Vijay Iyer back in New York, after a string of successes

Vijay Iyer, composer in Downbeat magazine's international critics' poll for 2006 and 2007, returned to New York on June 19, trailing a string of national and international successes

He has had a busy year so far, his last appearance in New York being the concert with sitarist Shujaat Khan, percussionist Karsh Kale and electric bassist Jonathan Moran at the Lincoln Center Opening Nights festival March 7.

The June 19 concert was at V Harlem's newest spot, Medium M, with Marcus Gilmore and Stephan Crump.

The trio toured Europe in February, played numerous U.S venues in the winter and spring and recorded a new album titled "Historicity."

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Nada Chikitsa ‘Healing and Meditation' concert by Ganapati Swami

Yoga Sangeeta, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healing through music, presented a concert by its founder Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami with special guest artist, renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam at the Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City on July 19.

Swamiji presented a musical evening known as ‘Healing and Meditation' playing a Roland Synthesizer and accompanied by his troupe consisting of a mridangist, violinists and Dr. L.Subramaniam.

The concert included some vocals and mainly instrumental rendition of different ragas that promote healing, according to Swamiji.

In an earlier interview to Desi Talk, Swamiji said that in the 1960s, he developed the method of healing through music also called Nada Chikitsa or Raga Ragini Vidya.

He has been researching healing energies of different forms of music and their intricate relationship with the planets, herbs, crystals and gemstones.

He said that he experimented on a dying patient, Krishna Swamy, in India and he was reported to have recovered fully.

Swamiji has been spreading healing energy through music around the world including U.S., Europe, West Indies and Canada

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