<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">L'shana Tova! </font><div>Happy New Year to my friends who celebrate the Jewish New Year. <div>Every new year and each new beginning gives us another opportunity to recommit ourselves to taking better care of each other (loved ones and strangers!) and our planet while deepening our understanding that we are all one people regardless of our heritage, nationality or belief systems.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">I want to let you know about two concerts coming up in October.</font></div><div><br></div><div><b><font size="4">October 6th at 8:00pm</font></b></div><div> I will be performing with <a href="https://www.utsavlal.com/">Utsav Lal</a> and <a href="https://www.nilantabla.com/">Nilan Chaudhuri</a> at the Old First Church in San Francisco. I'm looking forward to playing some of Utsav's new compositions in this wonderful acoustic setting. </div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><a href="https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/utsav-lal-raga-pianist-friday-october-6-at-8-pm/?fbclid=IwAR1GkPbFpsxiF-oYHdG1rpoVyxQ6QvFXQ-uwRN8ZjN3GSUh4uwb7-bcbr_A"><font size="4">Click here for Old First Church tickets and information</font></a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"><b><font size="4">October 15th at 3:00 pm</font></b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"><b> </b>I will be joining a galaxy of international virtuosi at the </span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif">Carriage House Theater on the beautiful grounds of </span><span style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><a class="gmail-x1i10hfl gmail-xjbqb8w gmail-x6umtig gmail-x1b1mbwd gmail-xaqea5y gmail-xav7gou gmail-x9f619 gmail-x1ypdohk gmail-xt0psk2 gmail-xe8uvvx gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-xexx8yu gmail-x4uap5 gmail-x18d9i69 gmail-xkhd6sd gmail-x16tdsg8 gmail-x1hl2dhg gmail-xggy1nq gmail-x1a2a7pz gmail-xt0b8zv gmail-x1qq9wsj gmail-xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Villa-Montalvo-108085115878959/?__cft__[0]=AZWI33cioXaK8ga5vhpAl24Jlb3OkZB1AMS888TH5RMevgqAw6qJ55eC-bQrWwiv-5mZ7IiRzhA18cqQEK0pQnOg6xktO10bT7tZxnOzGRDlgEs6UqpAikOmHK_35_Q5J4kApvsSMfQceYymv2ZTBizJr8FOgUf090Hxwry0Yxp6p05VmTcpaZ993EQjR38SRdw&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration-line:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline:none;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-xt0psk2" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Villa Montalvo</span></span></a>.</span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"> Please join us for this very special program featuring </span><span style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><a class="gmail-x1i10hfl gmail-xjbqb8w gmail-x6umtig gmail-x1b1mbwd gmail-xaqea5y gmail-xav7gou gmail-x9f619 gmail-x1ypdohk gmail-xt0psk2 gmail-xe8uvvx gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-xat24cr gmail-x1mh8g0r gmail-xexx8yu gmail-x4uap5 gmail-x18d9i69 gmail-xkhd6sd gmail-x16tdsg8 gmail-x1hl2dhg gmail-xggy1nq gmail-x1a2a7pz gmail-xt0b8zv gmail-x1qq9wsj gmail-xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/ravikiranmusic?__cft__[0]=AZWI33cioXaK8ga5vhpAl24Jlb3OkZB1AMS888TH5RMevgqAw6qJ55eC-bQrWwiv-5mZ7IiRzhA18cqQEK0pQnOg6xktO10bT7tZxnOzGRDlgEs6UqpAikOmHK_35_Q5J4kApvsSMfQceYymv2ZTBizJr8FOgUf090Hxwry0Yxp6p05VmTcpaZ993EQjR38SRdw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0" style="text-decoration-line:none;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline:none;list-style:none;margin:0px;text-align:inherit;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-xt0psk2" style="display:inline;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Chitravina Ravikiran</span></span></a></span><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif"> on the South Indian Veena, </span><span style="font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,"system-ui",".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5)"><a class="gmail-x1i10hfl gmail-xjbqb8w gmail-x6umtig gmail-x1b1mbwd gmail-xaqea5y gmail-xav7gou gmail-x9f619 gmail-x1ypdohk gmail-xt0psk2 gmail-xe8uvvx gmail-xdj266r gmail-x11i5rnm gmail-x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