Hi, I just wanted to say that your music is just absolutely beautiful. I love listening to it! I go to your site almost everyday to hear it. I especially love the song on your homepage! I'm sure that I'm not the only person who has been inspired by your wonderful playing. I was just wondering, what inspired you to be this amazing saxophone player? How'd you do it. Well, thank you so much for taking the time to answer my e-mail, it means a lot to me. I really appreciate it!
Robyn


Ashu - I saw your concert at the Kravis Center. I just want to say that I have never been moved like that before. I feel like I know you so well. You are truly a master and inspiration. Thank you very much. I look forward to attending your next concert. Hopefully we can meet afterwards and I can express my gratitude in person.
In anticipation,
Mark


Ashu - I heard about you from a friend who told me I should go and look you up because you are amazing, and now I see what he was talking about. There are no words to explain the amazement that came over me when I listened to your music. I really can't explain the feeling that overwhelmed me from that first song. You are truly amazing and you have truly inspired me. Thank you very much for pleasuring me with your beautiful playing. Write me back please!!! - Thanks!
Josh


Thank you for such an incredible performance on Saturday night and for the autograph after the concert. The joy and enthusiasm you radiated on stage really captivated the audience. Who knew the saxophone could sound so beautiful! Your program was great and I really loved the Piazzolla suite you did. You looked great on stage and had the audience in the palm of your hand. You're wonderful and best of luck with everything. When will you be coming out with a CD??
Come back soon!
Elizabeth


Hi, i would just like to thank you for coming giving us perhaps one of the best performances I have seen. I'm sorry for the googly-eyes in the front row but you're just so AWESOME. You're amazing, and i hope to see you soon. Thank you!
Love,
The prettier one, Brittney.


Dear Ashu,
Last night we had the privilege of hearing and seeing you perform the Ibert sax Concerto with our orchestra. Since we were sitting in the front row, we were able to observe the intensity and passion you have for the music. You seem to truly love it. It shows and the audience can feel it. We enjoy many types of music, but have only recently started listening to classical music. We have never heard anything like your playing. Your performance was absolutely spectacular! We had a really great time and hope to bring our friends next time you're here. I think it may take someone like you with a real passion to make more people know how amazing the saxophone can sound. Keep it up and don't let anyone discourage you.
Patricia and Dennis


It's like you came out of nowhere, and from what I've heard, went up against some pretty prestigious pianists and violinists and just blew them out of the water. Incredible! There is a question which I'm sure you have heard a thousand times: When are you releasing your CD? I really can't hold off much longer! I appreciate your time and I hope to see you here sometime!!
Thank you,
Kevin


Ashu,
A girlfriend of mine and I fell in love with you! We attended your Naumburg Central Park Concert in NYC on Aug 5th. Thank you for a most beautiful summer evening in the park!
Annie


Hi, I saw your concert in NY Central Park, at the Bandshell. Fantastic! I am now a fan!
Clifford


Ashu,
I just got home from your amazing performance, it was really great that my friends and I got a chance to meet you. Your arrangement of your last piece really took my breath away. Thank you for a great performance!
~Megan


We were walking through Central Park, New York, when we heard the most wonderful saxophone sound - I said to my wife that is definitely not a busker (WOW). We sat and listened to your rehearsal and then came to the concert that evening. I would like to thank you sincerely for your performance!! I have played Clarinet and Saxophone for more than 50 years and your performance was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Thank you once again and I hope that some time we will be able to attend another one of your concerts
-Gordon, from England


Hi Ashu
I loved your performance at the Central Park Naumburg Bandshell. Are going to perform again in New York City soon?
Good luck, Manuela


I heard some sound clips from your website. They are fascinating. One of the most beautiful pieces is Cinema Paradiso (arr. Ashu) for soprano saxophone. I am really fascinated by your achievements, a very good website as well. Keep it up, I am sure you're best saxophonist in the world.
Yours faithfully,
Angelo


Hi Ashu,
This is the first time I am e-mailing you. I have just completed my graduation and love to sing. Your site is amazing and at your age you have created miracles. I have seen your photos and you are so cute! I have never seen you in performance but I've heard lots of great comments. Can you plesae let me know me when I can come see you in concert. Anyways I hope you will mail me back.
Love, Pam


