The Dhrupad Music Institute of America is a 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit organization based in Washington DC, with a presence in several locations across the United States. Our aim is to promote, propagate and teach Dhrupad, both vocal and instrumental (on the pakhawaj, veena, surbahar, and other instruments), as well as to propagate Indian classical music in general.
We work to do this by building DMIA up to be a clearing house for a variety of Dhrupad resources.
Board Members
Satish Bhatia
Satish Bhatia works as an Electronics Engineer for Voice of America, and loves Indian classical music.
Shubha Sankaran - President
Shubha Sankaran is a north Indian classical musician www.surbahar.com based in Washington D.C. She plays the surbahar and teaches music which includes vocal, sitar and surbahar. Shubha studied with Ustad Imrat Khan in Kolkata, has performed internationally (including opening for the Gundecha Brothers – with whom she currently studies), and has released two CDs. Shubha looks forward to Wimbledon each year, is somewhat obsessive about working out at the gym, and expands her improvisational skills in music to experimenting with world cuisines.
Pradeep Shukla
Pradeep Shukla is a dedicated Dhrupad lover.
Brian Q. Silver
Brian Q. Silver began his study of the sitar with the late Ghulamhusain Khan of the Bande Ali Khan Gharana on Fulbright Grants in India from 1964-66, and since that time has performed widely both in the U.S. and abroad. For his performance, he has received grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the honorary title Khan Sahib from the All Pakistan Music Conference. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and has taught courses in Indian classical music at the Universities of Minnesota, Chicago, and Virginia, as well as at Duke and, most extensively, at Harvard (1974-83). As founder and Executive Director of International Music Associates (est. 1982), he has organized major national tours for the late Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Imrat Khan, the late Ustad Asad Ali Khan, and has assisted the Gundecha Brothers in their many visits to the U.S. Occasionally, when reckless sentiments overcome him, he has been know to bring forth a poem which attempts to capture the spirit of a particular raga.
Rohit Singh
Bio coming
V. Madhusudhan
Madhu Sudhan started his musical journey under the tutelage of Dr.Tappan Bhattacharyya of the Patiala Gharana. While learning Khayal under his able guidance, Madhu was introduced to basics of Dhrupad. The pristine form and deep meditative nature of Dhrupad attracted him to become an ardent lover of Dhrupad. Watching Gundecha brothers perform convinced him to pursue this art form. Fortunately the Masters kindly consented to teach him and he is a student of Gundecha Brothers.
Vivek Virani
Bio coming
