Mahesh Kale
Founder of ICMA Foundation
Mahesh Kale
ICMA Foundation was founded by Mahesh Kale, a San Francisco Bay Area-based Indian Classical vocalist renowned for his specialization in Indian Classical (Hindustani), Semi-Classical, Devotional music, and Natya Sangeet. Kale, after winning India’s National Film Award as the Best Playback Singer, for classical piece in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli (2016), has firmly established himself as a face of Indian classical music of the new generation. Honed in the Gurukul system of learning from the legendary Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, he has an illustrious pedigree, and his thrilling performances bear this out.
Mahesh maintains an open outlook towards music to reach out to the new generation, while retaining the traditions. He has performed with world percussionists including Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, and Sivamani, and instrumentalists like Pedro Eustache, George Brooks and Frank Martin, in fusion and collaborative works, ably demonstrating his versatility as a composer and singer. In an effort to spread awareness and education about Indian classical music in the western world, Mahesh has given lecture-demonstrations and talks at various academic institutions including Stanford University, Harvard University, and the Commonwealth Club.
Mahesh is also a teacher and an inspiration for a motivated student body of over a hundred fifty students in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mahesh is ably guided in this pursuit by established and successful individuals that have a wide range of expertise, from business acumen to creative arts and management skills, on the advisory and volunteer teams.
Mahesh maintains an open outlook towards music to reach out to the new generation, while retaining the traditions. He has performed with world percussionists including Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, and Sivamani, and instrumentalists like Pedro Eustache, George Brooks and Frank Martin, in fusion and collaborative works, ably demonstrating his versatility as a composer and singer. In an effort to spread awareness and education about Indian classical music in the western world, Mahesh has given lecture-demonstrations and talks at various academic institutions including Stanford University, Harvard University, and the Commonwealth Club.
Mahesh is also a teacher and an inspiration for a motivated student body of over a hundred fifty students in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mahesh is ably guided in this pursuit by established and successful individuals that have a wide range of expertise, from business acumen to creative arts and management skills, on the advisory and volunteer teams.
Our Team
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Mahesh Kale (Founder)
Purva Gujar-Kale (Co-founder) Abhijit Pandit Ashwin Kapse Chaitali Phadnis Deepti Joshi Doyel Mukherjee Jayashree Jagannath |
Milind Dharkar
Nitin Joshi Padmaja Iyer Priya Karkar Rucha Heda Shrivardhan Joshi Vidya Joshi Urmila Keskar |
