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"Sangati recalls something of the art houses of the 1950's and 60's that nurtured the likes of jazz icons John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk, and incubated the careers of folk artists like Dylan. Those were raw and often messier times, with music that drew from the deepest creative wells. Ganeshan's mission is no less committed and to that end he requires two things of his performers: 1) that they be serious about taking their music to that 'well' and 2) that they perform without amplification."
- Andrea Pflaumer, SF Weekly
"Unplugged, yet Plugged In"
8.10.2007
"The 25-year-old is seated on a rug in the one-room Sangati Center in the Mission District of San Francisco. Several dozen spectators, all of whom have removed their shoes at the door, wait for Radhakrishnan to begin. Finally, he drops his head, closes his eyes, and leans his left shoulder in to coax the first noise from the sax. It is, when it emerges, not a jazzy or bluesy sound, but a soft, distinctly carnatic murmur that ascends briefly, then tumbles down deep like a drone."
- Andrew Tolve, SF Chronicle
"Sax Player Melds Jazz, Indian Classical Music"
2.26.2008
" 'I'm an advocate, but not an activist for acoustic music,' Ganeshan said. 'I want people to just sit down and make music. I don't have a big aptitude for speakers and electronics.' He adds, perhaps unnecessarily, that he is not Britney Spears. 'Some people who are regulars here went to see her concert and they told me the most interesting thing about it wasn't the music, but the production,' he said. 'Where is she going to come from next, what's happening with the lighting, that kind of thing.' There won't be a lot in the way of special effects at Sangati Center concerts."
- Emily Wilson, SF Examnier
"SC Showcases Classical Acoustic Indian Music in SF's Mission"
9.19.2009
" 'I am most interested in chamber concerts [...] It's a really really pure, beautiful art, so I thought I should do something to create a space that makes the concert experience reflect the depth of the music,' Ganeshan said. 'Simple but beautiful.' [...] The Sangati Center projects an aesthetic at once refined and unpretentious."
- Madeleine Bair, Mission Local
"Traditional Indian Music in a Nontraditional Way"
10.1.2008
"Karnatik music is an endemic art, mostly patronized by a South Indian audience, both in the Bay Area and around the world. 'A more diverse audience is getting exposure to Karnatik music through San Francisco's Sangati Center, which targets an audience that appreciates music as an art,' says Jerry Barr, a tabla professional."
- Kalpana Mohan, India Currents
"Karnatik Revival"
5.5.2008
- Andrea Pflaumer, SF Weekly
"Unplugged, yet Plugged In"
8.10.2007
"The 25-year-old is seated on a rug in the one-room Sangati Center in the Mission District of San Francisco. Several dozen spectators, all of whom have removed their shoes at the door, wait for Radhakrishnan to begin. Finally, he drops his head, closes his eyes, and leans his left shoulder in to coax the first noise from the sax. It is, when it emerges, not a jazzy or bluesy sound, but a soft, distinctly carnatic murmur that ascends briefly, then tumbles down deep like a drone."
- Andrew Tolve, SF Chronicle
"Sax Player Melds Jazz, Indian Classical Music"
2.26.2008
" 'I'm an advocate, but not an activist for acoustic music,' Ganeshan said. 'I want people to just sit down and make music. I don't have a big aptitude for speakers and electronics.' He adds, perhaps unnecessarily, that he is not Britney Spears. 'Some people who are regulars here went to see her concert and they told me the most interesting thing about it wasn't the music, but the production,' he said. 'Where is she going to come from next, what's happening with the lighting, that kind of thing.' There won't be a lot in the way of special effects at Sangati Center concerts."
- Emily Wilson, SF Examnier
"SC Showcases Classical Acoustic Indian Music in SF's Mission"
9.19.2009
" 'I am most interested in chamber concerts [...] It's a really really pure, beautiful art, so I thought I should do something to create a space that makes the concert experience reflect the depth of the music,' Ganeshan said. 'Simple but beautiful.' [...] The Sangati Center projects an aesthetic at once refined and unpretentious."
- Madeleine Bair, Mission Local
"Traditional Indian Music in a Nontraditional Way"
10.1.2008
"Karnatik music is an endemic art, mostly patronized by a South Indian audience, both in the Bay Area and around the world. 'A more diverse audience is getting exposure to Karnatik music through San Francisco's Sangati Center, which targets an audience that appreciates music as an art,' says Jerry Barr, a tabla professional."
- Kalpana Mohan, India Currents
"Karnatik Revival"
5.5.2008
public access television
[ Chai with Manjula ]
(Interview with Gautam Tejas Ganeshan +
Sitar + Tabla Performance with Josh Feinberg and Javad Butah)
(Interview with Gautam Tejas Ganeshan +
Sitar + Tabla Performance with Josh Feinberg and Javad Butah)
