COLLABORATORS
Vidya Cowsik Santosh
Samarth Nagarkar
is a Hindustani classical vocalist, known for his captivating performances and a traditionally rich music. Samarth features in prominent music festivals and venues in India and the US including The ITC Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata; Chhandayan All Night Concert, The International Fringe Festival and The Drive East Festival, New York; Maverick Concerts, Woodstock; Ali Akbar College of Music and Basant Bahar, San Francisco; The Kashinath Bodas Music Festival, Phoenix; and Universities like Stanford, UPenn, UPitt and PSU. He has two albums titled ‘Pranali’ and ‘Pravah’ and a book, ‘Raga Sangeet’ to his credit. Samarth teaches at two prominent music schools in New York, and also teaches adjunct lectures and master-classes at schools/universities like MSM and NYU. Trained under Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, he is a former scholar of the prestigious ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. He is also a recipient of a Fellowship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and a President’s Award for winning the All India Radio’s National Music Competition. Pursuing a full-fledged career as a performer, composer, teacher and author, Samarth is described by critics as one of today’s most prolific performers and a torchbearer of the traditions he represents. www.samarthnagarkar.com
Ganesh Ramachandran
(Purple)Ganesh's photographs celebrate and cherish the joy of human connections. Building on the narrative power of photography, Ganesh's work doesn't end with capturing the right moment, but begins where soulful images start relating to each other to tell their uniquely personal stories.
Ganesh has been interpreting the world through his lenses for more than 20 years, and has photographed world-renowned dancers and a wide range of performances in North America and in India. He is a 2011 winner of the Momentum: Images of Dance Photography Awards, and was the official photographer of Massachusetts Dance Festival in 2011. He is currently working on a documentary project on the senior generation of Indian classical dance Gurus. His Guru-Shishya series has been exhibited as a solo show in Kalaa Utsavam 2013 - The Indian Festival of Arts in Singapore.