Batish Institute's Favorite Links

We also invite you to listen to samples of our music by visiting the following link. It is full of spirit and good energy :)

Music of the Batish Family

Dr. Ralph Abraham - tabla, sitar, dilruba Ralph's involvement with the Batish family goes back to 1968 when he visited us in London. Here he took lessons from Pandit S.D. Batish on North Indian classical music. Latter, in the U.S., he studied tabla with Ashwin Batish. He was instrumental in inviting Panditji to UC Santa cruz as a visiting professor on Indian music. He is a very close family friend and a life time patron of the Batish Institute.

Todd Green. Todd studies tabla with Ashwin Batish and has probably one of the most eclectic collections of instruments that he frequently performs on. This is a highly recommended site for anyone wanting not just to be blown away by his collection but also to get great descriptions on them all.

Dr. David Harnish - Guitarist, educator. David studied Indian music with Ashwin back in the 80's and became a close friend and ally on many projects released by Ashwin. He has recorded his guitar on Ashwin's Sitar Power CDs and the Third Stream CD. Ashwin and David have done numerous concerts together presenting North Indian classical and fusion musics. He is presently professor of Ethnomusicology at BGSU

Joseph minicello - Sitar, Theremin. Joseph studied sitar with Ashwin and latter went on to study the cello and theremin at UC Santa Cruz.

Zakir Hussain - Tabla This is a link to Zakir's record label Moment Records. Zakirs father Ustad Alla Rakhaji was a very good friend of Pandit S.D. Batish and we have had quite a few occasions where Zakir has joined Ashwin in performance. Click here to view more information on all available videos and cassettes of these performances.

Frances Pulone - Sitar Frances studied sitar with Ashwin and has been a well wisher and a great friend of the Batish family for over 2 decades! She has participated in numerous concert performances organized by the Institute in the past where you can hear her playing the tanpura.

Dr. David Trasoff - sarod player, educator

Bob Tarte - Reviewer.

John St.Pierre - sitar, guitar, vocals. John studied sitar with Ashwin and has over the years been very involved with performing and applying Indian music to his unique meditational, devotional, and inspirational compositions.

Dieno Trotta - Dieno and his wife have been long time friends of the Batish Family and we are very happy to see heir progress. His demonstration of the "Star Harp" was one of the highlights of my visit to his house

Please look under our database of India music teachers for links and writeups to some of the finest Indian musicians and teachers all over the world.

Gateway to India

http://www.olaindia.com/ - A new gateway to India. A very personalized website with a literary flavor, Ola India aims to provide reliable and free information on journeys across an extraordinary land.
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