Chhandayan All-Night Concert of Indian Music, 2022

This All-night Concert of Indian Classical Music is intended to heal the wounds of September 11th and the recent COVID pandemic that we are now stepping out of. It is also a continuation of Chhandayan's tradition of presenting All-night concerts in NYC for the past 20 years.

In this year's concert we will feature:

Main Performances

Chhandayan Youth Vocal Ensemble

Tabla Solo - Dibyarka Chatterjee

Sitar - Hidayat Khan

Sarode - Anirban Dasgupta

Hindustani Vocal - Sanjoy Banerjee

Santoor - Tarun Bhattacharya

Sitar - Shahid Parvez

Accompanists: Anindo Chatterjee, Samir Chatterjee, Dibyarka Chatterjee, Anirban Chakrabarty, Rohan Prabhudesai, and others TBD

A precise schedule will be determined as we get closer to the event.
Snacks will be available when you purchase.
The event will also be streamed live.

Biographies of the main artists
(in performance order)

Anirban Dasgupta

Anirban Dasguptais a worthy scion of an unique sarode school that owes so much to his father and guru, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta. This individual has proven yet again that the combination of academics and music can not only be successful, but can emerge as a refined artistic synthesis. Anirban is the younger son of Sarod maestro Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta and has received all his training in music from his father and guru. Initiated early into this art by his father, Anirban is known today for his delicate mastery of the Sarod and great facility in its technique and authentic rababiya repertoire. Some of the principal hallmarks of his playing are perfect tunefulness, extremely consistent and balanced right hand strokes,razor-sharp taans, and the traditional Ameerkhani baaj.

Dibyarka Chatterjee

Dibyarka Chatterjee is the son and disciple of Pandit Samir Chatterjee, and as such represents the Farrukhabad Gharana of tabla playing. He spent his childhood in India where he was already performing in concerts as well as on Akaashvani Kolkata (National Radio - Kolkata Station). Upon moving to New York City with his family he has continued to perform regularly with both Indian and Western music. Dibyarka has had the honor and privilege of performing and touring with maestros like Pandit Jasraj, Pdt. Budhhadev DasGupta, Pta. Lakshmi Shankar, Utd. Shujaat Khan to name only a few. He has collaborated in world music projects with groups like the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Battery Dance Co., and with fusion musicians/composers like Salman Ahmad (Junoon), Douglas Cuomo, Gary Lucas & Najma Akhtar amongst others. Dibyarka has a Masters in Fine Arts from Goddard College (VT). His academic pursuits mainly focused on the history, theory, and philosophy of Indian Classical Music, and in this he has received guidance from some of the most respected musicologists in India. As a guest lecturer Dibyarka regularly conducts classes and workshops at numerous institutions such as Columbia University, Dartmouth College, New York University, Manhattan School of Music, Ithaca College etc. He has been teaching tabla extensively in the NY & NJ area for more than a decade now, and is affiliated with many of the institutions that promote Indian Classical Music and Dance.

Hidayat Khan

Hidayat is a direct descendant of the greatest of all lineages in Hindustani classical music, he is seventh in an unbroken line of generations of sitar players inheriting the legacies of legendary masters who arose from his family. His great grandfather, Ustad Imdad Khan co-developed the Surbahar (bass sitar). His grandfather Ustad Enayat Khan was the foremost Sitar player of his time. Hidayat Husain Khan's baptism into music started at the tender age of four. Under the tutelage of his father and legendary sitarist Ustad Vilayat Khan (1928-2004), he excelled in “khayal” and other forms of vocal music and was soon seen in the centre stage when he gave his first public performance in Lucknow, India at the age of nine. His formal initiation into sitar playing started from the age of fourteen. From his father he imbibed and mastered the art of “Gayaki Ang", an innovative style of sitar playing, indebted to his own treasured lineage, in which the instrument strives to imitate the inflections of the human voice.

Hidayat’ss phenomenal flexibility earned him prestigious invitations from all over the world. This included The Miles From India concert, uniting renowned Indian musicians with established American jazzmen including famed Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones, on July 4th, 2009, in Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts, as part of the Grands concerts TD Canada Trust series.

