Umang – Presenting Promising Artistes

Harshit Shankar (bansuri)
Ameya Bichu (harmonium)

An NCPA Presentation

Harshit Shankar was born in 2004 in Patna and inherited an interest in the flute from his father Anil Shankar, who has been a disciple of Rajendra Prasanna and Hariprasad Chaurasia. Shankar is currently training with Chaurasia and Prasanna. He is also learning from Rakesh Chaurasia. He has received many accolades including the National Bal Shree Honour. Shankar has performed in A.I.R and Doordarshan concerts.

Ameya Nitin Bichu has been learning the harmonium with Tanmay Deochake for the last six years. He is currently also training with Suresh Talwalkar. He has a B.A. in Music (Harmonium) from the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University in Pune. In the last couple of years, Bichu has won several prizes at numerous music competitions across the country. He has accompanied senior artistes like Talwalkar, Swapan Chaudhuri, Raghunandan Panshikar, Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, to name a few, in performances around the country.

Admission on a first-come-first-served basis. NCPA Members will get preferential seating till 6:20 pm.

WE CARE ABOUT YOUR SAFETY: –

• Compulsory wearing of Mask
• Checking of Double vaccination certificate of Artists / Patrons at the entry point of the Theatre
• Temperature checking at the Gates