If you're a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it's a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn't even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn't have an audience.
- jason mraz
Greetings from Eucalyptus Concerts.
Eucalyptus Concerts are an initiative to bring together the artist community to showcase their music to a limited audience on a private terrace garden by Wumbaya. The intimate and homely stage is curated and designed to the technical benchmarks and logistics provided by Wumbaya Sound vendoring services and provides for upto 8-track live recording and mixing synced with video footage of the evening.
SESSION 1
26th September, 2021
Calvin Wumbaya explores nature and culture through music and travel. In the process, Calvin has worn many hats as a lawyer, restaurateur, actor, dancer, musician, composer, producer, band
leader, sound vendor, poet, writer and a gypsy.
Yoav Fekete - "Music has the power to inspire, change the world, and connect to the divine. Yoav plays sitar (also guitar and bass), composes and produces music."
Mahima Gupta is an Indian Classical singer and performs a variety of genres including Sufi and Bollywood.
SESSION 2
30th October, 2021
Aditya Dasgupta - “My songs are emotions and dreams. My songs are hope. They are letters written, of pain and separation.
They are stories from which my life philosophies grow, blossom, whither and grow anew, sometimes changed and sometimes unmoved in their integrity. No less are they passages of love, nostalgia and celebration. They could be the river of anybody`s life.”
Shailendra Wakhlu is a guitarist and composer specializing in improvisation based music. With over two decades of experience he has performed and collaborated with many diverse artists, across genres. He has also lent his music to television shows, along with freelance sessions recording work.
Neeraj Kumar is a professionally trained "Tabla" player based in New Delhi, India. Music has always been Neeraj Kumar’s passion. From a very young age he got an exposure to Indian classical music. He started his journey in music at age of 15 by learning Tabla under guru Shri Rajendra Kumar Sagwan(Delhi gharana). He joined "kathak Kendra"for advance training & studies in Tabla at the age of 17 under Guru Pt.Shri Govind chakraborty ji and Pt.Nirmal mondal ji, where he completed 5 year Diploma in Tabla.
Kartikeya Vashist`s introduction to flute and music began at sixth grade when he purchased a flute from a local fair. Later he learnt Hindustani Classical under the guidance of Guru Shri Sujit Mandal (Maihar Gharana) from 2006. He traveled to Jaisalmer, Rajasthan and learnt the Rajasthani Alghoza under the guidance of Shri Tagaram Bheel (Moolsagar, Jaisalmer).
Makrand Sanon is a multi percussionist, performance artist and an experienced sound engineer. His journey with music began not less than 19 years ago, when he was 5.
Makrand later trained in Indian Classical music at the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh for a period of over five years followed by learning Electronic Music at A.R. Rahman lead K.M. Music Conservatory, Chennai for a year.
Shubham Sarkaar is an Hindustani classical violinist from Delhi, who belongs to the Bhagalpur Mishra Gharana and is learning under the valuable guidance of Dr. Pt. Santosh Nahar (Violin Maestro). He has been awarded TARANA YUVA PRATIBHA award by well-known maestro Grammy awardee Padma Bhushan Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Madhav kalra is 18 years of age and has been learning Sarod since the past 8 years from his guru Pt. Mukesh Sharma ji, a Sarod exponent and a world renowned maestro.
He has played at several stages like Siri Fort Auditorium, DLF Mall Saket, DD National, etc.
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Observing the subtleties of the way musicians function and create their unique influence on their audience has always been an interesting study for me. To be able to curate an event and rudder it’s course from preparation to closure has always been an immense learning for us. Together, one way or the other, we continue to build and share the beautiful experience of community, experiencing a unique and intimate reality for a brief time in our lives that brings ripples of elation into the lives of everyone around us. The beautiful terrace garden is of course courtesy of my parents who lovingly nurture it and also extend their support to this unique initiative. Eucalytptus trees reaching for the sky on the front and back of this building in particular, inevitably lend their energetic blessings to these Concerts.
Love,
Wumbaya
PS: Click here to access the YouTube Playlist of all published Eucalyptus Concerts videos.
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