Sanjoy Banerjee

Pt. Sanjoy Banerjee is one of the finest vocalists of international repute from India and a distinguished exponent of the Kirana Gharana of North Indian Vocal Classical Music. Sanjoyji was a scholar at ITC Sangeet Research Academy under the able guidance of Late Pt. A.T. Kanan and Sangeet Bidushi Late Malabika Kanan, who considered him as their successor to their musical heritage. With his sonorous and unwavering voice he has enthralled audiences at home and abroad, performing extensively in the UK, Germany, Bangladesh, Canada, USA and within India including at Sur Singar, Swai Gandharva, Sangeet Piysi, Ustad Faiz Khan Sangeet Sammelan.

Tarun Bhattacharya

One of the world’s foremost masters of the Santoor, Sangeet Natak Awardee Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya is Maihar Gharana’s only santoor maestro and is widely regarded "as the master of one hundred strings." "Sangeet Mahasamman" Award Winner from the Govt. of West Bengal, Bhattacharya incorporated meend, an expressive sliding style of ornamentation. Indian classical music shall forever remember this master because of two inventions inventing “menkas”(fine tuners) and creating Raag Ganga. Pdt Tarun Bhattacharya has performed in world's top notch venues viz Royal Albert Hall, Theater De La Ville, Apollo Theater, Jubilee Auditorium and his list of admirers include Prince Charles, George Harrison, Amitabh Bachchan, Paolo Solaris and many more.

Shahid Parvez

Shahid Parvez Khan is widely recognized as one of the greatest sitar players of the world. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Government of India's Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Shahid Parvez Khan regularly tours across India, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, enthralling audiences everywhere.

Shahid Parvez’s music is both novel and evolving. His unique tone and astute artistic sense have become his hallmark as a respected performer and composer. The power of his music emanates from the highly charged sound he conjures on stage. He emphasizes the unique capabilities of this sitar itself while drawing upon numerous musical influences easily recognizable to a knowing ear. He has achieved success in not only preserving tradition, but also pushing its boundaries to even greater heights of aesthetic beauty.

Shahid Parvez Khan represents the seventh generation of the sitar’s first family, the Etawah Gharana. A very young Shahid Parvez was initiated into the rich traditions of the Gharana by his father and guru, Ustad Aziz Khan - the famous musician and son of legendary sitar and surbahar virtuoso Ustad Waheed Khan. His family has produced the most revered and influential figures in Hindustani Classical Music including Ustad Sahabdad Khan, Ustad Imdad Khan, Ustad Enayet Khan, and Ustad Vilayat Khan.

There will be a live all-night concert of Indian Classical Music broadcast from India available for viewing in the USA on Saturday May 8, 2021 from 10:30AM EDT through 5:30AM May 9.

The scheduled performances are:
1. Allarakha Kalavant - Sarangi solo
2. Koushik Bhattacharya - vocal
3. Samir Chatterjee - tabla solo
4. Mita Nag - sitar
5. Rajyasree Ghosh - vocal

Accompanying Artists are:
Tabla
Chiranjit Mukherjee
Subrata Manna
Indranil Mallick
Sandip Ghosh
Harmonium
Jyotirmoy Banerjee
Koulik Bhattacharya
Sarangi
Allrakha Kalavant
Tanpura
Sohini Paul
Mousumi Biswas
Joyita Talukdar
Madhuvanti Murali Mohan
Kanisha Roychoudhury

For more information you can email us at info@tabla.org

Alla Rakha Kalavant

Alla Rakha Kalavant is one among the most sought-after Sarangi players of his age. The strings of his Sarangi are believed to speak to the hearts of many.

Alla Rakha hails from the family of the illustrious Sarangi playes, Ustad Noor Khan and Ustad Madari Khan of Sikar ( Rajasthan). Born on 20th August in the year 1980 in Jaipur, Alla Rakha acquired the genes of the previous generations. The art of Sarangi playing was in his blood.

