Hindustani classical music in store performance
UPCOMING IN STORE PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY APRIL 24th, starting at 6 PM:
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Srivani Jade is a Hindustani classical singer. She specializes in the North Indian classical form of Khayal and other traditional and folk-inspired music like Thumri-Dadra, Tappa and Bhajans. Srivani has performed regularly on stage, radio and television in India from the age of five. Her first solo album of 16th century devotional music (Sant Tukaram’s Abhangs) released in 2007, and since then, she has released two very successful albums Bhoopali and Meera’s Love in the classical and light classical genres respectively. Since moving to the United States in 1996, she has performed for venues like Sangati Center, Seattle City Hall, Town Hall Seattle, Northwest Folklife, Utsav, Spokane Centerstage Theater, University of Washington and has been presented by KBCS 91.3FM and NPR/KUOW 94.9FM radio.In 2009, she was invited to perform at the 23rd Devnandan Ubhayaker Yuva Sangeet Utsav in Bangalore, India where she received much critical acclaim for her mature style, tunefulness and technical mastery.
Education/Journey
Srivani was introduced to music at the age of four by her father Bhavani Prasad Jade and uncle Raghu Tilwalli. Although she formally trained in Carnatic music during her childhood, she was exposed to a variety of music, classical and pop/light, Indian and Western. During her youth, she found herself gravitating towards Thumri, Ghazal and other light classical music from North India. While she continued to actively perform various kinds of music for the next decade or so, her interest in classical music, particularly Khayal and Thumri, slowly intensified. In 2002, she began her formal training in Khayal under Dr. Sharad Gadre of Seattle.