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Who we are ?
Ashavari Performing Arts is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 2017 by the Indian classical music lovers living in the San Francisco Silicon Valley in CA USA with a vision to promote and preserve Indian classical musical heritage, including Indian classical dance styles in the United States and to provide a platform for the musicians and the dancers who have devoted their lives to the pursuit of Indian Classical Music and Dance. We are very proud that Tabla Maestro Padmashri Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri serves as the artistic director of this organization and is instrumental behind shaping the artistic vision, programming, and overall success of the organization. Ashavari aspires to bring one of Pandiji's visions to life by introducing a high-quality, multi-day classical music festival on the West Coast of the USA.. Panditji himself being a professional musician of highest calibre in the art of Tabla drumming, always encourages the team to uphold and maintain the artistic integrity of the organization by ensuring the quality of the artistic productions through rigorous standards and evaluation.
Our Mission
Ashavari's mission is to encourage and support the spirit of cultural excellence with a special emphasis on broad range of classical, traditional, and neo-classical Indian musical performances and dance concerts and workshops. The evolution of Indian music over thousands of years has engendered a rich variety of “schools” known as “gharanas”, each with its own unique approach to the musical idiom. Unfortunately, many of these gharanas are in danger of extinction, which will amount to an irreparable loss to human culture. Ashavari proposes to address this imbalance by working towads the promotion of Indian classical music, for the benefit of humanity, and especially, the younger generation.
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