Background
After setting up event nepa~laya and functioning for almost two years now - it has observed that the objective with which even nepalaya was set up cannot be only achieved through commercial company.
event nepa~laya was initiated to
- organise quality event with nepali muscians
- use art ( music in this case ) - as medium to general social awareness.
- create social image for artists
- support social / educational institute to raise funds.
- promote nepali art sector and manage the art and the artists in professionally sustainable manner.
As per it's objectives, event nepalaya did organise a series of quality musical events in nepal ( all considered amongst the best in it's respective genre ) it did use music and artists to generate social awareness, it did create a social image for the artists, and it did help raise funds for social / educational orgnisations.
With 16 + programmes done in the past 24 months in Nepal - nepa~laya reached to more than 200,000 people. The theme behind each programme was social, mainly peace.
the money raised for social orgnisation during this period was almost Rs. 2,000,000.00
All was fine but lot of constrains was faced in orgnisational functioning, mainly due to being a commercial orgnisation, it was felt that - nepa~laya should initiate a foudation and work for the development and welfare of the music sector of Nepal.
Thus an idea of establishing foundation nepal was initiated.
The objectives of the aforementioned foundation will be as:
- To do research on art and cultural related issues ( folk music, cultural, religious music, art, etc. ) Gandharba Research
- To establish an archive for nepali music, and preserve "endangered music" of Nepal
- produce and publish - print and audio visual related materials / products
- support and / or organise variious musical and cultural activities
- promote and organise inter cultural acitvites nationally and internationally.
Key PersonsDana Moyal
Director - International Contacts
(based in NY) Dana has a B.F.A in film and Television Production and has been coordinating, managing, and line producing in Nepal and the U.S. for several years. Dana has worked on diverse projects around the world including commercials, industrials, drama's and documentaries. Dana is currently working as a freelance producer in New York City, and manages together with Kiran all foreign production working with Nepa~laya. Contact
108 West 69th Street
Suite # 5
New York, N.Y. 10023
Phone: 212 595 4989 danamoyal@yahoo.com
danamoyal@nyc.rr.com
Kiran Krishna Shrestha
Team Leader With an academic in Management and Marketing, Kiran worked for an Export oriented Garment Industry (a family affair) for almost 8 years. He then switched over to the Media world and worked for the Radio and TV broadcast as, Presenter, Director and Producer. For the last 3 years he managed a regional TV production and broadcast known as Young Asia TV. He now works as an independent film maker and leads an event management company- nepa~laya.
Amrit Gurung
Music Coordinator
A well appreciated musician himself, Amrit is the lead vocalist and the Band Leader of the Top Nepali Band- Nepathya.
He is the Art promotion Director for all nepa~laya activities.
Apart from music- he is a freelance photgrpaher and filmmakers as well.
with nepa~laya, he looks after the art and music sector.
He will be coordinating all the research and facilitating all music related projects and will also be acting as research personnel for projects under his expertise. Arpan Sharma
Public Relation Director News reader and Editor at the English desk of Radio Nepal and Nepal Television, Arpan is also a correspondent for Spectra Journal Daily – a Canadian Publication.
He has worked as a writer to papers and magazines, and also worked as TV producer.
His involvement with nepa~laya has groomed him into a fine Public Relation expert. Aavas
Music Scholar / researcher Observer, Practitioner and Scholar of Music since the age of 9, Aavas is the Project Director and the Key Research personnel for all Music Related project. Aavas has attained knowledge in music from respected and acclaimed Music Gurus in Nepal and India including Amber Gururng with whom he spent more than a decade. A one time socially motivated musical activist, Aavas spent more than a decade doing social reform music during the autocracy rule in Nepal before democracy was reinstated in Nepal in 1990. During this period he worked with Musical Groups like Sankalpa and Astha (the follow-ups of an older group known as Ralpha). Noted musical figures like Ramesh, Majul and Arim were among the ones with whom Aavas worked in close proximity. It would not be an exaggeration to say Aavas is a complete musician. He specialises with distinction in all three sectors of vocal Music - as a lyricist, composer and vocalist. | 
