Past Events & Photo Albums
Wednesday April 16, 2025
Thursday March 6, 2025
Saturday June 1, 2024
Saturday March 23, 2024
Thursday March 2, 2023
Saturday January 28, 2023
Saturday June 11, 2022
Baanware Sameera – The Passionate Wind
A concert dedicated to healing from the global pandemic.
Rita Sahai, with her Vasundhara Choir and Distinguished Musicians at All Souls Episcopal Parish, Berkeley
Rita Sahai lead vocalist and harmonium.
Vocal support by Vivek Anand, Rajnish Kamat and Smita Risbud.
Rachel Unterseher and Arya Malladi on viola, Keshav Batish on tabla, Aharon Wheels Bosta on bansuri flute, Henry Cooper on bagpipe.
Master of Ceremonies Subita Sudershana
Baanware Sameera – The Passionate Wind is the fifth choir concert composed by Rita Sahai and performed by the Vasundhara Choir, and is dedicated to healing from the pandemic. In contrast to the legitimate concerns shared by the whole world about masking to prevent breathing in an infectious virus, the lyrics of this concert are about the human breath and wind in its various healing forms.
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Modirzadeh / Sahai / Batish ~
Together for the First Time!
February 26, 2022 @ 8:00 PM
Rendon Hall/Fiddler Annex @ California Jazz Conservatory
2040 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Hafez Modirzadeh (saxophone) and Rita Sahai (N. Indian Vocals) are long-time collaborators joining forces here for the first time with world-renowned artists, Ashwin Batish (sitar, tabla) and Keshav Batish (sitar, tabla, drums). Together, this unique quartet will develop improvisations from their own original compositions, drawing from Hindustani, African American, and Persian musical traditions.
Sunday February 21, 2021