After the death of Alla Rakha’s grandfather, Ustad Ramzan Khan, the rare instrument, that is, the Sarangi, had almost lost its place in the family and Alla Rakha’s father, Ustad Yamin Khan, a renowned composer and ghazal singer, was saddened by this fact. It was at this time that he suggested his son to start learning Sarangi and Alla Rakha readily accepted the decision of his father. He was determined to convert Sarangi playing into his profession. His rigorous training started under the guidance of his father and then to acquire proper taleem, he moved in the company of his maternal grandfather, Ustad Imamuddin Khan, a very famous name amongst the musicians of Rajasthan and also a ‘Gandha Bandha Shagird’ of Ustad Amir Khan Saheb, a court musician of the Jodhpur court.

Afterwards, Alla Rakha shifted to Ahmedabad where he was placed under the tutelage of the noted sitar player, Vidushi Manju Mehta, a disciple of Pandit Ravishankar. The young sarangi player, then, went ahead to continue his trainings under the torchlight of the very famous vocalist of the Indore Gharana, Shree Mahendra Toke. From with, he acquired and developed the ability as far as the finer nuances of the Khayal Gayaki were concerned. During that period, Alla Rakha has been able to spend a short lapse of time with Ustad Abdul Latif Khan, a renowned Sarangi player of Bhopal.

Following his training, he participated in a number of national as well as international concerts through which he started to take his place in the world of Indian Classical Music. From the year 2004 until that of 2011, he went on several tours to Europe he not only performed Indian Classical Music, but also worked with fusion, jazz, and many other different genres of world music. Alla Rakha has also composed music for dance and drama projects as well. Following the tours in Europe, he decided to allocate more time to his performances and work in his home country as he believed that making his own name in India was equally or more important. In 2012, Alla Rakha moved to Kolkata as he was appointed as a member of the Sarangi Faculty by the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Alla Rakha stands tall amongst the musicians of his age. Disciplined improvisations and unfoldments of Ragas, thoughtful and full of response types of Alapi, proper use of Gamak and Khatka and use of Meru Khand Taans are some of the special features of his Sarangi playing. Having mastered the above mentioned qualities and having acquired command over both hands on this rare instrument like the Sarangi, Alla Rakha has made himself unique among the musicians of his age.

Koushik Bhattacharya

Koushik Bhattacharya began his training at a very early age under the guidance of his father, Pt. Pataki Bhattacharya, and his mother, Rama Bhattacharya, and as a child performed in respected festivals throughout India. In 1987 he was selected as a scholar by the Sangeet Research Academy, studying with Pt. Arun Bhaduri. He eventually became the “Ganda Bandh Shagrid” of the late Pt. K.G. Ginde and also trained later under the guidance of Pt. Sunil Bose

Koushik is a regular artist of All India Radio & Television and an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations under the Ministry of External Affairs. He is attached as a guru of Indian Classical Vocal in Gyan Bani FM (105.4 MHZ) on the “Sur Sabha” radio program airing live on Wednesday evenings.

Koushik has performed throughout India for many years at acclaimed music conferences including the ITC Sangeet Sammelan, the All India Music Conference in New Delhi, the Conference of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Dover Lane Music Conference, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra, West Bengal State Music Academy and Dakshini Music Conference. He has also toured extensively worldwide participating in prestigious music events in the U.S.A., Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Dubai and Bangladesh.He received the Surmani award from Sursinger Samsad in Mumbai, and the Vocational Award 2008 from the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, Kolkata.

Along with his busy concert and touring schedule, Koushik also serves as a dedicated teacher of Indian Classical Vocal in “The Doverlane Music Academy” and “Future Hope School” of Kolkata and as examiner for Rabindra Bharati University. Koushik is also the director of his own music school, “Manindra Sangeet Tirtha”, which was established by his father in 1970 (in memory of his Grand Father who was a famous Dhrupad Singer), and provides traditional Indian Classical music education.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.

He began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.

Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Manilal Nag, Ud. Ali Ahmed Hussain, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, U Srinivas, Ud. Naseeruddin Sami, Smt. Veena Sahashrabuddhe, Ud. Shujat Khan, Ud. Saheed Parvez, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Nishat Khan, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Smt. Arti Anklekar, Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty, to name only a few.

Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Bell, Yoko Ono Lenon, David Liebman, Oliver Lake, Dave Douglas, Ned Rothenberg, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Jerome Harris, Eric Friedlander, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Jin Hi Kim, Min Xiao-Fen, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is the composer and director of Indo-Flame – a blend of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble, RabiThakur – a ballet on the life of Tagore, Meghadootam – a feature program of music and dance on an ancient Indian poem, and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.

Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for the last 35 years and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled A Study of Tabla, a guide book to Indian music titled Music of India and Those Forty Days, a journal of an austere practice regimen. He is on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh and New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He also taught at the Yale University, Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University, among many other major institutions in the USA, Europe and India. He also contributes to several newspapers and periodicals. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two Master degrees, in English and History.

Since June 2008 Samir started working relentlessly towards the musical revival of Afghanistan. He made several trips to the country working with different levels of the society and administration and within a very short period of time was able to make a remarkable difference in the cultural life of the country. He is the recipient of several awards such as the Sunshine Award, Jadu Bhatta Award and Acharya Varistha Award.

Mita Nag

Mita Nag, daughter of veteran satirist, Pandit Manilal Nag and grand daughter of Sangeet Acharya (a master musician) Gokul Nag, belongs to the Bishnupur Gharana of Bengal, a school of music nearly 300 years old. In terms of lineage, Mita is the sixth generation sitar player in her family, the tradition having begun with her fore fathers. It was with her grandfather Gokul Nag, who had become the Guru of Birendra Kishore Roychoudhury,zamindar of Gauripur Estate, Kolkata,also a noted musicologist and author of books on music , then Guru of the family of Nirmal Chandra Bandopadhyay, a noted zamindar (feudal lord) family of Uttarpara, a Northern suburb town of Kolkata, that the music of the Nag family came into limelight. With her illustrious father Manilal Nag, the sitar tradition of Vishnupur gharana was made known to the world.

This Gharana follows the Dhrupad style of song and the instrumental recital too, imitates the dhrupad style in the Alap and Jod phases.

Mita (born,1969) was initiated into music at the tender age of four . She had shown rather early gestures of her love for music. Toddling with her tiny sitar Mita began her early training under the guidance of her mother who was also a disciple of Gokul Nag. Her grandfather’s encouragement and instructions through singing had much influence on her early reception of music, most noticeably, associating the instrument with song. Her tutelage under her father started at the age of six.

Mita appeared for her debut performance at the age of ten years, the year 1979 being observed as the International Year of the Child. The same year Mita won the Junior National Talent Search Award of the Govt .of India.

Mita has performed in a number of concerts, solo as well as duet recitals with her father in major cities of India and in many cities of the US, Canada, Japan and Europe. She was awarded the Junior Fellowship Award by the Human Resource Development, Govt of India, for her research project on Vishnupur Gharana.

As a soloist Mita has been performing in numerous cities of the country and has participated in famous Sangeet Festivals such as The Doverlane Young Talents, The Doverlane Music Conference, 2013, The Uttarparha Sangeet Chakra Conference 2013, Salt Lake Music Festival ( a number of times), Sangeet Piyasi, Kolkata, Khyal Trust, Dadar Matunga, Swar –Yatra in Mumbai , DARBAR FESTIVAL, LONDON 2015, MILAPFEST, ENGLAND,2016,Sabarna Raychowdhury Sangeet Sammelan,Kolkata,2017,Chowdhury House Music Conference,Kolkata, 2017, Bishnupur Utsav,Govt.of West Bengal,2018 and many more.

Mita has founded the Gokul Nag Memorial Foundation, a Trust for the promotion of Indian Classical Music, in the fond memory of her grandfather,Sangeetacharya Gokul Nag.

Mita is a Masters in English Literature and an M.Phil. in English from The University of Kolkata.

Rajyasree Ghosh

Rajyasree Ghosh is a leading artiste amongst the present generation of Indian Classical Musicians. She has the special distinction of having equal flair in both Raga Music as well as the lighter version of Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Nazrulgeeti, Bengali Tappa and Puratani songs. Gifted with an attractive enthralling voice and a great sensitivity for the soul of the ragas she has emerged as an artist of unique creativity and perfect rendition.

Rajyasree Ghosh started her training in Indian Classical Music at a very early age. She was a Gold Medalist both in B.A and M.A in Classical Music (Khayal) at the Rabindra Bharati University. She was later awarded the National Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India in 1986 under the training of Pt. Amiya Ranjan Banerjee. She was a Scholar at the Sangeet Research Academy, where she studied music under the guidance of Vd. Girija Devi and Pt. Arun Bhaduri. Later she received an extensive training from the late Pt. K.G. Ginde .

