LearnQuest Music Conference 2008
Co-sponsored by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and MITHAS, MIT

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Indian Classical Music Conference 2008

LearnQuest Academy of Music presents its third Music Conference featuring the very best of Indian Classical Music, both in Hindustani and Carnatic styles.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of music afficiandos, volunteers and patrons of Indian Classical Music in the New England area and across the U.S. who helped make the past two music conferences in 2006 and 2007 a resounding success. Our sincere thanks to all!

To view a video clip from last year's music conference please click on the play button

While there has been no dearth of great masters visiting the Boston area, we intend to serve the community by taking the listening and appreciation of music to the next level. To this end, our goal is to present authentic Indian classical music the way it is practiced and enjoyed in India through multi-day classical music festivals (Sangeet Sammelans) and conferences. This is an attempt at creating an Indian Sangeet Sammelan-like environment that would cater to all music lovers, both the aficionado as well as the uninitiated. Our goal is to present the famous and established artists, as well as promising rising stars of Indian classical music.

To see the eposter of the conference go to: ePoster

This music conference, a five day event, will be held from April 9th to April 13th 2008 at multiple locations in the Boston area. The opening concert on April 9th will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the second day, April 10th, events will be held at the Stata Center of MIT, Cambridge. The remaining events from April 11th to April 13th will be held at the McDevitt School in Waltham, MA. This year's conference is being  co-sponsored by two very prominent artistic organizations of Boston - MFA and MITHAS of MIT. We are excited about this partnership.

Some of the featured Artists include:

Abhishek Raghuram - Carnatic Vocal
Anindo Chatterjee - Tabla
Anirban Dasgupta - Sarod
Aruna Sairam - Carnatic Vocal
Debashish Bhattacharya - Guitar
Geeta Murali - Carnatic Vocal
Gundecha Brothers - Dhrupad Vocal
Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
Jayanti Kumaresh - Veena
Kedar Naphde - Harmonium
Kumkum Sanyal - Hindustani Vocal
Madhav Gudi - 
Hindustani Vocal
O. S. Thiagarajan - Carnatic Vocal
Partho Chatterjee - Sitar
Phil Scarf - Saxaphone
Prabha Atre - Hindustani Vocal
Prabhakar Karekar - Hindustani Vocal
Purbayan Chatterjee - Sitar
Ramdas Palsule - Tabla
Ronu Majumdar - Hindustani Flute
Shashank Subramanyam - Carnatic Flute
Shujat Khan - Sitar
Steve Gorn - Hindustani Flute
Vishal Nagar - Tabla
Warren Senders - Hindustani Vocal

conference2008 @ learnquest.org
Venues
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge MA
McDevitt School, Waltham MA

Schedule and Venues

April 9, Wednesday, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. 
At Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

April 10, Thursday, 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 
At Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge MA

April 11, Friday, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. 
April 12, Saturday, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. 
April 13, Sunday, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. 
At McDevitt School, Waltham MA


     Tickets are available online at the
following the websites. Please check the Ticket Info page on this site before purchasing the tickets.

  • Discounts on early purchase of tickets (Early bird date: March 15, 2008)
  • Snacks & meals will be available at nominal charge for Friday, Saturday, Sunday events
  • All venues are easily accessible by car and public transportation