Association for India’s Development (AID) MIT and Boston chapters present, An Evening with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia – a concert with the maestro of Bansuri, the Indian bamboo flute. He will be accompanied by Subhankar Banerjee, a world renowned Tabla player. This concert is a unique, almost rare, opportunity for the connoisseurs of Indian classical music in New England, to experience the performance of a living legend.

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is the most distinguished bansuri player in the world. Over a lifetime of performances, including the ones at the Symphony Orchestra in London, the Royal Festival Hall and at the Theatre de la Ville in Paris, he has become one of India's most respected classical musicians, and has earned some of the highest civilian awards. He has also worked with Western musicians such as the late Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Pierre Rampal, John McLaughlin, Egberto Gismonti, and Jan Garbarek. Today, he is one of the busiest and most sought after classical musicians on the world stage.

WHO: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee) along with Subhankar Banerjee on tabla and Aura Rascon on supporting flute.

WHAT: An evening of scintillating Indian classical music

WHEN: Saturday, September 18, 2010 – 5 PM onwards

WHERE: MIT, Kresge Auditorium, Opposite 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

TICKETS: www.aidevents.org

The concert benefits the sustainable development projects of AID in India. As a non-profit, AID works on issues of education, livelihood development, disaster relief and rights based community empowerment, with the poor who live on less than $2 a day. AID does not receive any government funds. Corporate sponsorships and concert ticket sales revenues are some of AID’s major funding sources, and the organization is completely managed by a team of dedicated volunteers.

AID has been awarded the highest star rating for organizational efficiency by Charity Navigator, the largest independent evaluator of charities in the US. The Boston chapter of AID supports 10 projects and 3 fellowships in India estimated at $160,000 for 2010.

To know more, donate and support, visit www.aidboston.org

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