This Chhandayan Baithak Concert is a presentation by the New Jersey chapter of Chhandayan.
Featured Performance:
Tabla Solo - Dibyarka Chatterjee
,with Manav Khurana (also Tabla)
This will be preceded by a student performance
Sitar - Galen Passen
Tabla - Dibyarka Chatterjee
Admission Free
Note that this concert will be available for streaming not only at the time of the performance but for several weeks after, so you can view it if you miss the initial showing.
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.
Galen Passen
Galen Passen is a sitarist, composer, and visual artist based in Brooklyn, NYC. His devotion to training within the traditional formats of hindustani music have provided him with respect and love for the ever unfolding wisdom of sound. He lived in New Delhi between 2009 and 2017 where he received training from Dr. Gopal Krishan Shahji. Since returning to New York he now continues training under masterful sitar exponent, Abhik Mukherjee
Besides hindustani music he performs experimental compositions, And regularly collaborates with various music forms and artistic mediums. He has had the privilege to work with the Pittsburgh Opera, Brooklyn Raga Massive, and now the Chhandayan Center for Indian Music. He was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from The Saratoga Arts Council which he used to conceive and launch Folk Song, an emergent ensemble inspired by the forms of hindustani and Irish Trad.
Manav Khurana
Manav Khurana is 16 years old and has been learning tabla for the past 4 years. His initial training was under the guidance of Shri Raj Kumar Gandharva, and he subsequently learned from Sabir Hussain of the Punjab Gharana. For the past 2 years he has been studying with Shri Dibyarka Chatterjee of the Farrukhabad Gharana, who is the son and disciple of Pandit Samir Chatterjee.