In the field of light classical and non-classical music, besides her extensive “talim” (training) of Thumri, Dadra etc. from Smt. Girija Devi, she also learnt Nazrulgeeti from the late Smt. Suprava Sarkar for a number of years and Bengali Tappa, Puratani etc. from the legendary late Shri Ramkumar Chatterjee for almost 35 years.

Rajyasree Ghosh has performed and won laurels in several prestigious music conferences. She was placed first for three consecutive years (1984-1986) in the Dover Lane Music Competition in Khayal, Ragpradhan and Bhajan. She is an A-grade artist of the A.I. R in Indian classical and semi classical.

In the year 2000, she at the invitation of Bangiya Parisod in Oman, went to Muscat and performed several music programmes, to their complete satisfaction and earned rich accolades.

In the years 2001-2007, she had several tours in the USA and performed in many cities to audiences comprising both the Indian and American communities who showered her with rich accolades. In 2010 she performed for the Norton-Simon Foundation (“Malhar” Session) drawing high praise from music critiques.

She is an Associate Professor of Music in Rabindra Bharati University of Kolkata, India

Chiranjit Mukherjee

Chiranjit Mukherjee is a well known name in the field of Indian Classical Music. He was born in the year 1984 in a family full of music admirers. His grandfather was a connoisseur of traditional Hindusthani Classical Music. His passion was infused in Chiranjit from the very childhood and his initial training in Tabla was started under the guidance of his first Guru Shri Sailesh Kumar Chakraborty. His parents encouraged him to take pleasure in the learning progression of Tabla. Gradually his inclination towards music increased and he devoted himself into the world of cadence. The thirst for the knowledge and passion for the music followed by the sense of belongingness with the tradition made him search the roots and branches of Indian Classical Music.

Chiranjit is acknowledged for his illustrious and robust performance in the style of Benaras Gharana. He is a disciple of the living legend of the Benaras gharana, Pandit Kumar Bose, who has recognized Chiranjit as his disciple for the last 12 years. He has spread the magic of rhythm with his sharp finger strokes and musical execution of a percussion instrument. Blessed by his Gurus and admired by the listeners Chiranjit is now a name to reckon with. His sincerity reflected in his academic performances when he was bestowed with the honor, First class first in his graduation and post graduation from the esteemed Rabindra Bharati University. He is able to inscribe his impression in the heart of music lovers with his dynamic solo performances as well as sagacious accompaniment.

An erudite performer of his generation Chiranjit blends the mood and music with proficiency. His extensive research and resourceful imagination helps him to stand diverse on stage. He adopted the philosophy of his Guru Pandit Kumar Bose and believes in candid exhibition of competence.

Subrata Manna

A disciple of the great Tabla maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh, Subrata took initial training from late Sri Sunil Bhattacharya of the Benaras gharana at the age of eight.Subrata also has been receiving training of Karnatic tala system under the guidance of eminent Miridangam maestro Pandit S.Sekhar.

Subrata is an M.A in Percussion music from Rabindra Bhararti University, Kolkata. He is an ‘A’ grade artist of All Radio and Television. He has been playing all over in India and abroad in many prestigious concerts and conferences and festivals successfully.Subrata has played almost in all the major music conferences in Kolkata and played in many other prestigious music conferences in different parts of India.

Subrata has toured successfully in U.S.A ,U.K and many European countries like Germany,France,Italy,Belgium,Denmark,Sweden,Switzerland,Holland and many Middle East countries Like Kuwait,Dubai and in Martinique in Caribbean Island.He had also represented govt.of India to perform different international music festival in Iraq+Jordon in the year 1998 and in Mexico+Canada in the year 2014 and in Slovenia+Croatia+Montenegro in the year of 2017 organized by the I.C.C.R. He has to his credit several audio cds releasing from different companies which are available in the market. Subrata had lead a team of vocalist and Kathak dancer and a Sitar player to represent Hinduism through North Indian classical music in of one of most prestigious International festivals called ‘MUSICASACRA’in south of Germany and Eigenarten Festival,Hamburg,Germany and in Cervantino Festvial,The biggest festival of South America.

