Pune Guitar Society

PGS Internal Meetup
Saturday, 22 Nov. 2025

Robin James
El Viaje by Astor Piazzolla, arr. Gary Ryan

Sohum
Hotel California by The Eagles, arr. TJ Walker
Tomorrow Will Be Better by Nick Powlesland

Savya
Lagrima and Etude E Minor by Francisco Tárrega

Amey Gokhale
The Firth of Lorn by Gary Ryan

Girish Saarsar
Waltz in C Major by F. Carulli
Walking by Andrew York
Malaguenas, trad., arr. Bradford Werner
Estudios Sencillos No. 4 by Leo Brouwer

Aishwarya Thakur
Verano Porteño by Astor Piazzolla
Valsa-Chôro by Heitor Villa Lobos

Justin Scarimbolo
La Diva de “L’Empire” by Erik Satie, arr. Justin

Kuldeep Barve & Justin
Vexations and Gymnopédie 1 & 2 by Erik Satie, arr. Justin

Girish & Kuldeep
Greensleeves, anon., arr. Kevin Mayhew

Keynote starts at 5pm followed by the Pune Guitar Duo. Who says you can't get no Satie-sfaction!?

The PGS Meetup took place on 30th Aug. It was a good smattering of classical solos and duets and some jazz and pop numbers towards the end. Thanks to all those that participated and performed!

It's been just over 10 years since the first PGS Meetup. The Pune Guitar Society is a ten year old community! Has been an enriching, humbling and creative journey till now and we hope to continue doing what we do. Thanks to all that participated, contributed and enriched the journey so far.

The new endeavor in song -- Jazz songs, French belle époch songs and songs without words -- presented in intimate spaces had its second edition on 29th March 2025!
Thank you Justin & Radhika for encouraging us to continue making music and have a good time doing that!
Thanks to those who attended and became a part of that intimate and warm experience.

Kudos to all those who participated in the PGS performance meet held on Sunday 9th March.

The program comprised of pieces by:

Yash, including Franz Schubert's song "Ständchen" (Serenade) arranged for solo guitar by J.K. Mertz, and “Canción Triste” (Sad Song), by twentieth-century Spanish guitarist and composer Francisco calleja;

Aishwarya, including Nikita Koshkin's "Romance," and three of the four "Sakura Variations by Japanese guitarist-composer
Yuquijiro Yocoh;

Rushikesh, including two bossa-inspired songs for which he wrote both the music and lyrics;

Justin, including his own arrangement of Erik Satie's posthumously published "Petite Ouverture à danser," written for solo piano;

Rahul, including Astor Piazzola's "El Viaje" (arr. Gary Ryan) and Thomas Fella's "No Man's Land";

and

Kuldeep and Aishwarya, who both played and sang a number of jazz songs.

The beginning of new endeavor in song--jazz songs, French belle époch songs, and songs without words--presented in intimate spaces.

Thank you Raya-Kavita and family for encouraging us to make music, memories and good vibes! ❤

𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝘂𝗼 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆
25 Jan 2025 @ 7 PM
Mazda Hall, Camp, Pune

Free Admittance.

Please join us for a program featuring the early and enigmatic piano works of the French bohemian composer Erik Satie arranged for 2 guitars!

Updates and illuminations to follow...

Photo credit: Shamin Kulkarni

The PGS Meetup on the 1st December was an intimate gathering of serious students, players and listeners. Some solo works were performed by Rahul, Justin, Yash and Aishwarya and duet guitar works were performed by the Pune Guitar Duo. To add to this, we had Aishwarya & Kuldeep doing some jazz songs while Rushikesh sang a couple of his own songs. This time we also had a couple of pieces performed on the trumpet by Kedar! Sharing a few photos from the Meetup!

The Pune Guitar Duo's next Satie arrangement, Danses de Travers No.1, is underway... and it's suitably otherworldly!

The Pune Guitar Society had its bimonthly Performance Meetup on 14th July Pune Guitar Society.
We met a few new people and had good performances, discussions and feedback over coffee and sandwiches.

The performers and the repertoire was -

Rahul Angal -
El Viaje - Astor Piazzolla
El Affectuoso - Jose Ferrer
No Man's Land - Thomas Fellow

Aishwarya Thakur -
Serenade - Napoleon Coste
Candlelight Dance - Dmitry Grigoryev
Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers
Vals Venezolano No. 3 'Natalia' - Antonio Lauro

Aksh*t Deshmukh -
Adelita - Francisco Tarrega
Marieta - Francisco Tarrega

We had Aishwarya and Aksh*t singing a few pop songs after the recital, which was really nice!
Thanks all for coming, playing, listening and participating!