I also wanted to say that I really love hearing you play.  Your musicality and passion when you play is awe-inspiring.  I hope that after a few years of practice, I can become at least one-fourth of the player that you are.  I hope that you will continue to play and inspire more people just like you did to me.
Thank you for reading this and answering my questions!!!
Jeffrey


Hey Ashu..
I got to know about how talented you are by searching the internet. I listen to your music all the time. You know what...it's addictive.
All the best..
Abbot


Hi there. How are you doing? The way you make music is breathtaking. You play with so much personality and it was great meeting you afterwards. I truly believe that you are doing an incredible job. You are a splendid artist and you should be very proud of your talents. Thank you so much for your time and please keep up the fantastic work. Best of luck to you always! Take care and have a nice day.
Sincerely,
Jim


GREAT performance last night!! Thanks for coming and can't wait to hear you next season! One of the best concerts I've heard in a really long time!
Derek


Your performance at the Placitas Artists Series concert last Sunday was stunning! What a gifted musician you are!
Thanks,
Mary


I thought you were a knockout in Tucson.
Thanks. Yours truly,
John


Hi Ashu,
Just visited your Web Page. It looks great and is so much fun to visit and what I appreciate the most: it's so honest and sincere. Thank you again for playing for us in "provincial" Carlsbad. The artist's reception after wards was great. It gave all of us a chance to get to know you! How wonderful! I wish you extremely well on your musical and artistic journey throughout this world and may you experience ever deeper levels of joy and contentment.
Camila


Ashu,
Thank you very much for coming to our town to perform with The Great Falls Symphony. You brought a lot of passion to the stage. I hope you liked our movie themed concert. I thought your playing of the "Catch Me if You Can" music was especially riveting. I hope we meet again someday, until then...
Josephine


Hi!
We enjoyed your concert performance in Great Falls tremendously! Thanks!!!
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
James


Your performance was incredible in Great Falls on Saturday. I played the saxophone in high school and college, and was once told that when you listen to someone play so beautifully as you did, it makes you want to go pick up your instrument and play. When I heard you play, I found myself wanting to pick up the horn again. I might add that when I heard that you had done a master class here, I was a little envious that no one of your caliber came when I was in high school. I like the fact that we have another artist to listen to. I have always wanted more quality artists like Glenn Gould, and think it is wonderful that you have come along to add to it.
Thank you.
A.C.


You were one of the best soloists we've ever had - such a pleasant young man on top of being a super musician.
Janelle


I had the privilege of listening to your performance tonight on our Lindsey Wilson College campus, and I can't tell you how much I appreciated your artistry, skills, and demeanor. I am so happy you came to our campus and shared your expertise; rarely have I seen anyone captivate an audience the way you did on this wintry-line evening.
Continued successes, sir; you were wonderful.
Fred


I heard you play at the Chicago Cultural Center and was completely swept away! How can I purchase one of your CDs?
Linda


Ashu, thank you for your extraordinary performance in Rochester on Saturday evening. My wife, son, his friend, and I very much enjoyed your performance. It was inspired. Our son is a senior at the local High School. Thank you again for coming to Rochester.
Paul


I want to say thank you for the music that you have on your site and tell you that I think that you are a really great musician. It has been really inspiring to me to go to your website and listen to how much feeling you play into your music.
Thanks,
Roger


Ashu, I hope you are fine. I like your music more than anything. I want to say that I listen to your music almost every day. Today is my birthday - I wish I could hear your music in person. That's why I am writing in hope you will at least read this. Take care of yourself may god fulfill your life with happiness.
Tkash


Ashu, your music has indeed left me inspired. The talents you exhibit through performing give me renewed drive to push my hardest to become the best musician that I can be. While I have a way to go before I can play like you, I know I can commit myself to getting there. I am glad that I could talk to you directly like this. I do believe that it shows a certain special quality in your personality, to respond to your fans. Maybe someday in the future, you'll see me playing somewhere. Until that day, take care!
-Paul


Hi Ashu,
I saw your video clip and was really impressed! I love your music selection, it seems like most saxophonists today don't play good pieces like the Demersseman or arrangements such as Piazzolla pieces. Well, you certainly know how to please an audience. I can tell that you really love what you do. Keep up the good work, and keep performing and promoting good music!
Jason


Thanks for playing with the Symphony of Southeast Texas last night. Amazing!!
Joanna


