Ragas by Candlelight - An Evening of Hindustani Music

Name: Ragas by Candlelight - An Evening of Hindustani Music
Start: 2026-03-20T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Contois Auditorium in Burlington's City Hall

Schedule

Fri, 20 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Contois Auditorium in Burlington's City Hall | Burlington, VT

Join us for a special concert in Burlington featuring three musicians, accompanied by hundreds of LED lights. Pat Lambdin (sarod) and Kunal Gunjal (santoor) will offer two unique perfomances. Both musicans will be accompanied by Amit Kavthekar (tabla).
The concert will showcase two North Indian classical instruments, the sarod, a 25 stringed lute, and the santoor, a 91 stringed hammered dulcimer
Tickets available here:
https://www.sevendaystickets.com/e/ragas-by-candlelight-an-evening-of-hindustani
Program:
7:00 - Pat Lambdin (sarod) and Amit Kavthekar (tabla)
8:00 - Kunal Gunjal (santoor) and Amit Kavthekar (tabla)
Doors: 6:30 pm / Concert: 7:00 pm / $30 /$25 students
Kunal Gunjal
After first learning tabla, the acclaimed and gifted Indian musician Kunal Gunjal then took to the ancient classical and Kashmiri folk instrument, the one hundred stringed, santoor, like a hammered dulcimer, a melodic instrument which is percussive. Kunal is taking the instrument to new directions and new heights, all while also staying true and pure to the centuries old raga tradition he learned within. An award winning santoor artist and longtime disciple of the late great Shivkumar Sharma and has performed with his guru on stage many times over the years. Kunal has performed at Chicago Ragamala Festival several times over the decade in Chicago along with many other various prestigious music festivals and conferences in the USA, India, UK and more including the Pune Festival, Ragas Live Festival in Brooklyn, National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), and he has performed at the Gunidas Sangeet Samelan where he opened the festival for the late Zakir Hussian. He has many accolades to his honor including the Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande Yuva Kalakar Puraskar and was also awarded at Vedic Heritage (NY, USA) by Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. Kunal is also a recipient of the National Scholarship, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and the Sawai Gandharva Scholarship. Kunal has produced an album, ‘Nature Of All Things' which features santoor with western film score music and orchestra for the first time ever, which won the 'Global Music Award' in “World Music” in 2019. This album has also been nominated for the 'Hollywood Music in Media Award'.
Pat Lambdin
Pat Lambdin is a resident of Vermont and a disciple of the sitar maestro Pandit Shivnath Mishra. He travels regularly to India to receive ongoing musical training in Varanasi, where his guru resides. Pat has cultivated a unique approach to sarod, integrating his guru’s signature style and reflecting the spirit of the Banaras Gharana. As the only sarod shishya of his guru, he has worked hard to develop a distinctive sound while honoring the legacy of the Mishra family. He is dedicated to promoting and performing Indian classical music for diverse audiences in North America and abroad. With a commitment to the transformative power of music, Pat is also a practicing music therapist.
Amit Kavthekar
Amit Kavthekar (tabla), At age 6, due to his prodigious talent, he was accepted as a disciple of Ustad Alla Rakha Khan, the "Godfather of Rhythm" and father and guru of Ustad Zakir Hussain. Consequently, he also learned extensively from Ustad Zakir Hussain in parallel to his discipleship with Khan. Kavthekar has performed with countless maestros of Indian Classical music, including Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Jasraj, etc. He moved to Boston to head the New England School of Music and has taught tabla to hundreds of students over the past decade. He also teaches tabla at public schools in the New England region. Kavthekar is celebrated for his brilliance across music genres. He has performed with leading jazz, fusion, symphonic, and experimental musicians. Notably, he has performed across the world with guitar legend Al Di Meola, playing on his latest albums.