Veena Chandra
February 6 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Veena Chandra is an internationally renowned sitarist, composer, teacher,
and choreographer. She is the founder and director of the Dance and Music
School of India in Latham, NY (celebrating 31 years) where she teaches
Indian classical music. She has been a faculty member at Skidmore College
since 1990, teaching sitar in the Music Department. She has been Artist
Associate in Sitar at Williams College since 2014.
Born in Dehra Doon, the Valley of the Himalaya Mountain Range on November 30th, 1944, Veena was inspired to play music by her Father, her first Guru. He loved sitar so much that he named her Veena, after the precursor instrument to the sitar, in hopes that she would learn music. He was 95 years old when he passed away in 2010 and his hopes have validated themselves many times over as evident by the international acclaim & respect given to Veena Chandra.
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