Jyotirmoy Banerjee

Jyotirmoy has been a student of Music since his childhood, the first Gurus being his father Sri Jayanta Banerjee, mother Smt. Nibedita Banerjee and his aunt Smt Jhumur Routh.

After his initial training from his parents, he took admission at Shrutinandan, under the able guidance of Padmabhusan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. He learnt music from Smt. Soma Banerjee, Sri Pradip Chatterjee, Sri Suvodeep Mukherjee, Sri Anol Chatterjee, Sri Brojeswar Mukherjee and Sri Deborshee Bhattacharya at Shrutinandan. Recently he is a senior scholar at Shrutinandan taking training from the legendary Padmabhusan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.

Apart from learning vocal music, Jyotirmoy takes keen interest in Instrumental Music as well. He has the ability to play a lot of musical instruments, Harmonium being his personal favourite.

He has travelled across India and abroad with artistes of eminence like his Guru Padmabhusan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, Smt. Girija Devi, Sri A.Hariharan, Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty and many more.

Indranil Mallick

Talent, virtuosity and youthful dynamism blend in perfect proportion to project Indranil Mallick as a leading tabla player of his generation. Intensive training since the age of 5 under eminent masters including uncle Montu Mallick, Prof Dhabol Bandyopadhyay, Shri Uttam Chakraborty and currently, Living Legend Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri has shaped Indranil rich repertoire and contributed to his reputation in the national & international arena.

Indranil has also distinguished himself in cross-over collaborations with western musicians including a recent project with Miles Davis Electric Band.

INDIAN RADIO & TELEVISION have awarded Indranil "A GRADE " together with other distinguished musicians of India.

Lauded by connoisseurs & critics for his solo performances and accompaniment with renowned musicians, Indranil was received the prestigious PANDIT BHIMSEN JOSHI AWARD in 2015

Sandip Ghosh

In his mid thirties, Sandip Ghosh is a known name in the music fraternity.Started at the age of Six under Pt. Gobindo Bose, Sandip has long association of more than 20 years with legendary Tabla Wizard Pt. Anindo Chatterjee in Guru Shishya Parampara. Beside his Tabla Gurus, he has got the rare opportunity to get Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty as his mentor for more than a decade,and Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty as a Guru for overall guidance about accompaniment.

With a first class in masters from RBU in Music, Sandip has two gold medals in his name, along with dozens of numerous prestigious accolades globally. He is an acclaimed accompanist, who has been touring extensively with: Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Kushal Das, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty, Pt. Hari Prasad Chowrasia, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Pt. Ranajit Sengupta and others.

Working with several brilliant world musicians & bands of other genres took his adoptabilities to a different height.

Joyita Talukder

Joyita Talukder is an ICCR Scholar with a M.A in Rabindra Sangeet with Rabindra Bharati University.

Mousumi Biswas

Mousumi Biswas is was a student at the Rabindra Bharati University (Graduation & Master’s). He is a
Rabindra Sangeet teacher and organiser at BAFA( Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts) and a music teacher at Great British Kids School.

Sohini Paul

Sohini Paul is a student of Indian Classical Vocal music in Kolkata. She has studied with Amrita Chatterjee, Aniruddha Bhattacharya, Dr. Debabrita Mallick, and is currently studying with Baishali Joardar. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Bengali and a Master of Music degree in Vocal music.

Parking

There are plenty of 24/7 parking lots adjacent to the Hall and in the area. The hall is located in the Lincoln Center and Central Park neighborhood. Street Parking may also be available. Please read the street signs carefully before parking on the streets.

Food

Meals, snacks, and beverages will be available for purchase at reasonable prices (cash only) downstairs in the Social Hall of the venue from 7 p.m. until early morning.

No food and drinks are allowed inside the auditorium.

Partially sponsored by NYSCA and supported by Indian Consulate in NY and ICCR

A celebration of the birth centenary of Ustad Bismillah Khan and M. S. Subbulakshmi

Click on the photos or text below to see details of the individual performances

Abhisek Lahiri

Hassan Haider

Taal-Vadya Kachari

Vani Sateesh

Kushal Das

Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

This program is partially sponsored by the: