Cary and Gupta have forged a deep musical synergy—most notably as the core engine of the Marc Cary Focus Trio—blending modern jazz, Indian classical ragas, D.C. go-go, and pan-ethnic grooves into a seamless, boundary-pushi...
Raga Music on a Sunday morning with the rare, transformative beauty of a live time specific Morning Raga. ** In the Indian classical tradition, ragas are intimate expressions aligned with specific times of day—a concept known as samay raga.** Because most modern concerts take place in the evening, hearing morning ragas performed live during their intended hours is a rarity. When done properly, the music resonates in natural harmony with the surrounding atmosphere, creating a deeply groun...
RootStock Arts is hosting a Weekly Raga Concert + Jam Session at 5741 Telegraph Ave in Oakland. Running 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM on Tuesdays in September, this all-ages, alcohol-free community event features a two-set lineup each week. The 1st Set ($10+ sliding scale/donation) highlights a rotating featured act. October 27th features: Raman Osman - Tambur Faisal Zedan - Arabic Percussions Following the opening performance, the 2nd Set transitions into an **Open, Raga-friendly C...
**Prashaanti, A Melodic Journey Through Hindustani Classical Music ** Enjoy an evening of Hindustani classical music, where vocal expression meets the sweet melodies of the sarangi, a rather rare traditional bowed string instrument from India, and the rhythms of the tabla, a ubiquitous and versatile percussion instrument that has captured the imagination of artists worldwide. Ameya brings along a rich musical heritage that reflects the lineage of his gurus while developing his own style that emp...
Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy & Varun Pattabhiraman
A mentor-and-student mridangam duet rooted in the Pudukottai lineage, revealing how Carnatic rhythm is learned, improvised, and passed forward.
Artists: Rohan Krishnamurthy · mridangam / Varun Pattabhiraman · mridangam and Carnatic percussion
Carnatic Vocal Concert by Vid. Vignesh Ishwar accompanies by Vid. Sayee Rakshit on Violin, Vid. Praveen Sparsh on Mridangam and Vid. Chandrasekhara Sharma on Ghatam at the Elizabeth Hangs Theater in Santa Clara Convention Center