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Annual Fundraising Dinner Cultural ProgramGrand Music Orchestra by

Vasanth Vaseegaran’s V-Sh#rp Music GroupFilm songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi

Venue: Kena Conference Center, 9001 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VirginiaAdmission: $50.00 (Dinner) ($ 35 of which is tax-deductible)

Vasanth Vaseegaran - Composer/ Keyboards: Vasanth Vaseegaran inherited the musical gene from his paternal roots. His father, being his first guru, taught him the fundamentals of Indian classical and Western music. Since childhood, he has been giving live performances and has accompanied many distinguished musicians like Dr K J Yesudas , Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Dr L Subramaniam, and Larry Coryell. A dream instilled by his father motivated him to become a composer and arranger. Performing live concerts for nearly 25 yrs, he recently played for Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit in Madison Square Garden along with Kavitha Krishnamurthy and Dr L Subramaniam. Jomy George - Percussionist: Jomy plays several percussion instruments such as tabla, dhol, dholak, and has been performing since childhood. He tours with playback singers K J Yesudas, K S Chitra and others, and accompanies singers travelling from India as well as locally. He performed in the White house very recently. His dad was a recording artist (Tablist) in Malayalam industry for more than 30 yrs. Jomy played for Modis visit along with Vasanth. He recently appeared in Star Plus channel in India as a guest artist with Yo Yo Honey Singh and others. Karthikeyan Ramasubramanian - Drums: Karthik Ramasubramanian is a self-taught drummer with an innate sense of rhythm and a deep passion for music in general. His love for percussion & dedication towards perfection has enabled him to grow from a novice player to a pro of veritable talent. Karthik has performed with various Bollywood artists such as Dr.K.J.Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan, Mano, Chitra & Kavitha Krishamurthy and also performs with many bands across US.Jeremy Earnest - Keyboards: Jeremy is a 14 yr old child prodigy who can play Piano, Guitar, Violin like a professional. He has been trained in Western and Indian Classical music, and is a certified musician from Trinity School of music. He has performed with playback singers such as Kavitha Krishnamurthi, Devan and is also part of Symphony orchestra in Pennsylvania, in which he is the only Indian and the youngest member. Jeremy tours with Vasanth Vaseegaran for all his concerts. He has played for Kavitha Krishnamurthy and other playback singers.Vikram Muralidharan - Bass Guitar: Vikram has been learning and playing Bass Guitar for 10 years. His interests include classical Carnatic , fusion and compositions of Isainyani Illayaraja. He has performed for playback singer K S Chitra and has worked with Music directors on movies. Vikram toured with Devi Sri Prasad couple of months ago in US.Harini Vasudevan - Female singer: SaReGaMaPa USA 2008 finalist, Harini's passion for music is best realized as one sees and hears her sing. Her enamoring smile and soul for music shines across multiple octaves. Harini has rendered her voice for a few music albums and movies.Krishna Sridharan - Vijay TV fame Krishna plunged into the prestigious world of carnatic music from the age of 10 and has continued as an avid student for the past 15 years. A dedicated student of Thirukodi Kaval Sri. Swaminathan in the early stages, he has been awarded the title of “Innisai Ilaval” by Vani Vilasa Sabha. And “Arul Isai Selvan” by Thamizh Isai Sangham, Kudanthai. He has participated in Vijay TV’s Airtel Super Singer – Season 3, a reality show and was one of the top ten contestants.