Radio MusicIndia, a new radio program in the Boston area, presents its first music concert on June 4^th, a Hindustani classical vocal concert featuring Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar who is regarded as one of the leading vocalists of the current generation.

Arati is a versatile vocalist who is not only well known and highly regarded in the Hindustani classical music world, but has also distinguished herself as a playback singer, receiving National Award for Best Female Playback Singer twice, in 2006 and 2012.She is best known for her albums Tejomay Nadbrahm and Raag-Rang, and playback for the movies Antarnaad, De dhakka, Savlee, and the hit Sardari Begum, "Ek Hazarachi Note". She was the main playback singer for the Shyam Benegal film Sardari Begum.

Arati Ji has imbibed the styles of different Gharanas to model her singing style. After receiving her initial training with Pt. Vasantrao Kulkarni of the Agra and Gwalior gharanas, Arati studied with Gana Saraswati Smt Kishori Amonkar of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana and Pt. Dinkar Kaikini of the Agra Gharana. She has performed in India at all major music festivals, and has toured abroad extensively for performances.

The June 4^th concert, Ritu-Rang, as named by Arati Ji herself, will take place at Thoreau School located at 29 Prairie Street, Concord, MA. She will be accompanied on Harmonium by Kedar Naphade and on tabla by Suryaksha Deshpande. The concert will take place from 6 pm to 9 pm on Saturday, June 4^th. To purchase tickets please go to www.lovani.com

For more information, please contact Sanjay Jain at 978-902-1081 or send email to RadioMusicIndia@gmail.com.

The program Radio MusicIndia (RMI) came into existence when Harish and Binita Dang, the hosts of the longest running Indian radio program in the Boston area, decided to retire from their radio program, Sounds of India, and passed on the baton to a group of music enthusiasts. Harish and Binita leave an exemplary legacy behind after serving the Boston community for more than forty years through their radio program. Radio MusicIndia, launched in October 2015, is hosted by Anuradha Palakurthi, Ali Rizvi, Sanjay Jain and Pradeep Shukla. The radio show is broadcast live at AM 1330 WRCA every Sunday from 11 AM to 12 PM. The program can be streamed live by going to http://1330wrca.com/

RMI provides edutainment, a mix of education in Indian classical music and ragas and interesting information on Bollywood songs and regional music of India, said Ali Rizvi, one of the hosts of RMI. This Sunday, May 22^nd, the radio show will be jointly hosted by Anuradha Palakurthi and Smt. Arati Ankalikar. This show will be very interesting because Arati Ji will put forward her perspective and views on the raga samay chakra for Hindustani raga system, said Anuradha Palakurthi. Arati Ji’s presence on our show this week will very special as she will simplify some of the nuances of classical music for our listeners, added Ali Rizvi.

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