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.