Wow....listening to your sound clips, truly amazing, and still so young! keep up the great work!! Again, ur a great saxophone player!
Scott


I attended your concert at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach this past Monday and thoroughly enjoyed it! You were wonderful. I hope you come back again soon. I love the beautiful piece playing on your homepage.! Keep up the good work! Thanks for coming to West Palm Beach!!!
Adrienne


My name is Jin and I am from S.Korea. I very much love classical music and I think that you are the best classical saxophonist in all of the world. Thank you for your music.
Jin


Ashu,
I remember you as a little kid at Interlochen. Good to see you kept with the sax. Best wishes for you. Keep up the extrodinary work.
Mark


We were Thrilled with your concert tonight and so were our friends. We look forward to your continued success. Do you have any CDs available?
Morris


Dear Ashu,
It was a pleasure meeting you and an ever grander pleasure to enjoy your music - thank you. Please e-mail me when you are going to Vienna - maybe I am there and can enjoy another concert with you - for sure I want to tell my friends and family.
Eliza


Hey man, i just wanna say that i extremely love your music. Thank you so much for being a great sax player so that you can lead others to being the same.
God bless, Shaquille


Thank you for performing in Detroit last weekend. Seeing you perform was simply the greatest concert-going experience I've ever had! Each piece was so moving, especially the Rachmainoff. I really hope you will be coming again next year. Please let me know if you will, I wouldn't miss it for the world. Do you plan on making a CD sometime soon?
Thanks,
Katie


Your concert in Oak Park last weekend was a real treat. The audience was riveted. My 12 year old son, not a musician or even interested in music and who I pushed into attending (and who I promised could leave at intermission), stayed the entire evening without a word of protest. At home, he said he really enjoyed it and asked if he could learn to play. That's making a difference in a life!
Thank you for what you do.
Lucia


I just want to say your recordings I have heard on your site are incredible!
Thanks,
Ron


Hey Ashu!
I just wanted to thank you coming to play for us and for the masterclass. I was so inspired by your playing! All I want to do is practice now! Thinking about the concert, I can't help but smile. Your masterclass was terrific! I love how you feel the music and it's never mechanical in any way. It's almost like you're dancing with it... well thank you so much for coming. It was a privilege! I look forward to your coming back here. Keep up the good work.
--Jason


Your music is awesome!
Thanks!
Eric


We heard you play in Roswell, New Mexico Saturday night. It was fantastic!!!
Robert


Ashu, I heard your recital at Carlsbad last night. Wow. Gorgeous playing. I loved your arrangement of the Andante movement of Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata. Thanks for coming to La Jolla to perform.
Mark


Dear Ashu, I have heard your wonderful performance of Fantasie by Jules Demersseman. You have such a great energy when you are on stage!
C.I.


Hello Ashu--
WOW. Your concert on Friday was just fascinating. Thank you for the autograph and the picture I took with you! It was actually my first classical music concert, I usually only go to pop concerts and jazz concerts. I had no idea the saxophone could sound like that!! Please let me know when you will be coming back and you can be sure I'll be there!
Thanks,
Pat


Ashu-
We played together at Interlochen. You sound incredible! (You always did.) I was just telling my wife about you last night and how you inspired me . It's great to see your success. Keep it up!
Jason


Hey Ashu, I love your interpretation of Bordel 1900...great emotions and music - thank you! Please play a concert in Belgium
Barbara


hello Ashu..
You have a very beautiful sound on the sax. I really love it. I love your Bordel 1900 and Demeresmen Fantasie videos - I absolutely love them. When i see you play I can see how the music is inside you...your movments are so natural and you just feel it
Hope to see your concert very soon
Wojtek


Ashu, I just came across two examples of your playing on YouTube. Amazing! I don't know if I have heard the soprano and alto played that well before. The fact that you can perform as you do on such a basic setup is testimony to your artistry. I can see the secret is in the man behind the instrument.
Thanks again.
Bill


Dear Ashu,
You are just awesome and last night's performance was such a wonderful time for our entire family. When will you be coming back??
All our love,
Sarah and Arno


Dear Ashu:
My daughter and I had a wonderful time at your concert last weekend. You are an inspiration to young and old alike. You really look like you are having the time of your life.
It is great to see such vitality and pure enjoyment . We hope to see you again soon!
Ronna